Cops seize 85 guns, 12 grenades at checkpoints before BOL plebiscite

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:31:30 +0000

Police have confiscated 85 firearms and 12 grenades since setting up election checkpoints a week prior to the conduct of the BOL plebiscite.

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Sison predicts ‘Yes’ vote to win in Bangsamoro plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:59:46 +0000

Sison predicts ‘Yes’ vote to win in Bangsamoro plebiscite

Despite the strong opposition against the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), top communist rebel Jose Maria Sison conceded that the proposed statute would still be ratified in the plebiscite due to President Duterte’s alleged coercive influence.

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Tensions rise in Cotabato City as alleged flying voters nabbed

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:20:57 +0000

Tensions rise in Cotabato City as alleged flying voters nabbed

Tensions rose at the Cotabato City Institute where Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi cast her vote as some alleged flying voters were caught.

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Hontiveros: A vote for BOL is a vote for peace, development

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:34:10 +0000

Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday called on the Bangsamoro and Mindanaon people to participate in the plebiscite and vote in favor of the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

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Albayalde: Grenade-throwing incident in Cotabato City ‘something personal,’ not related to plebiscite

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:10:40 +0000

THE motive behind the grenade-throwing incident at the house of a judge, not a lawyer, as posted, in Cotabato City late Sunday night was “something personal” and had nothing to…READ

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At least 66 teachers fail to show up in Cotabato City precincts for BOL plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:23:12 +0000

At least 66 teachers fail to show up in Cotabato City precincts for BOL plebiscite

Dozens of teachers did not show up at the polling centers in this city Monday, causing delays in the conduct of plebiscite to ratify the law that would give the Moro Islamic Liberation Front full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland, the Commission on Election said Monday.

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‘Vote, don’t be scared,’ Cotabato mayor tells people

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:18:25 +0000

'Vote, don't be scared,' Cotabato mayor tells people

The mayor of this city called on the people Monday to go out and vote despite harassment and grenade explosions that rocked the city on the eve of the plebiscite to ratify the law that will give the Moro Islamic Liberation Front full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland.

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3,000 former MILF combatants to cast votes in today’s plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:49:57 +0000

Close to 3,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would cast their votes in a plebiscite today, Monday, to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

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Grudge, terrorism eyed in blasts at Cotabato judge’s residence

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:40:25 +0000

Investigators are looking at personal grudge, apart from terrorism, as a possible motive behind the twin blasts at the compound of a judge in Cotabato City on the eve of the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

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Twin blasts rock Cotabato City on eve of BOL plebiscite

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 22:34:29 +0000

Twin blasts rock Cotabato City on eve of BOL plebiscite

Two blasts rocked Cotabato City Sunday night, hours before the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), police said.

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