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MANILA — What is Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos up to now?
This was the question raised by election watchdog Kontra Daya after the Commission on Elections deferred the proclamation of the first nine winning senatorial candidates.
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MANILA — Election watchdog Kontra Daya has sent a team to Lanao del Sur to observe the special elections on Saturday.
Led by Emmie de Jesus, secretary general of Gabriela, the six-man team has left for Lanao del Sur early morning, Friday. Atty. Nitz Mahinay will serve as the team?s legal counsel.
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MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan questioned the presence of retired generals Arturo Lumibao and Jovito Palparan in the special elections to be held in Lanao del Sur tomorrow.
Lumibao presented himself as a ?domestic observer? who will evaluate the security preparations of the Comelec. Palparan also claimed he was an observer though he is running as a nominee of the partylist Bantay.
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MANILA — After being greeted by protests in Japan, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is again set to be welcomed by protesters this time in Melbourne, Australia.
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TOKYO ? Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q.
Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) warned that the continuing
political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar), caused by the
repressive rule of its military junta, threatens the
stability of Southeast Asia as he pressed the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and
Japan to exert stronger pressure to help restore
democracy there.
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