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(Eagle News) –Two provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao posted the highest voter turnout on Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, data released by the Commission on Elections showed. According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, who revealed the information in a Tweet, Maguindanao had the highest voter turnout—of the 652,244 registered voters in the province, 608,846 voted, for a voter turnout of 93.35 percent. Lanao del Sur was in second place, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Wednesday, Jan. 23, commended the Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police for the successful conduct of Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. “Despite some untoward incidents and delays in the opening of polling precincts in Cotabato City, we can consider the BOL polls a huge success,” Pimentel said. On Jan. 21, the BOL plebiscite was held in areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) –Voter turnout in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite has exceeded 85 percent. This is according to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, who made the announcement in a Tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Day 1 of the plebiscite, or Jan. 21, was conducted in areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Isabela City in Basilan, and Cotabato City. Day 2, or Feb. 6, covers Lanao del Norte except Iligan City, and six towns in North […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has declared February 6 a special non-working holiday in areas covered by Day 2 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. According to Proclamation No. 656, the declaration of such in Lanao del Norte except Iligan City, and in the municipalities of Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Midsayap, Pikit and Pigkayawan in North Cotabato was to give the people there the “opportunity to actively and fully participate in the plebiscite and exercise their right to vote.” […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Wednesday, Jan. 23, deferred for a second time the canvassing of votes cast in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in Sulu, Cotabato and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In a statement, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the rescheduling of the canvassing from today at 1 p.m. to tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. was because “the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers have not yet received […]
(Eagle News) – Early results of the January 21 Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in the five provinces comprising the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as well as the cities of Cotabato and Isabela, showed overwhelming “yes” votes for the BOL. In ARMM, initial figures from the Commission on Elections’ Plebiscite Center showed that 1,340,043 voters who voted “Yes” to BOL, while only 192,502 voted “No” as of 1:30 p.m. counting on Tuesday, January 22. […]
(Eagle News) — Aminado si National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., na hindi agad mawawala ang karahasang nagaganap sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao sa oras na matapos ang plebisito ng Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Ayon kay Esperon, mayroon pa ring iba’t-ibang rebeldeng grupo katulad ng Maute at Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters na paunti-unting sinusugpo upang mapigilan at mawala na ang mga karahasang nangyayari sa rehiyon. Sinabi ni Esperon na wala nang kakayahan at hindi […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Jan. 22, rescheduled the canvassing of votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite to Wednesday, Jan. 23, instead. This was after the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) for the BOL based in the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila received no certificates of canvass from the areas covered by the plebiscite as of 11:30 a.m. On Jan. 21, residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) — Napakaraming Pilipinong Muslim sa bansa ang pabor na maipasa ang Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Sa isinagawang survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS), noong Disyembre, lumitaw na 79 % ng Muslim ang pabor na maaprubahan na ang BOL. Para sa mga Muslim na hindi pabor sa pag-apruba ng BOL, 3 percent ang tutol rito habang 14 percent naman ang undecided. Samantala, lumitaw naman na 78 percent ng Pilipinong Muslim ang may kaalaman higgil […]
(Eagle News) – Polls closed as scheduled at 3 p.m. on Monday, January 21, on the historic Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in three main areas — the present geographical area of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Isabela City in the province of Basilan, and Cotabato City. The results of the historic plebiscite will be known within four days, according to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The historic BOL plebiscite also saw […]
(Eagle News) Police, instead of teachers manned several polling precincts, in Cotabato City due to the late arrival and in some instances non-arrival of teachers in the area. According to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Commission on Elections director Ray Sumalipao, some 24 clustered precincts were affected. At least 72 teachers were replaced by police personnel. Election paraphernalia also arrived late. Voting for the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite thus started late, at […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures taken by Eagle News reporter Jerold Tagbo, Cotabato residents are seen arriving in droves in polling precincts to vote in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. President Rodrigo Duterte himself had vouched for the ratification of the BOL in a speech in Cotabato days before the plebiscite, saying it was the only way peace could be attained in Mindanao.
