by Matt Lang I was part of a team that went to Surigao del Norte in northeastern Mindanao. This area is rich in resources and is one of the last regions in the country that hasn’t been completely deforested or…
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June 11, 2010
Posts Tagged: election observers
May 30, 2010
Day 100
by Nancy Eng MacNeill After three months spent at Camp Capinpin, (in Tanay (town) in Rizal province) mostly in solitary confinement, Dr. Alexis Montes and his fellow detainees, known as the Morong 43 (2 doctors, 1 registered nurse, 2 midwives…
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May 21, 2010
Presbyterian quoted on election
Inquirer.net ran a story about the Philippines election in which observers were interviewed. Presbyterian Matt Lang is quoted in the story: “American Matthew Robert Lang, a Presbyterian clergyman who went to Surigao del Norte province, said party watchers were practically…
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May 21, 2010
Observers report from Surigao del Norte
On May 13th the People’s International Observation Mission held a press conference to report their preliminary findings about the election in the Philippines. Observers traveled to many areas throughout the country. Matthew Lang and Nancy Eng MacNeill went to the…
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May 16, 2010
A prayer after the election in the Philippines
Gracious God, we pray for the people of the Philippines: For those newly elected to office, grant wisdom to govern wisely, end repressive policies, and enact changes that benefit all the people; For candidates who lost in the elections, grant…
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May 15, 2010
New machines, same old machinery
Presbyterians Matt Lang and Nancy Eng MacNeill were among the nine election observers from the People’s International Observers’ Mission (PIOM) who went to Surigao del Norte in Mindanao. The group divided into three smaller teams with one going to Dapa,…
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May 15, 2010
Take a number
Voters in the Philippines obtained priority numbers to vote. Each voting site had 10 secrecy folder per automated voting machines (PCOS). Ten voters at a time would be let into the voting room to fill in their ballots. The priority…
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May 15, 2010
Voting directions for the Philippine election
This picture shows a poster with directions on how to vote. These were to be put up in each polling place. Photo by Nancy Eng MacNeill of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
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May 15, 2010
The 11th hour shower
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff member Nancy Eng MacNeill writes: Election history in the Philippines has been fraught with fraud and corruption from before the time of Marcos to the current Arroyo regime. As a result, arriving in Manila for the…
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May 14, 2010
Election violence in Lanao del Sur
Violence was reported during the election in the Philippines. Perhaps not as much as in previous elections. Perhaps not as much as had been feared. But violence was reported. One reported incident was a two-hour gunfight erupted as polling places…
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