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Comelec says automation may fail, but not polls
By Ryan Chua
ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – The clock is ticking for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to finish preparations for the country’s first automated polls.
Many fear the elections will end up in chaos and failure.
But the Comelec has [...]
Continue Reading →Noynoy cover of TIME Magazine
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Leading presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party on Saturday said he was glad to have been featured by the prestigious international magazine TIME, adding that it’s always a triumph of the Filipino people if one of their [...]
Continue Reading →Mar says Salceda won’t be Noynoy’s economic adviser
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MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II has denied allegations of Senator Manny Villar that the defection of one of President Arroyo’s economic advisers to the Liberal Party will mean a continuation of the current government’s economic policies under a possible Aquino-Roxas [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec asked to disqualify nominees of 49 party-list groups
By Shiela Crisostomo
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Electoral reform group Kontra Daya has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify the nominees of 49 party-list groups they claim have “questionable” agenda.
Comelec has accredited 175 part-list organizations to [...]
Continue Reading →DFA: Almost 30,000 overseas Pinoys have cast their ballots
By Pia Lee-Brago
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The first week of overseas absentee voting (OAV) in Philippine embassies and consulates general around the world had a good turnout of voters, with almost 30,000 Filipinos casting their ballots.
The Department [...]
Continue Reading →Noli believes GMA won’t allow failure of elections
By Pia Lee Brago
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Noli de Castro said yesterday he believed President Arroyo would not allow failure of elections to happen only to remain in office longer.
In his weekly radio program “Para Sa [...]
Continue Reading →‘Noynoy has come out of his shell’
By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, eldest sister of Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, told The STAR yesterday that her brother is coming out of his shell and he is “his own man.”
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Continue Reading →Defections not as bad as expected–Lakas
By Cathy C. Yamsuan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—No need to press the panic button, the chief recruitment officer of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD declared Thursday, as he noted that only two percent of the candidates fielded by the party nationwide had defected to other camps.
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Continue Reading →Poll results to come up on big screens
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Poll watchers and watchdogs will be able to see the canvassed election results as they come in on May 10 on large screen monitors and projectors that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has agreed to install at all canvassing [...]
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