In this second installment in Davao Today’s Q&A series on the 2007 elections, newspaper columnist and political analyst Luis V. Teodoro argues that the May 14 elections will be a “turning point in whether the march to authoritarianism will continue or if the political crisis that began in 2004 — the crisis of legitimacy of the Arroyo regime — can begin to be resolved.”
Political violence has descended upon the island province of Camiguin in Northern Mindanao.
An election lawyer of Liberal Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate Antonio Gallardo sustained physical injuries after he was assaulted and mauled last Friday, April 27, by political rivals led by incumbent Caminguin Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo and his father, former Camiguin Gov. Perdo Romualdo, both members of the administration Lakas- CMD party.
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Troop deployment will aggravate, not curb, poll violence Kabataan Party-list, the only youth party-list participating in the May polls, today stressed that more army checkpoints and troop deployments will not…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka is further deteriorating as a second journalist was shot dead only 10 days after the murder of a Tamil editor.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued new warnings about journalist safety in Pakistan after four journalists were injured in a suicide bomb attack aimed at Aftab Khan Sherpao, the Pakistan interior minister, in the north-western district of Charsadda on April 28.
?This incident highlights the dangers that face journalists in Pakistan,? IFJ President Christopher Warren said.