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Second District Bets Offer Ideas, Programs

Second District: The four congressional candidates offer their ideas, programs and platforms, some lofty, some realistic.

By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — In the vote-rich second district of this city, where 251,272 registered voters make up 33 percent of the city?s total voting population, four political bets are vying for the congressional seat.

Third-termer reelectionist Vincent Garcia, the son of former second district Congressman Nonoy Garcia, is running against three-term City Councilor Jimmy Dureza, lawyer and former human rights commissioner Billy Aportadera and 34-year-old college dropout Joel Batucan, who ekes out a living tilling less than half a hectare of land.
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Nograles Sees No Need to Campaign

But his opponents, though obscure, promise to offer an alternative to the traditional politics that the first-district congressman represents.

By Tyrone Velez
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — ?He doesn’t need to campaign. He is unopposed.?

There?s probably a tinge of cockiness in it but that is the mindset that dominates the camp of Prospero Nograles, congressman of Davao City’s first district who is running for reelection.

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Bayan Muna vows to carry on fight vs. injustice, abuse in Philippines

MANILA — A vote for Bayan Muna is a vote for justice, a vote against abuse.

Bayan Muna aired this message to the electorate today, the last day of
the 90-day campaign for partylist aspirants, as it expressed
confidence that Filipino voters will give it a third-straight mandate
if the elections were clean and credible.
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Philippines: Bayan gearing for post-election protests

MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today announced that massive post-election protests will be very likely because of massive cheating during the elections.

In its statement for the May 14 elections posted on its website www.bayan.ph, the militant group called on voters to ?reject Arroyo and her puppet candidates? and to ?prepare for mass protest actions against the expected massive fraud and violence? that has marked the ongoing polls.
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