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Hang ’em high later, says human rights commission chair
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Hang them later.
Veteran election lawyer and Commission on Human Rights Chair Leila de Lima Thursday said now was not the time to hold accountable those [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec mulls sanctions vs Smartmatic for foul-ups
KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN
GMANews.TV
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering penalizing poll machine supplier Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) for the glitches in the automated election system that will be used during the May 10 [...]
Continue Reading →Malacañang: No military takeover in case of total failure of polls
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MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s spokesman assured Thursday that Malacañang will not order the military to intervene in case of a total failure of the automated elections.
“Mangyari man iyon ay there [...]
Continue Reading →Chaos hatched to disrupt May 10 polls – Binay
By Jose Rodel Clapano
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay claimed yesterday that Malacañang has hatched a scenario of chaos to disrupt the May 10 elections and extend President Arroyo’s [...]
Continue Reading →Running priest to go on hunger strike, hits Church’s ‘pro-admin stance’
NIKKA CORSINO
GMANews.TV
Catholic priest Father Robert Reyes, who has gained a reputation for running to advocate causes he believes in, will not run this time but refuse food, as he decried the pro-administration [...]
Continue Reading →Villar, Noynoy warn vs delaying polls
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MANILA, Philippines – Presidential rivals Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party and Sen. Manny Villar of the Nacionalista Party on Wednesday opposed proposals to postpone the May 10 polls, saying it may lead to President [...]
Continue Reading →DepEd, teachers unprepared for manual count
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MANILA, Philippines – The public school teachers tasked to serve in the country’s first nationwide automated polls are not ready to conduct a manual count.
This admission was made during a pre-election briefing on Wednesday at the Department [...]
Continue Reading →Philippine poll body to push ahead with May 10 vote
By Manny Mogato and Rose Francisco
Reuters
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ Commission on Elections said it would do everything to ensure national elections were held as planned on May 10, after faults with vote [...]
Continue Reading →Palace won’t meddle in Senate affairs
By Paolo Romero and Christina Mendez
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang announced yesterday that the administration will not meddle in the affairs of the Senate and it is up to the senators to decide if [...]
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- There's too much fun in the Philippines
There’s too much fun in the Philippines
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- Pseudo-trial
Pseudo-trial
What happens when social media takesover the justice system?
As per the Julian Assange case in Britain where the WikiLeaks founder may find out about his fate through the social networking…
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The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
