Mano-mano count
Minus the PCOS counting machine, at least warm bodies who conducted the canvass and count gave a sense of security since everybody in the barrios knew everybody including the human counters.
VOL. 40 No. 21 Dumaguete City, Philippines Sunday, NOVEMBER 3, 2013
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Biggest barangay, yet lowest voter turnout By CHOY GALLARDE
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his biggest barangay used to be the one up for grabs in past elections having the most number of registered voters. But during last Oct 28 barangay polls, Taclobo had the lowest voters turnout at 39% . The question is why? Time there was when the surprised to know the bigleadership of the ABC came from gest barangay in the city in Taclobo. Not anymore. What is terms of the number of reghap pening t o th is b ig o ld istered voters had the lowest barangay? turnout of voters in the reDumaguete City election cent elections. officer Atty Gildu Agoncillo is To page 5
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ncumbent barangay captains and their councils in general terms have found favor and satisfactio n among their respective co nstituents in the last barangay elections on October 28 by reelecting them into office for the next three years at least.
Meeting once a month, their honoraria have also been raised satisfactorily from P9,000 to P15,000 a month depending on the size of the barangay. In Dumaguete, 20 incumbents were reelected,
fo u r re plac ed with new ones and one new comer. One incumbent barangay captain in Dumaguete and severa l la st t erme r ba rangay kagawads were among those who failed in their reelection bid during the Oct 28 barangay
election. Bagacay incumbent punong barangay Denie Sisneros lost to returning barangay captain Vincent Perigua in a o ne-o n-one fight while Poblacion 2, Banilad an d Ba ntay an v o ted a n ew To page 5
Bets lament massive vote-buying spree Enforcers helped in clean elections ven in barangay elections, you can’t make it without buying votes in whatever form , be it a bottle of liquor , cigarettes, food, and cash,” said Frankie Ferrer, a balikbayan who tried his luck
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in the October 28 barangay elections by running as a councilor in his native barrio and……you guessed it, he lost. This is his story, which is typical of many others: “I ran with my heart full of good intentions of instituting improvements in the barrio where I grew. I worked 35 years abroad, came home with fairly enough to
get my family by at post retirement age. Barangay Manlipac in ‘Bais is a small barrio with l,200 populatio n. They are mostly marginal sugar farmers, renting the lands of the rich, and cultivate it under a sharing system, but not all. To page 15
Undas uniquely Filipino
Enforcing election laws: LR Comelec officer Eddie Aba; Army 302 commandner Col. Francisco Patrimonio; PNP Col Alet Virtucio and city comelec head Atty Gildo Agoncillo. he nation paused on Nov. 1 and 2, from its usual grind as we the living took time out to pay homnticipating that the back-to-manual elections might produce more problems, the comage to the dead. . All roads therefore during the bined efforts of law enforcers, the comelec, police, army and volunteers contributed past two days, led to cemeteries and memorial much in the peaceful conduct of elections in Negros Oriental at least. parks n o t o nly in Souls day. Abit of explanation is Minimal pro- tion came fromthe same vil- the rivalry were mostly cathedra. Even tie votes Dumaguete but all over the that Nov. 1 is set aside by Filitests and conflicts lage and people knew each among families, minor were settled with the tosscountry. pino Christians to honor all the were raised be- other quite well. disputes were immedi- ing of coins which is unNov. 1 is officialy all To page 3 cause the competiDespite the fact that at ely sett led ex To page 5 Saints day while Nov. 2 is all
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“AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU ARE ‘ GOD’S ADVERTISEMENT.’ DO PEOPLE WANT WHAT THEY SEE IN YOU?.”
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