MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered today the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop election violence once and for all by reinforcing the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the effort to ensure peaceful and orderly elections under Commission on Elections (Comelec) supervision.
MANILA — Nationwide activities for the Labor Day tomorrow will push through
despite delays in the release of Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran. “We
will proceed to Mendiola as planned. It’s high time we reclaim
Mendiola as we continue to fight for freedom, democracy and defend the
people against human rights abuses and political repression initiated
by the Arroyo government. The continued illegal incarceration of Ka
Bel gives us more reason to confront Arroyo.”
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Manila — ?Filipino laborers work so hard to keep body
and soul together. One of the basic needs they dream
of is a decent house for their family,? said
Senatorial Candidate Cesar Montano, in his Labor Day
statement to media. He disclosed that one of his
legislative agenda is focused at encouraging
Filipinos, especially the poor and the homeless, to
avail of government?s housing programs. He calls it
the ?Work-for-a-House policy? aimed at getting people
to literally ?work for their houses?.
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New York City ? In the final two-week push before the May elections in the Philippines, Filipino youth, musicians, spoken word artists, organizers and allies are coming together in New York and Los Angeles to show support for the KABATAAN Partylist, the largest youth party representing the youth sector in the upcoming Philippine elections, and to call for clean and fair elections. Youth of KABATAAN-Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), based in New York and New Jersey, and KABATAAN-Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB, Pro-People Youth), based in California, will speak out for the rights of Filipino youth, both in the Philippines and here, in the US.
MANILA — Two days after the release of the latest Social Weather Stations
survey showing support for Bayan Muna dropping by about seventeen
points even as it kept the lead among 91 partylist aspirants, House
Deputy Minority Leader Satur C. Ocampo today questioned the poll
results which he described as “mismatched with political realities”.
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