Texters' help sought in anti-crime drive

PNP provincial director Supt. Freddie O. Panen has enlisted texting addicts in his command's drive to curb lawlessness and criminal activities in Catanduanes.  

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Abaca stripper guilty of frustrated homicide

The Regional Trial Court recently sentenced an abaca stripper to eight years in jail for helping his brother, whose death enabled him to escape justice, hack another man in San Andres four years ago.  [Full Story]

List of voters here trimmed by 2,182

The total number of registered numbers in the island province of Catanduanes was trimmed down to 103,988 after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sanitized voters lists of double entries, ghosts as well as transferees. [Full Story]

Camano files DQ case vs. rival

San Miguel Mayor Francisco T. Camano, Jr. turned up the heat in the race for his post last week when he asked the Commission on Elections to disqualify his bitter rival, Florendo Bernal, for lack of residency.  [Full Story]

Petition claims COMELEC records were falsified

Certain officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) are feeling slighted these days after a disqualification petition claimed that COMELEC records were tampered and falsified to allow an alleged non-resident to file his candidacy for governor. [Full Story]