(SECOND UPDATE) | The UCCP and progressive groups like Bayan and Bayan Muna have scheduled a noise barrage at noon tomorrow to denounce the abduction of the Rev. Berlin Guerrero. It will be held in front of the offices of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines along EDSA near Quezon Avenue in Quezon City.
Analysis | Mindanao is exploited to the hilt in the commission of electoral fraud not because of its remoteness. A distinct economic, political and cultural structure renders the region vulnerable to state manipulation verily through the use of the state’s apparatuses for state terrorism and coerced mandate through fraudulent elections.
The involvement of police officers in the burning of a polling precinct in Taysan, Batangas, which resulted in the death of two teachers, may just be the tip of the iceberg as far as the role of state security forces in electoral fraud and violence is concerned, says an opposition watchdog group.
MANILA — Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today denounced the alleged blatant attempt of the administrations “special operators”…
MANILA — The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya today warned that the inclusion in the national canvassing of questionable votes from…
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) today announced that protest actions have scheduled in…
Newsbreak magazine says that five partylist groups have used the services — to put it mildly — of so-called operators in order to win votes in the special elections held in Lanao del Sur yesterday. Two of these partylist groups are Yacap and Biyaheng Pinoy, groups that were allegedly formed by people with ties to the Arroyo administration.
MANILA, Philippines — On May 24, 2007, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo announced that the Japanese government has…
PAGALUNGAN, MAGUINDANAO Suara Bangsamoro Party list today said that a 12-0 turn out will never be possible in the…
MANILA — The Philippine and U.S. Navies will conduct the 13th annual bilateral training exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training,…
