By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com If there’s one movie you should watch this summer, it’s Iron Man 2 directed by Jon Favreau (who ironically plays Happy Hogan in the movie). After the success of the first movie (also directed by Favreau), audiences gamely waited for the sequel. And if the ticket lines are any indication, Iron…
Month: May 2010
Campus Journalists Endorse Progressive Party-list and Senatoriables

By ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines endorses Makabayan senatoriables Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, who they believe, will uphold rights of journalists and the youth. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino intends to amend the Campus Journalism Act of 1991.
Gabriela Highlights Project RunAway: The Election Season Collection

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The fashion show, also a satirical commentary, serves as platform — literally and figuratively — for the people’s issues.
UNIFIL slams 20% increase in already overpriced passport
PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2010 The United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-Migrante-HK) denounced the Gloria Arroyo administration for jacking up the price of passports for overseas Filipinos that they claimed is “already overpriced”. The new e-passport costs Php950 in the Philippines. For those overseas availing of it, however, they will have to pay US$60 or…
Arroyo lawyer’s proposal to postpone polls dangerous — Bayan
News Release May 5, 2010 “What is the Palace game-plan?” This was the question raised by the umbrella group Bagong Alyanang Makabayan as the election lawyer of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proposed the postponement of the May 10 elections for 15 days. The proposal comes in the wake of failed PCOS machines, the huge deployment…
News in Pictures: In Another Makati Poll Precinct, Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally
At San Jose Elementary School in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City Monday, the machine count does not tally or register votes for mayoralty candidate Ernesto Maceda. In one precinct, election returns reflected 3 votes for mayoralty candidate Erwin Genuino and 1 vote for Edmundo Tagalog.
The May 1, 2010 Question: What Hope has Labor in the 2010 Polls?
By IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat.com The May 1, 2010 question: What hope has labor in the 2010 polls? IBON Features | May 2010 | Many hope that the elections will usher in reforms and alleviate the worsening plight of the Filipino people, including the country’s 38.6-million labor force. Many hope that the elections will…
News in Pictures: Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally in Cembo Poll Precinct
On Monday, Machine and manual count results did not tally in the clustered precincts in Cembo Elementary School for the mayoralty post and the Sangguniang Panlunsod.
News in Pictures: Final Testing and Sealing of PCOS Machine in Cembo Delayed
Final testing and sealing in Precinct 246 in Cembo Elementary School on Monday was delayed when the PCOS machine could not print a complete Initialization report. The printout generated did not show the list of candidates and the vote counter that should show zero votes. The Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) are unable to troubleshoot the problem on their own and called for the assistance of the support technician. After more or less an hour, final testing and sealing proceeded with the assistance of the Smartmatic TIM technician.
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