MANILA — Towns with 12-0 votes for Team Unity continue to pour in from various regions and their entry into the count is expected to radically change the composition of the Senate’s Magic 12 and in favor of the pro-administration ticket.
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA)
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
May 20, 2007
MANILA — President Gloria M. Arroyo and Benjamin Abalos, Sr., chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), this week praised the May 14 mid-term elections as “generally fair and peaceful,” with the latter dismissing reports of rampant cheating and other irregularities. The only hitch there is that both Mrs. Arroyo and Abalos have a very low trust rating among Filipinos.
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MANILA ? The alleged cheating in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur during Monday?s elections was ?brazen? and ?shameful,? Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said today.
Pimentel called the reported 12-0 sweep by the administration?s Team Unity in Maguindanao as ?incredible and doubtful in view of allegations that election returns were falsified and votes for TU candidates were padded while votes for GO candidates were shaved.?
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By Marilou M. Aguirre
Davao Today
DAVAO CITY — The wait is over. At exactly 8:10 last night, the Davao City Board of Canvassers (CBOB) proclaimed the winners of the 2007 local elections in this city.
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MAYOR DUTERTE, RODRIGO R. 382,185 JOAQUIN, JUSTINIAN C. 1,745 MANTILLA, TEODORO P 1,668 SATERA, HENRY S. 648 SULAMIN, RODRIGO J. 1,047 VICE-MAYOR DUTERTE, SARA Z. 338,095 HO, JEFF O. 42,216…