Foreign observers ‘blown away’ by irregularities in recent polls

By CJ KUIZON The PIOM also reported incidents of vote buying – in cash and in kind – and the military’s vigorous vilification campaign against partylists and senatorial candidates critical of the Arroyo administration.

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Marahan and Sasa voters endure long lines to vote

By JETTY AYOP-OHAYLAN AND MARIETTA BASTE-HERNANI In Marahan Central Elementary School in the city's third district, the voting pace was slow, and even those who went before the poll centers opened waited for five hours for their turn to vote. The school had two precincts with 1,000 total voters. By noon, only 30 percent of the total number has cast their votes.

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