Wait, we’re not done yet: Guialani
By Nitz Arancon
CAGAYAN de Oro can start moving on now but not businessman Jacky Ching and his associate William Guialani who are out to legally finish off Mayor Vicente Emano and Councilor Adrian Barba.
Oca, Bambi start talking about ‘healing,’ unity
By Ben Balce
CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno and Misamis Oriental Governor-elect Yevgeny Vincente Emano are starting off on the right foot with both calling for “healing,” reconciliation and unity. One even called for a harmonious working [...]
Emanos take capitol back
By Nitz Arancon
AFTER much delay, Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” Emano was proclaimed yesterday as the next governor of Misamis Oriental, a victory that’s a redeeming factor given his family’s and the Padayon Pilipino’s big loss in Cagayan de Oro.
Dongkoy orders review of poll results; Oca forming transition team
By Nitz Arancon
MAYOR Vicente Emano is not about to concede yet––he has directed his legal team to review the results of last Monday’s mayoral elections.
Dongkoy lost even in his own polling precinct
By Nitz Arancon and Mark Francisco
THE once reputed political kingpin of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental lost even in his own polling precinct in Gusa.
Emano gets no special treatment at Gusa polling precinct
By JB Deveza
LONG-TIME Mayor Vicente Emano came to vote at the Gusa Elementary School just before the elections officially began at 7 am yesterday. He was early. But a line of about 20 early birds had already formed at Precinct 0473A where he was to cast [...]
Moreno is winning, shows Comelec’s partial count
(2nd update / 1:42 am)
By Herbie Gomez
MISAMIS Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno has taken the lead in the city’s mayoral race based on the Commission on Elections’ partial tally as of 12:49 am.
THIS IS IT!
By Nitz Arancon and Mark Francisco
THE Padayon Pilipino and Liberal Party continued the mudslingings during the final hours of the campaign period as they summoned their supporters to Saturday’s twin miting de avance at the Rodelsa Circle and the Don [...]
Troops now guarding polling machines
By Nitz Arancon
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday stepped up the security in the city’s polling centers as it caused the deployment of government troops to guard election precincts where vote-counting machines would be kept and used on [...]
Hold-departure order against Emano sought
By Nitz Arancon
NEW Wishing Star Corp. president Jacky Ching has asked the ombudsman to cause the issuance of a hold-departure order against Mayor Vicente Emano in connection with the graft cases he filed against the local chief executive and other officials.
Joson won’t open mysterious boxes
By Nitz Arancon
CITY budget officer Griscelda Joson could have opted to get it over with by just opening the boxes. But she didn’t.
FACE-OFF: Cops to tighten security at Xavier as it hosts mayoral debate today
By Nitz Arancon
CITY police director Graciano Mijares yesterday ordered security measures stepped around the Xavier University gym where reelectionist Mayor Vicente Emano and his top challenger, Gov. Oscar Moreno, are scheduled to face each other in a [...]
Commotion at city hall as workers bring out 4 mysterious boxes from ballot room
(BREAKING STORY / 3rd update 10:36pm)
TENSION is gripping city hall now after three city hall employees allegedly went inside the room where ballots intended for the May 13 elections are stored and took out four still unknown boxes after 5 pm today.
Survey results bedaze Liberals; Padayon not taking chances
By Nitz Arancon
MIXED reactions greeted the results of the second phase of Kinaadman Research Center’s survey that Xavier University released on Friday. As expected, how people reacted depended on which side they were.
Close call for mayoral race, shows Xavier U survey
XAVIER University yesterday released the official results of the second pre-election survey conducted by the Kinaadman Research Center, showing that the mayoral race is still a close call between reelectionist Mayor Vicente Emano and Misamis Oriental [...]
