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Philippines: Community Radio Empowers Comval Town

By Mai Gevera

What sets off Maragusan, the farthest town of Compostela Valley Province, among the other booming municipalities is its 12-year old community radio which continues to empower the residents.

DXLM-FM 102.5 MHz ?Lanog sa Maragusan? started with garrison style broadcasting, using loud speakers to deliver news to the town folks. It ran for two years until the local government unit of Maragusan pushed to convert the system to transmitter-based.

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Philippines: DILG Wants Unified Plan vs Terror in Mindanao

By Rose B. Palacio

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno called on local executives in Mindanao island to draw up a unified plan to fight terrorism in Mindanao.

Secretary Puno has asked governors and mayors in Mindanao to mobilize communities in Mindanao to help law enforcers combat the terrorist threats.

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Troubleshooter Is New Davao Prisons chief

DAVAO CITY — A noted ?troubleshooter? for the Bureau of Corrections is the new superintendent of the Davao Prisons and Penal Farm (DPPF) or Dapecol.

Superintendent Venancio Tesoro, who also served as prison superintendent of Dapecol in 1994 and in 2001, was tasked by Bureau of Corrections Director Vicente Vinarao to replace Catalino Malinao who was relieved following the early morning Easter Sunday raid by the New People?s Army on Dapecol?s armory which saw the rebels whisking away 118 firearms.

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Philippines: Solon decries arbitrary removal of 1.13 voters’ names from official Comelec list

News Release Thursday, April 12, 2007

Solon decries arbitrary removal of 1.13 voters’ names from official Comelec list; demands Comelec explain the methods it used to verify the names

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today said that the Commission on Elections should not have removed more than one million supposedly unqualified voters from the official voters list for the May polls.

The Comelec has removed some 1.13 million names from the from the list including the so-called “flying voters” and double registrants. According to reports, the National Capital Region (NCR) posted the highest number of deleted unqualified voters with 73,430 while in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) some 6,059 were removed from the list.

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Philippines: Voters’ distrust for GMA, her officials should be transformed into vigilance during May polls

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News Release Thursday, April 12, 2007

Voters’ distrust for GMA, her officials should be transformed into vigilance during May polls to safeguard votes, election returns from fraud

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today said that Pulse Asia’s recent survey results revealing the public’s low level of trust for key officials and supporters of the Arroyo administration were not surprising. President Arroyo and former President Fidel Ramos have public distrust ratings of 41 and 43 percent, respectively. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr and Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos also have low trust ratings.

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