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IN an exit poll made today from 7am to 8 am, itis clear that the candidates that the OLW Sunbacked candidates are really going swell totheir path of winning today’s hotly contestedelection.The OLW Sun backed, in Barangay Socorro, Team K,

with incumbent Joey De Guzman as captain andmembers Ronald Espulgar, Leo Mendoza, Jon Rillon,Jun Alvarado, Bert Tiong, Fred Navarra and JimmyQuiambao. In Barangay Claro, we supported RonaldTagle, Dok Eboy Campos, Rico Remoroza, PatrickComia, Ernie Jimeno, Ida Martir and others in his TeamTagle.Over 80% ofthe people we asked said that they votedfor the team that we exactly supported, while 22% saidno. The remaining 8% serves as the margin of error,maybe -2% upwards.

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Malacanang on Sunday assuredthe public that the Commission onElections (Comelec) and other age-ncies are prepared for the baran-gay electionsMonday.“Ganap ang kahandaan ng Come-lec at lahat ng ahensya ng pamaha-laan para pangasiwaan ang mal-inis, maayos, at mapayapang hala-lan sa buong kapuluan,” Presiden-tial Communications OperationsOffice (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Co-loma said on radio dzRH.“Kinikilala natin ang mahalagangtungkulin ng ginagampanan ngmga gurong bumubuo ng Board ofElection Inspectors na manga-ngasiwa sa maayos na daloy ngpagboto sa bawat isang presinto, atng mga mamamayang bumubuo ngmga citizens’ arms na kaagapaydin ng Comelec sa pagtiyak ngmaayos na proseso ng halalan,” headded.A total of 94,1 24 candidates arerunning for barangay captain,while some 715,01 2 are runningfor positions in the barangaycouncil.“Nananawagan po ang ating

Pangulo sa sambayanan: Bumotopo tayo nang maaga at tiyakin

nating ang halalang pambarangayay magpapatatag sa ating pagpu-punyaging pairalin ang mabutingpamamahala sa ating bansa,” Co-loma said.President Benigno Aquino III willbe going to Tarlac early Monday tovote. “Sasabay po siya doon samaagang pagtungo sa presinto,”Coloma said.The voting period starts at 7 a.m.and ends at 3 p.m. on Monday. Aliquor ban is already in effect andwill be in place until 1 1 :59 p.m. onMonday. A gun ban has been ineffect since September 28.Coloma reminded voters thatMonday’s election will be donemanually, and advised the publicto bring a list of their candidates tothe polling precinct.“Dapat po ay bago pa tayomagtungo sa polling place natin ayhanda na ‘yung ating listahan ngmga napupusuang iboboto, dahilkailangang isulat ang bawat pang-alan doon sa balota,” he said.Out of 42,200 barangays, 6 ,1 95have been identified as “areas ofconcern” by the Philippine Natio-nal Police, although Coloma saidthe Palace is confident that thePNP can handle the situation on

the ground.“Ganap ang kahandaan ng mgaahensya ng pamahalaan at mataaspo an gaming kumpyansa na angPhilippine National Police aymagagampanan din ang kanilangtungkulin bilang deputized lawenforcer para sa maayos pagsas-agawa ng halalan,” he said.Meanwhile, the Comelec on

Sunday also gave their final remi-nders ahead of the polls. ComelecSpokesman James Jimenez remi-nded voters to bring a valid ID andto refrain from taking pictures oftheir ballot after voting.The Comelec is expecting an 80%voter turnout, or over 43 million ofthe 53 million registered voters.

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8hrsFrom7amto3pm,sohurrybeforethepollsclose!

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SatisfactoryThe run of today's election is not what wehave expected. Vote buying and reports ofviolence are coming in our offices allwhile Chairman Sixto Brilliantes is sa-ying that he liked the run of today’s hap-penings.We observed through our poll watchersand they have been saying that the deco-rum of the people is orderly, calm eventhough sometimes some outbursts of vio-lence happen.But reports of vote buying, killings and

the like is just dire.

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9.00 Molotov bomb exploded earlymorning yesterday at Don MarianoMarcos Elem School and Isaac AblayanElem School in Davao Del Sur9.00 Incident of ballot box snatchingmonitored in Brgy Bukut-Umus Tabuan-Lasa Basilan10.00 Remember voting ends at 3:00 pmlater, NOT 5:00 pm. Expect no extension :that was the message of Mr Brillantes tovoters via Twitter

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Hirap na pagtunton sa presinto,ballot snatching, kalbaryo ngilang persons with disability(PWDs) at senior citizens atkarahasan ang ilan sa mgareklamong sumalubong ngayongarawngHalalang Pambarangay.

KarahasanSa panayam ng DZMM, sinabi niParish Pastoral Council forResponsible Voting (PPCRV)Chairperson Henrietta De Villana may report mulaMaguindanao na may isa silangvolunteer na sinuntok ngbarangay official.Sa report naman ng DZMM

correspondent, isang botante napatungo sana ng presinto angnasawi matapos tambangan saToboso, Negros Occi-dental, alas-6 :00 ng umaga. Tinutugis na angapat hanggang limang suspek nasakayngmotorsiklo.Sa Anibongon, Jaro, Leyte, pataynaman ang mister ng isang re-electionist barangay captain.Binaril umano ito ng asawa ngkatunggali ng re-electionist.Sa patuloy na monitoring ng

Comelec, kabuuang 13 insidentena ng karahasan ang kanilangnatatanggap simula pa kagabi.Kabilang dito ang panununog saapat na klasrum sa Maguindanao,pananambang sa isang electionofficer sa Masbate na posiblengdahil sa New People's Army(NPA), kaso ng ballot snatching atpamamaril sa North Cotabato.Sa impormasyon mula sa PNP-Region 12, nagkagulo ang mga bo-

ard of election teller sa Midsayap,Cotabato matapos paputukan ngarmadong grupo ang bahay ngisang kandidato sa pagka-kapitansa lugar. Wala namang nasaktan.

Ballot snatchingMay naitala ring ballot snatchingngayong araw ng halalan, parti-kular sa Barangay Bukut-UmusTabuan-Lasa sa Basilan at Bara-ngay San Antonio, Catubig sa Nor-thern Samar.Sinabi naman na ni Comelec

Chairman Sixto Brillantes namaaaring gumamit ngimprovised ballots basta't maypirma ng mga board of electionteller (BET) .

Late deliverySa Calayan, Cagayan naman,naantala ang halalan dahil nahuliang dating ng mga electionparaphernalia. Hindi nakaaliskahapon ang barkong may lulansa mga balota at iba pang gamitmula Aparri dahil sa masamangpana-hon atmalalaking alon.Nakarating naman ito bago mag-tanghali kaya natuloy din angeleksyon.Pero sa Vinzons, Camarines

Norte, hindi pa rin dumaratingang mga election materials dahildin sa masamang panahon. Sinabini Brillantes, maaari namangisagawa bukas ang botohan doon.

Hirap ngmgamatatandaatmaykapansananIlang matatanda at may kapan-sanan naman ang nahirapan sa

pagboto bagama't una nangtiniyak ng Comelec namagkakaroon ng special pollingcenters at courtesy lanes.Sa Barangay Pineda sa Pasig,

umakyat pa sa ikatlong palapagng paaralan ang 45-anyos nanakasaklay na si Bernie Cruzpara makaboto sa kanyangpresinto. Mungkahi niya, sana saibaba na lamang itinalaga angkanilang polling center.

Wala sa listahanInilapit naman ni De Villa angnaging karanasan sa pagboto saBarangayMariana, Quezon City.Anya, "Nakakalungkot kasi

mayroon akong nakasabay nabotante. Nahanap naman angkanyang pangalan sa votersassistance desk ng PPCRV peronung pumasok siya para tingnansa listahan ng Comelec, hindinakita ang pangalan niya."Galing umano ang listahan ngPPCRVsa election officer."Tinanong ko kay James Jimenez(Comelec spokesman) bakitnangyayari ito na iba-iba? Kasinga raw, 'yan ang problema, hindipa nagtutugma ang computerizedvoters list na nanggagaling sa EOsa election day computerizedvoters list na nanggaling sacentral office."

Hindi anya nakaboto angnaturang kasamahan niya.Rekomenda ni De Villa sa

Comelec, "Ayusin nila 'yungsistema nila. Ang magigingkawawa ay 'yung botante."

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The Philippine National Police (PNP) hasrecorded a spike in election-related violence,PNP Public Information Chief ReubenTheodore Sindac told Radyo Inquirer 990AMMonday.“We have 64 incidents for this period alone-September up to 1 1 p.m. of October 27, ofwhich 22 were killed,” Sindac said.In 2010, Sindac said there were only 25

recorded incidents, with fifteen people dead.At least 588 people have been arrested for

violating an elections gun ban, with policeconfiscating nearly 500 firearms, 4,000 roundsof ammunition, 1 91 knives and 68 grenades,said Sindac.There are 6,21 6 areas of concern across the

country, which is 1 4.7 percent of the 42,028villages nationwide, due to a history ofelectoral violence or attacks by Muslim andcommunist insurgents or al-Qaeda-linkedmilitants, said Sindac.Most of these areas are from the AutonomousRegion in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), SouthCentral Mindanao, Bicol Region, Ilocos Regionand EasternVisayas.In the ARMM, 1 ,567 police were deployed inLanao Del Sur, Maguindanao and Sulu. Ofthese, 722 were sent to Maguindanao toperform special election duties.“Our elections in the past have always been

marred by untoward incidents,” militaryspokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagalasaid, adding that government forces wouldguard against “spoilers to this democraticexercise.More than 800,000 candidates are vying forchairmanships and other posts in urban andrural villages, locally called barangay(villages) — the Philippines’ smallest politicalunits, where violence and fraud are as much aconcern as they are in elections for higheroffice.

More than 54 million Filipinos haveregistered to cast their votes.In the latest violence, unidentified men

opened fire on a police car carrying anelections officer and policemen Sunday,setting off a gunbattle that wounded the pollofficial, two policemen and a civilian inPalanas town in central Masbate province,police said.Police arrested the son of a candidate for

village chairman and 16 other supporters,some of them armedwith shotguns and pistols,for allegedly threatening a rival candidate insouthern South Cotabato province, police said.In the country’s worst election violence, 58

members of a political clan and media workerswere ruthlessly shot to death in a 2009massacre allegedly plotted by a rival clan withits armed militias to maintain their politicalcontrol over southernMaguindanao province.The accused clan members have denied any

wrong-doing. Among the dead were at least 31media workers. It was the single worst killingof j ournalists in the world.Officials have postponed Monday’s electionsin central Bohol province, which wasdevastated by a strong earthquake on October1 5 that killedmore than 200 people.Voting was also postponed in southern

Zamboanga city, where Muslim rebelsoccupied coastal villages and took scores ofresidents hostage in a three-week standoff lastmonth that killed more than 200 combatantsand civilians.

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It’sthemoney,powerandmoney,somejustrunforthetwowealthIt is a sad shame that some candidates just run formoney, money, money.Barangay elections used to be met with little or nofanfare, with most people only finding out thereare new officials when the walls of the barangayhall have been repainted with the winners’ names.Since the Local Government Code was enacted twodecades ago, however, barangay elections haveincreasingly become hotly contested politicalbattles, with rivals employing guns, goons, andgold to ensure their victory.One reason: the barangay chairperson holds the

power to handle the village's share of the InternalRevenue Allotment (IRA) , estimated at P68.3billion in 2014.This year, Barangay 176 in Bagong Silang,

Caloocan City received P89.78 million in IRA, thelargest among all barangays nationwide, becauseit has over 245,000 residents.The opportunity to manage such a huge budgetmay explain why eight candidates are vying tobecome the barangay chairman, while 93 areaspiring to become barangay kagawads inBarangay 176 when voters troop to the polls onOctober 28, according to figures provided by theCommission on Elections’ Caloocan office.They may be managing the smallest political unitin the country, but barangay officials still wieldenormous power. The barangay chairman, forinstance, is the only government official thatexercises executive, legislative, and judicialpowers.

As the village head, the barangay captain is thechief enforcer of all laws and ordinances. As chairof the Sangguniang Barangay, the barangaycaptain leads the crafting of the legislativeagenda. And as chair of the Lupong Tagapa-mayapa, the barangay captain has the power tosettle community disputes.The lion's share of the funds utilized by the

42,028 barangays nationwide come from the IRA,which represents the local government's annualshare from the proceeds of the national internalrevenue taxes, according to the Briefer onBarangayGood Governance by the DILG-NBOO.So, I hope you voted today. You voted for

candidates that can really run your barangay andnot just for themoney and the power.

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It’sthemoney,powerandmoney,somejustrunforthetwowealthIt is a sad shame that some candidates just run formoney, money, money.Barangay elections used to be met with little or nofanfare, with most people only finding out thereare new officials when the walls of the barangayhall have been repainted with the winners’ names.Since the Local Government Code was enacted twodecades ago, however, barangay elections haveincreasingly become hotly contested politicalbattles, with rivals employing guns, goons, andgold to ensure their victory.One reason: the barangay chairperson holds the

power to handle the village's share of the InternalRevenue Allotment (IRA) , estimated at P68.3billion in 2014.This year, Barangay 176 in Bagong Silang,

Caloocan City received P89.78 million in IRA, thelargest among all barangays nationwide, becauseit has over 245,000 residents.The opportunity to manage such a huge budgetmay explain why eight candidates are vying tobecome the barangay chairman, while 93 areaspiring to become barangay kagawads inBarangay 176 when voters troop to the polls onOctober 28, according to figures provided by theCommission on Elections’ Caloocan office.They may be managing the smallest political unitin the country, but barangay officials still wieldenormous power. The barangay chairman, forinstance, is the only government official thatexercises executive, legislative, and judicialpowers.

As the village head, the barangay captain is thechief enforcer of all laws and ordinances. As chairof the Sangguniang Barangay, the barangaycaptain leads the crafting of the legislativeagenda. And as chair of the Lupong Tagapa-mayapa, the barangay captain has the power tosettle community disputes.The lion's share of the funds utilized by the

42,028 barangays nationwide come from the IRA,which represents the local government's annualshare from the proceeds of the national internalrevenue taxes, according to the Briefer onBarangayGood Governance by the DILG-NBOO.So, I hope you voted today. You voted for

candidates that can really run your barangay andnot just for themoney and the power.

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