Philippines: Printing anomaly may open floodgates for wholesale electoral fraud

News Release
April 10, 2007

Printing anomaly may open floodgates for wholesale electoral fraud

The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya picketed the National Printing Office today to protest what it called the ?anomalous presence of a private printer in the NPO which has been linked to election anomalies in 2004.?

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Philippines: Youth party-list slams Comelec’s refusal to divulge partylist nominees

April 10, 2007
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Youth party-list slams Comelec’s refusal to divulge partylist nominees

DAVAO CITY – Kabataan Party-list, the only youth party-list
participating in the May polls, today accosted the Comelec for
refusing to divulge the identities of nominees of party-lists who are
alleged relatives and allies of administration officials.

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Philippines: Satur back on campaign trail; Palace, AFP finally admit roles in anti-Bayan Muna drive

PRESS STATEMENT ? April 9, 2007

Satur back on campaign trail; Palace, AFP finally admit roles in anti-Bayan Muna drive

Fresh on from a Holy Week break, Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo returns to the campaign trail in a progressive partylist assembly in San Fernando, Pampanga today.

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Philippines: Palace, AFP finally admit roles in anti-Satur, anti-Bayan Muna drive

PRESS STATEMENT
April 5, 2007

Palace, AFP finally admit roles in anti-Satur, anti-Bayan Muna drive

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita has finally admitted Malaca?ang’s
leading role in the fabricated charges leveled against Bayan Muna Rep.
Satur Ocampo and the campaign to crush Bayan Muna.

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Philippines: US Campaign for Kabataan Partylist Begins

New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA ? In the final six-week stretch before the May 2007 National Elections in the Philippines, youth of Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), based in New York and New Jersey, and Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB or Pro-People Youth), based in California, are launching a coordinated national campaign to gather support for progressive youth partylist KABATAAN, the only youth-sectoral partylist running for a seat this coming election.

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