LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 16 -- Operatives of Task Force Masbate (TFM) on Sunday collared a village chief with a cache of high powered assault rifles at his residence in Placer town in Masbate, a police official said to PNA, Tuesday.

MANILA, Feb. 18 - A special task force organized by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to oversee the conduct of peaceful and credible elections in Masbate province was launched on Wednesday morning at the Masbate Coliseum, a Philippine Army official said.

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 16 -- The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Bikol assured the public that no failure of election will happen during the May polls as alternative measures are in place in case the automated computer machines fail.

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 17 - An early election in Masbate province is very unlikely, this according to the Commission on Election (Comelec) Bikol regional office. Comelec Bikol regional director Zacariaz Zaragoza said on Wednesday that holding an election in Masbate ahead of the May 10 general election will not materialize without legal basis.

IRIGA CITY (18 February) - ABOUT 400-HECTARES of grass-lands and some forested areas in the territorial area of six barangays in Mt. Asog were razed by spreading grass-fires about 2:00 P.M. of 17 February, the City Mayor's Office in this locality reported today.

VATICAN, Feb. 11, 2010-- The fact that human beings must endure illness, grow old and experience pain in body and spirit is a mystery that all the major religious seek to understand, said speakers at a Vatican conference.

MANILA, February 10, 2010-With the onset of the official campaign season, Catholic Filipino youths are one in saying that they want a God-fearing President to be elected come May 10.

MANILA, Feb. 9, 2010-A poll watchdog vowed to keep an eye on the conduct of the country's first ever automated elections in May to prevent massive fraud. With the elections barely three months away, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said the capabilities of the new system have not been fully established.

MANILA, February 11, 2010-As the political campaign season turns to high gear this week, Catholic prelates called on electorate to be responsible and well informed.

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