ILOILO CITY, April 06 (PNA) -- Comelec Regional Office 6 Director Rodolfo Sarroza assessed the March 24 registration for this year's May barangay election to be generally peaceful with only a few political interventions reported. Sarroza said that there were some reports reaching his office during the registration day that some politicians have been trying to make early "gimmicks" especially during the last registration day, perhaps, in order to work out for their favor the result of the barangay election. "These are only minimal, but we expect political interventions to arise during the campaign period on May 1-10," Sarroza said. [602 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=1299017&hilit=DRUG+SMART> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&1289494 Score: 78 Subject: BALITA-L DIGEST- 17 MAR 1997 TO 18 MAR 1997- SPECIAL ISSUE