Comelec list of nominees show Malaca?ang?s ?grand scheme? to undermine Philippines’s party list system

MANILA — The Bayan Muna party list today said that the COMELEC list of party list nominees confirms the Arroyo administration?s ?grand scheme to pack Congress with its own party list lackeys in order to thwart another impeachment complaint.?
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Where Is Jonas Burgos?


Where is Jonas Burgos? Family, friends, and human-rights advocates march last week to denounce the abduction of Jonas Burgos (right picture in banner), the son of press freedom icon Joe Burgos (left picture in banner). The young Burgos was an activist working with peasants in Bulacan. Military agents are suspected to be behind his kidnapping. (Photo courtesy of arkibongbayan.org)

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NPA to Probe Captured Army Soldier for ‘War Crimes,’ Rights Abuses

The New People’s Army’s Conrado Heredia Command in Southern Mindanao announced over the weekend that it has in its custody an Army sergeant whom it called a “prisoner of war.” It said it is going to investigate the soldier for possible “war crimes” and human-rights violations.

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Philippines: Gabriela dominates OFW exit poll in HK

MANILA — Taking its cue from the results of an independent exit poll by a local Hong Kong paper, an alliance of organizations composed of OFWs and their families expressed confidence that the Gabriela Women?s Partylist will lead partylist elections among OFWs and their families.

The exit poll by The Sun was conducted among nearly 600 OFW voters outside the Bayanihan Center polling place on April 15 and 22, the first two Sundays of OAV voting.
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