Pimentel: Vote padding for Zubiri in 6 Mindanao towns

MANILA — Lawyer Aquilino Pimentel III today cited six more municipalities in Mindanao where ?dagdag-bawas? (vote-padding and shaving) operations were carried out by fraud syndicates to give Team Unity bet Juan Miguel Zubiri a large margin over him.
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Filinvest to hold jobs fair in Davao

During the jobs fair, scheduled on June 27, various positions are at stake for all graduates. These include: Sales Team Heads, Sales Managers, Marketing Officers, Business Development Officers/Assistants, Civil Engineers, Accounting Personnel, Management Trainees, Software developers, Technical Engineering Staff ad Agri-aides.

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Manipulation, deceit behind changes in peace panel?

Former presidential adviser on the peace process Teresita Quintos Deles today released a statement questioning not so much the reported appointment of Senator Jun Magsaysay as head of the government's negotiating panel in the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front but the departure from the panel of Silvestre Afable. "From the different stories circulating about how this unexpected situation came about, we cannot help but suspect the large play of manipulation and deception behind this sudden changing of the guards," Deles said.

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US-Philippines partnership produces new TV series on peace education

MANILA — U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney joined Secretary of Education Jesli A. Lapus and Knowledge Channel Foundation Chairman Oscar M. Lopez to formally launch a new peace education television series that will be shown on The Knowledge Channel and distributed to schools across the country. The series, entitled “Salam,” focuses on the lives of four young people, Christian and Muslim, living in Mindanao, and how they learn about peace, conflict resolution, and the importance of community, tolerance and social responsibility.
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