“They claim that they have the evidence to prove their victory. They claim that they have an anti-fraud infrastructure in place. They claim that they knew of the outcome of the senatorial elections. And with all of these, the GO candidates and its panicky lawyers should rest in peace and allow for the smooth end to the electoral process.”
Abductions and enforced disappearances are becoming more frequent. The administration has not reined in the military despite condemnation by the international community.
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MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino trade unionist will be protesting in a cage against the Filipino President on the steps…
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stubbornly refuses to heed the grim warnings left by the environmental disaster caused…
(SECOND UPDATE) | The UCCP and progressive groups like Bayan and Bayan Muna have scheduled a noise barrage at noon tomorrow to denounce the abduction of the Rev. Berlin Guerrero. It will be held in front of the offices of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines along EDSA near Quezon Avenue in Quezon City.
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left at 5 p.m. today for New Zealand for another “foreign engagement” which she…
Analysis | Mindanao is exploited to the hilt in the commission of electoral fraud not because of its remoteness. A distinct economic, political and cultural structure renders the region vulnerable to state manipulation verily through the use of the state’s apparatuses for state terrorism and coerced mandate through fraudulent elections.
MANILA — Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today denounced the alleged blatant attempt of the administrations “special operators”…
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leaves on Sunday afternoon for a four-day visit to New Zealand and Australia to…
MANILA — Reports of an anonymous teacher exposing massive poll cheating in Maguindanao, a volunteer lawyer reporting Sulu poll inspectors…
