MANILA — THE ambitious blueprint for the full development of Mindanao is expected to proceed at full throttle with the poll victory of Team Unity in the wake of a TU proposal on the creation of an ultra-modern railway project that will link the multi-ethnic communities in the Philippines’ southern backdoor.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) in Davao City expressed their concern over the conduct of clean, honest and peaceful elections come May 4, 2007 in a press conference today.
MANILA — Bayan Muna party list Rep. Teddy Casi?o is accusing the military in Ormoc City of illegally arresting one of their campaigners in his presence and using the arrest to link Bayan Muna to the New Peoples Army.
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MANILA, Philippines — An electoral watchdog focusing on the overseas absentee voting polls today expressed fears over the strong possibility that the OAV ballots sent by mail will be used for massive cheating by the Arroyo administration.
?The OAV by mail is extremely prone to tampering. The fact that there are also thousands of Return to Sender (RTS) ballots that will diverted and re-sent through ?private couriers? heightens this likelihood,? says Maita Santiago, Migrants Watch Network Against Electoral Fraud and Violence (MigrantsWatch.Net) Spokesperson.
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Statement of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum
Vestiges of Martial Law
The Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF), the fellowship of bishops from the United Church of Christ (UCCP), United Methodist (UMC), Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP), Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and the Roman Catholic Churches in the Philippines lament the deployment of elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in urban areas in the country. It is another nail hammered on the flailing limbs of freedom in this country.
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