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Machinery for Cheating in ARMM Being Laid Out - Dalidig
Hadji Abdullah Dalidig, the Namfrel officer in Lanao del Sur who
testified before the Senate in 2005 about the manipulation of election
results in his province during the May 2004 elections said that the
very same machinery and practices are being put into place in
preparation for the May 2007 elections.
BY
DABET CASTAÑEDA
Hadji Abdullah
Dalidig, ex-Namfrel official
and Lanao del Sur poll fraud whistleblower |
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 Palace
Support for Pro-Gloria Party Lists a Ground for Impeachment
Both Art. VI, Sec. 5 of
the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7941 expressly reserve the
party-list system for marginalized and underrepresented groups. The
Supreme Court, in one of its landmark decisions, brought the matter
further by explicitly barring groups linked to or supported by the
government from participating in the party-list system.
BY ALEXANDER
MARTIN REMOLLINO
Caloocan Mayor Threatens
Kabataan Party-list
Members
Last April
15, Kabataan Party-list (Youth Party-list) members in Caloocan were
subjected to harassment and threats by no less than the city Mayor
himself. Mayor Recom Echiverri, who is running for his second term hit
and threatened the party-list members for removing his campaign posters.
BY ZOFIA LEAL
PHOTO
ESSAY
Youth
Party-List Ramps for Clean and Honest Elections
Wearing self-made
clothes that portray different issues during elections, Kabataan party
list members ramped on stage along Araneta Avenue, Tatalon, Quezon City.
The April 24 fashion show featured different election-related issues that
hound the May 2007 elections and the youth’s tasks to ensure clean and
honest elections.
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY KATHERINE P. TOLARBA
AND GLOREI ALLELU N. LINDIO
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‘A Nograles By Chance.’
Karlo Nograles (left) says it’s unfair to use against him the fact
that he’s a Nograles. In this photo taken last month, Karlo
accompanied his father (right) to the Comelec.
(davaotoday.com
photo by Barry Ohaylan) |
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DAVAO CITY — As many as 444 barangays
(villages) in the Southern Mindanao region have been classified as among
so-called “areas of immediate concern” this election season. The police in
the region reported 38 percent of the villages in Southern Mindanao,
including those in three cities and 44 municipalities, are affected by
armed and election-related threats.
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2007 Philippines Election: What’s At Stake |
Analysis
A Day for
Workers
The run-up
to this year's May 2007 elections threatens to foreshadow this year's May
Day for workers. But this should not be so.
BY
BENJIE OLIVEROS
Memos and
Verses from the ‘Tomb of the Living’
The nightmare experience exactly a year ago
(April 28, 2006) is still vivid for detainees Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio,
Aristedes Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez,and Michael Masayes, collectively known
as the “Tagaytay 5.”
BY DENNIS ESPADA
Residents,
soldiers face off before CHR
AFP Tags Groups as NPA
Recruiters
A hearing on the
presence of the military in urban poor communities conducted by the
Commission on Human Rights turned into a confrontation between officials
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and members of militant
organizations. Harry Roque, counsel for the complainants, expressed
dismay over the practice of military officals tagging members of
progressive organizations as NPA recruiters.
BY EMILY
VITAL
The army has camped out in
schools and public places in New Bataan, such as this sports complex where
military equipment and hardware are in plain view. (davaotoday.com
photo)
HUMAN RIGHTS
WATCH
In Compostela Valley’s villages, a de facto
martial law exists. Civilians have been tortured, detained, harassed and
killed as the military increases its presence in the resource-rich
province in order to protect, according to residents and activists,
plantation and mining companies. The deaths of
Grecil Buya in March and the
killing of two civilians by soldiers last Wednesday were the offshoots
of yet another case of “development aggression.”
DAVAOTODAY.COM
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Analysis
Seven
Theses on the Crisis and Disintegration of the Arroyo Terrorist State
This May election may
prove to be a decisive turning point both for Arroyo and the
anti-imperialist united front. Either Arroyo will cheat and entrench her
authoritarian rule, or the popular resistance will unseat her in a series
of flanking moves and direct confrontations hitherto unforeseen.
BY E. SAN
JUAN, JR.
Large-Scale
Mining and Rapu-Rapu
Island Residents Face Lost Livelihoods, Damaged Environment
As we observe
Earth Day, the country's leaders should be reminded of the damage that
large-scale mining has done to the environment and livelihood of residents
in mining communities such as Rapu-rapu.
BY GLENIS
BALANGUE
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Rapu-rapu residents and
environmental activists picket Lafayette's office in Makati City to
protest large-scale mining
ARKIBONG BAYAN PHOTO |
Corporate
Accountability: Is Self Regulation the Answer?
The globalization of trade and investment flows has been paralleled by the
emergence of codes of conduct. Although the first corporate code of
conduct was created by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in
1949, the 1990s witnessed a plethora of voluntary codes and corporate
social responsibility (CSR) guidelines.
BY KAVALJIT SINGH
Cordi
Farmers Want RP Out of WTO
Farmers from six
Cordillera provinces have forged a declaration against bilateral
agreements on agriculture with other countries, particularly the impending
ratification by Senate of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership
Agreement (JPEPA) and the country's membership to the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
BY LYN V. RAMO
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Starting ‘Em Young. Using
a net, these two children try to catch some fish and clean up some
debris at the Malagos dam during the youth camp. Apart from having
fun, they were taught how to help protect the city’s watershed, which
is being abused both by humans and companies. (davaotoday.com photo by
Alberto P. Egot Jr.) |
They’re
young, intelligent, committed — and they have the world on their
shoulders.
DAVAOTODAY.COM
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DAVAO CITY — The skies were beginning
to dim over Lake Venado at past five that afternoon of Maundy
Thursday. Inside their tent, MJ Lapiña and Alexandrous Ian Caasi were
sipping coffee.
By Angely Pamila M. Chi
Ian’s Last Climb. Ian
Caasi on the peak
of Mount Apo on April 5. A few hours
after this photo was taken,
he drowned in Lake Venado.
(Photo courtesy of Alexander Caasi) |
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 PHOTO
ESSAY
23rd
Cordillera Day, a Renewal of Commitment for the Struggle
They came from
different places and have diverse concerns. But one thing binds the people
of Cordillera: the struggle to defend their land, life and resources.
During the 23rd Cordillera Day, they renewed their commitment
to fight for their rights as they celebrated the heroism of the legendary
Macliing Dulag.
BY RONALYN OLEA
Pahayag sa Pagtanggap ng Gawad Marcelo H.
del Pilar
Maraming
manunulat mula sa aming henerasyon ang nagsikap at nagsakripisyo, buhay
man ang kapalit, sa pagsusulong ng pakikibaka at ng kanilang panulat.
Marami rin ang nabigo. May mangilan-ngilang hindi na nga natuto’y
ipinagpaparangalan pang ang kanilang panitikan ay sadyang sumasalungat sa
“mahabang tradisyon ng panlipunang pakikisangkot ng panulaang Filipino.”
NI GELACIO GUILLERMO
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CULTURE
Classifying Japanese Animation
Anime is one of the most popular forms
of animation in the world today. Who would forget Voltes V of the
early 70s?
BY MAC BRYAN N. BAUTISTA |
POETRY
The End Product
Muscles hit their limits
on roads of ambition
The nobility heard flows
in songs of vision
Within great needs for
wealth, goal's plated for auction
Means won't be held yet
yields an equation
BY CHESTER STONE P. BATNAG |
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