Foreign observers, Kodao reporter witness gunfight in Tugaya, Lanao del Sur

LANAO DEL SUR A two-hour gunfight erupted as polling places opened in Tugaya, Lanao del Sur at about 9:30 AM today May 10, killing one young woman and wounding two others. People’s International Observers’ Mission delegates, including three foreign observers from Canada, United States of America and Australia were caught in the middle of the gunfire along with Kodao Productions' reporter Raymund Villanueva and other Filipino members of the mission. Footage by Raymund Villanueva of Kodao Productions and volunteer Eugene Soco.

Tugaya ex-Mayor ambushed

gud evening po, gusto ko lang po ipaalala nangyari nung may 10, 2010 election sa Tugaya Lanao del Sur. di pa po na contento ang ang pamilya ni Mangawan Balindong at ang anak nya na si Alber Balindong sa ginawa nila last May 10 tas eto pa po inambush na nman nila ang ex-mayor d2 samin, dahil malapit na ang special eleksyon dis october 2, 2010. grabe ang mga taong yan mga walang konsensya mga walang puso. gusto ko lang po hingiin na dis coming special election e cover nyo po ulit ang tugaya para po matapos na ang kababuyan nla sa bayan namin. alam lahat ng taga tugaya ganu kasamang tao ang pamilya nila.