Cagayan de Oro, Philippines News

The Commission on Elections said Emano got 190,986 votes compared to his rival, Vice Governor Norris Babiera, who garnered only 170,321 votes.

THREE days after the elections, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections has yet to receive more election returns from the Commission on Elections to do its parallel count.

A combination of community issues centered on his handling of the Typhoon Sendong relief efforts ended the magic of Mayor Vicente Emano, whose political dominance in this city and the province of Misamis Oriental spanned more than three decades.

MISAMIS Oriental gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Vice Governor Norris Babiera conceded Tuesday afternoon after his opponent Rep.

IT'S summer time once again and beer market leader San Miguel Brewery Inc. has brought fun and adventure on a higher level as they add the "Wildest Pulutan Challenge" onstage game to their weekly battle of the bands all throughout the country in their Sarap Magbabad Taste of Summer this year.

AS of 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, mayoralty bet Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno is leading the race against incumbent Mayor Vicente Emano with Moreno's 69,839 votes over Emano's 57,783. Moreno has been edging by 12, 066 votes.

INSTEAD of official sample ballots, voters will get their voters' information and instruction sheet by personal service, the Commission on Elections said.

Last week, thousands of Malaysians came out on the streets to protest the election results in their country because of alleged cheating by their ruling political coalition.

ONE died while six others were wounded when government troops clashed with members of the New People's Army in Lawit, Gingoog City, early Saturday morning.

The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,542 out of 3,601 passed the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Civil Engineering in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi and Lucena this May 2013.

AROUND 400 volunteers of the National Movement for Free Elections gathered last May 8 for the final orientation and briefing before their field assignments on May 13 elections.

A POLICE official in Cagayan de Oro is unhappy over the refusal of victims and witness to testify against their attackers despite the determination of authorities to jail the suspects involved in crime.

That is a tall order. We know how dirty public office has become. We skirt laws, we bribe and accept bribery, we protect our own interests.

CAGAYAN de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma is calling on the people to be more vigilant emphasizing the need for transparency in the process of handling Monday's national and local elections.

Inside Room 1 at the Consolacion Elementary School here, Board of Election Inspectors chair Edgar Lacre was so anxious during the testing of the precinct count optical scan machines that he forgot he slid the vital memory card in the pocket of his denim pants.

MEMBERS of the civil society organizations, government and private agencies on Wednesday signed a manifesto for a credible, clean and peaceful May 2013 election.

AT LEAST 200 police officers are now at the Regional Training School of the Philippine National Police based in Patag, Cagayan de Oro, to augment the regional security force during the upcoming mid-term elections on May 13.

There was no irregularity found in the inventory of the election paraphernalia for Cagayan de Oro that went overtime Tuesday night, according to the election watchdog National Citizens Movement for Free Elections .

MEMBER validation team has been formed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to identify the areas to be covered by the massive reforestation program in Cagayan de Oro, which was devastated by tropical storm "Sendong" in December 2011.

The Alcantara Group-controlled Mapalad Power Corporation , which operates the 98 megawatt Iligan Diesel Power Plant is ready to deliver 10 MW of power beginning May 6 to provide relief to the power shortage in Mindanao especially that the May 13 elections draw near.