Watchdog group warns Maguindanao case to haunt Arroyo gov?t, calls for Senate probe

MANILA — Election watchdog Kontra Daya, warned that the Maguindanao case will haunt the Arroyo administration in the same way the ?Hello Garci? scandal marred the legitimacy of the Arroyo presidency.
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Mindanao screening of foreign scholarships now handled by DepEd, CHED and TESDA

DAVAO CITY — NEDA Region XI formally turned over the screening of Mindanao nominees for foreign scholarships to DepEd XI, CHED XI and TESDA XI. This is pursuant to Executive Order No. 402, s. 2005 which abolished the Special Committee on Scholarship and transferred its functions to the DepEd for basic education, CHED for higher education and TESDA for non-degree courses. The turn-over ceremony was held last June 26 at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City.
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Exclusion of ‘fraudulent’ Maguindanao canvass sought

?The many serious irregularities, anomalies and acts of fraud in the Maguindanao special canvassing, including but not limited to massive vote padding in 16 municipalities and the refusal of the special canvassers to make the municipal canvassers explain why it took them so long to submit the municipal canvass reports are enough reasons to exclude and set aside the alleged Maguindanao certificate of canvass,? said Bayan Muna lawyer Neri Javier Colmenares.

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