Desaparecidos in the Philippines: A continuing nightmare
Relatives and friends of the victims of enforced disappearances marched in Quezon City on Saturday to press their demand for the military to surface their kin. Read the story. (Photo…
In the Philippines, election as repression
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA)
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
May 20, 2007
MANILA — President Gloria M. Arroyo and Benjamin Abalos, Sr., chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), this week praised the May 14 mid-term elections as “generally fair and peaceful,” with the latter dismissing reports of rampant cheating and other irregularities. The only hitch there is that both Mrs. Arroyo and Abalos have a very low trust rating among Filipinos.
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4 More Philippines Poll Watchers, Activists Slain; another Missing
Four more persons ? two of them young poll watchers ? were killed while another poll watcher went missing in the week of the elections.
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In the Eyes of a First-Time Voter
My first day as a voter went smoothly. Though there were many unprecedented events that happened later on, I was just relieved that I was able to vote without any worries.
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