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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 |
AMBUSH
AFTERMATH
Lakas bets want district
under Comelec control
BY ROMY AMARADO
The Lakas-CMD has requested the Commission on Elections to place the first district of Oriental Negros under its control following an ambush that killed a barangay captain, and six other persons, and wounded four in La Libertad on March 9.
The town is about 105 kilometers north of Dumaguete City. Provincial elections supervisor Manuel Advincula said the request was made by Lakas-CMD executive director Raymundo Roquero, through a letter addressed to the COMELEC central office.
Advincula said the party cited the killing of Barangay
Captain Lydio Baylon of Barangay Aya, and six others, by unidentified
gunmen in Barangay Manluminsag, La Libertad
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Mayor's
'bodyguard' arrested for An alleged bodyguard of Tanjay City Mayor Baltazar Salma was apprehended Saturday, for alleged illegal possession of firearms and violation of the election gun ban law at the Pamplona cockpit in Pamplona, Oriental Negros. The suspect was identified as Sebastian Baylon, an ex-Marine presently residing in Tanjay City. Pamplona chief of policed Insp. Renato Bareros said an informant
texted them that a certain individual was bringing a firearm inside
the cockpit. |
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PPCRV
needs National chairperson Ambassador Henrietta de Villa of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting challenged the Diocesan Electoral Board coordinators in Oriental Negros and Siquijor to recruit young people to volunteer during the May 14 election. The DEB that includes PPCRV, the National Movement for Free Elections and Vote Care, is now inviting about 5,000 volunteers as poll watchers. De Villa said CHAMP should be inculcated in the mind and heart
of every Filipino in the country in the conduct of elections. It
stands for Clean, Honest, Accurate, Meaningful and Peaceful Elections.
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