The Philippine military dominated today's headlines, with allegations that it ordered its troops to vote for Team Unity candidates and partylist groups identified with the administration. The directive was carried…
Outgoing Panabo City Mayor Rey P. Gavina whose third and final term as local chief executive expires this year, has put off momentarily his political retirement plan in order to help push for the welfare of the remaining military veterans as the third nominee of the Veterans Freedom Party.
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MANILA — With the country?s expanded rural electrification program reaching the 95.26 percent level as of the first quarter of this year, the Arroyo administration is confident that its target of energizing all of the 41,945 barangays nationwide will be attained by 2008.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today protested against the dismissal of ten employees of Global FM in Kananga (Central Democratic Republic of Congo) following months of unpaid wages with no prospect of compensation.
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Killing followed harassment of Suara Bangsamoro’s volunteers in Davao del Sur.
DAVAO CITY — The husband of a leader of the Moro partylist group, Suara Bangsamoro, was shot dead this morning by three unidentified men in Pikit town, North Cotabato, the Philippines.
Usman Ali, 40, was shot in the back of his head while at a public market in Pikit, said Suara partylist nominee Amira Lidasan .