On the eve of election day, Southern Tagalog regional poll-watchdog Kontra Daya, Kontra Karahasan received reports of election-related violence against militant groups in the region. In Los Baños, Laguna, at around 12:30 mn, 3 members of Kabataan Partylist, a member of Bayan Muna Partylist and Barangay Human Rights Officer Virgilio Tandang were arrested and physically injured by alleged Makati police officers while in a mass-action of residents against the alleged vote-buying and flying-voter scheme of a mayoral candidate.
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15 Soldiers — Not 11 — Killed in Mindoro Ambush, Reds Claim
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said today that 15 soldiers — not 11 as initially reported in the media — died in the firefight between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, on March 6.