May 14, 2007 02:33 p.m.
Voters in Novaliches instructed to go to empty precinct

Kontra Daya convenor Josie Lichauco reported through text that the family of the late Betty Sy were instructed by the Comelec to vote in Damong Maliit Elementary School in Novaliches at precinct number 2487-A. According to reports by Walter Sy, their familiy received a mail from the Comelec informing them that their precinct was transfered to a different school.When they got to the school, it was empty.

May 14, 2007 01:46 p.m.
Precint opens two hours late, voting later halted in Binan, Laguna

In Sto. Tomas, Binan, Laguna, a precint opened two hours late and the voting was stopped for no apparent reason. According to a report from Kontra Daya, the incident happened around 9:04 am today.

Bayan Muna leaders in Tondo led by Luz Solayao and two others finally got to vote after nearly five hours when their names did not appear in the voter's list of their respective precincts. Solayao, whose name was missing in Precint No. 51S, finally found her name shuffled into the voter's list of Precint 54 F in Almario Elementary School. Her new precint however, covers voters from Parola, another district in Tondo.

May 14, 2007 11:59 a.m.
Initial report of the ORDER OF CARMELITES- JPIC Election monitoring as of 9am (May 14,2007)

Voter's disenfranchisement and chaos marked the opening of the polling precincts within the Sagrada-Carmelite Parish in Novaliches. Based on the initial report of the O.Carm-JPIC Election Monitoring 2007, as of 9 Am this morning many voters in the Parish of Sagrada Familia in Sitio Veterans, Bagong Silangan in Novaliches have registered the following complaints.

1. Many voters were deactivated from the list.
2. Some voters have noticed different picture in their names.
3. In precinct 1816, voters have mistakenly dropped their ballots in the compartment intended for the stabs. The BEI Merlyn Sulam, Cyndi Gonzales and Engel Bert Manuel promised to correct or segregate the ballots later.

In the Carmelite Parish in Rosario Agusan Del Sur, an election related killing was monitored at 5 Pm yesterday.

May 14, 2007 11:40 a.m.
Comelec changes members of BEI in Biñan Laguna

Kontra Daya received reports from Soro-soro, Biñan Laguna last 12 midnight that the Comelec changed the members of the Board of Election Inspectors an hour before midnight with people loyal to a local candidate believed to be an in-law of Comelec Chair Benjamin Abalos.

May 14, 2007 11:30 a.m.
Voters in Cubao, Paranaque fear disenfranchisement

Kontra Daya received reports that some voters belonging to precinct 0548-A in Paranaque and Precinct 44-45 Bgy. Immaculate Concepcion in Cubao, Quezon City reported difficulty in finding their names in the voters list. The reports were forwarded by Kontra Daya convenor Josie Lichauco. In Paranaque, long lines of complainants were also reported.

May 14, 2007 11:20 a.m.
Names of known Bayan Muna leaders missing in Tondo voter’s list

The names of three leaders of Bayan Muna were missing in the voter’s list in Barangay 20 in Tondo, Manila.

This was found earlier by Kontradaya field volunteers stationed in Almario Elementary School in Tondo, where residents of Barangay 20 are scheduled to vote in today’s national election.

One of them is Luz Solayao, a known community leader of Bayan Muna Partylist, whose name dotted the headlines in recent weeks after being harassed by members of AFP because of her involvement with said Partylist.

According to Solayao, they are long time voters from this area and they were utterly surprised that their names are missing in the official list.

Solayao and the two others suspect a seeming connection with the urban militarization in Metro Manila including Tondo. Bgy.20 was one of the areas covered the AFP during their deployment in Manila.

Reports say that even the official list of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting(PPCRV) does not include Barangay 20. This barangay covers Isla Puting Bato, where there is large concentration of voters.

Concerned parties have already filed complaints with the Commission on Elections.