Failure of Elections in 3 More Lanao Sur Towns
The Commission on Elections announced that it suspended the elections in three more towns in Lanao del Sur. In a press conference in Manila, Comelec officials said teachers in Butig,…
International observers see poverty as major election issue
TONDO, MANILA — “We are going to vote but we are not very optimistic that our lives will be better after the elections. For sure, we will continue to face the threat of demolition after the elections.”
Whoever wins, the people of Tondo are somewhat frustrated that no one is doing enough to stop the intensifying poverty and demolition of urban poor communities in Metro Manila.
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Garci Defeat Hailed, ‘Bad Omen for Team Unity’
MANILA — The mobile activist group that popularized the Hello Garci ringtone as
a sign of protest over the fraud-ridden 2004 elections expressed
elation over the defeat of former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio
Garcillano in the contest to represent the first district of Bukidnon.
Nueva Ecija: Foreign Observers See Irregularities in Canvassing
Cheating is possible every step of the way
NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — Rev. Larry Emery, spokesperson of the Nueva Ecija Team of the People’s International Observer mission, said the team is worried over the irregularities that it has observed in the canvassing of votes at the Guimba Municipal Hall that may show indications of possible election fraud in the area.
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Beltran Asks Help of Media, Watchdogs to Monitor Partylist Race
MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today said sought the attention and assistance of the media in monitoring the developments in the party-list race, saying that that relative lack of coverage of the party-list elections renders the progressive party-lists vulnerable to the government’s scheme to cheat the party-lists.
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