This week in Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. U Zin Yaw, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Asia Foundation President 
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Maguindanao Holds ‘Relatively Peaceful’ Manual Village Elections
October 27, 2010
After the successful first-ever nationwide automated elections in the Philippines in May, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) still held its breath for more than five months as it prepared for the nationwide barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. The barangay (the native term for a “village” previously known as barrio during the Spanish occupation [...]
Topics: Conflict and Fragile Conditions | Elections
Countries: Philippines