With the Maranao communities plagued by poverty and short in social services, election season is considered “paskuhan” (Christmas season). Politicians’ money flows like rain, mainly to buy the votes of the Maranaos. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Election Watch Vol....
As in the 2004 presidential elections, polling results in these far-flung areas appear to be crucial in the nation-wide "dagdag-bawas" (vote padding-shaving) scheme intended to bring about victory for senatorial and party-list candidates backed by the Arroyo...
No election has been fair and square. In the recent elections, the outcome has been decided by one’s political hold on the poll body – and the numerous compromises that powerful election authorities make with the highest bidders to rig the elections. BY THE POLICY...
BY JOHN LASKER InterPress Service / June 1, 2007 Posted by Bulatlat Alternative Reader Vol. VII, No. 17 June 3-9, 2007 COLUMBUS, United States, Jun 1 (IPS) -- Earlier this year, when China blasted one of its satellites into thousands of little floating pieces, it...
BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/BREAKING NEWS June 1, 2007 - 5:07 p.m. House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna President Satur Ocampo said that the Supreme Court decision dismissing the rebellion case against the Batasan 6 should pave the way for the release of...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Breaking News June 1, 2007 - 1:53pm Some 50 members of Kontra Daya and Concerned Citizens trooped to the Philippine International Convention Center, June 1 and attended a Holy Mass at the building's lobby. Kontra Daya spokesperson Fr. Joe...
BY ROSE B. PALACIO Philippine Information Agency Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 DAVAO CITY — A $120-million bridge will soon connect Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal, a project that is expected to boost tourism and trade for the...
BY KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 - 11:14 p.m. "How can we harass them when they have the guns?" "They delayed our trip and hindered us from reaching the areas where we want to observe the elections. Instead of aiding us in this...
BY GMANews.tv Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 - 6:15pm The Philippine government failed to redeem itself from suspicions that it "benefited" from such illegal practices in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2004 with...
BY GMANEWS.TV Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 - 4:19pm The National Police on Thursday placed on restrictive custody five members of the Calabarzon Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) tagged as suspects in the burning of a school...
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 - 4:03pm MANILA — The political opposition vowed on Thursday to pursue charges against those behind the alleged plot to manipulate the election in Maguindanao that resulted in a sweep in...
CONTRIBUTED BY ILANG ILANG QUIJANO Bulatlat QUEZON PROVINCE—A young election volunteer in the municipality of Sariaya in Quezon Province has complained of surveillance and harassment by suspected military agents, bringing her case to the attention of foreign...
CONTRIBUTED BY ILANG-ILANG QUIJANO POSTED BY BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 5:42 p.m. QUEZON PROVINCE—Foreign observers from the People’s International Observers Mission (IOM) found anomalous practices during the municipal and provincial...
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 4:45pm Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos was alarmed over news that election officers were asked to leave the canvassing area at the Pasig Sports Center...
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luzon News Service Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 4:05 p.m. NUEVA ECIJA—The People’s International Observers Mission (IOM) team in Nueva Ecija witnessed today a crowd of more than five hundred people massing...
BY LISA ITO BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 3:20 p.m. NUEVA ECIJA, PHILIPPINES—Foreign observers visiting the town of Guimba, Nueva Ecija are now in the middle of a scuffle between supporters of a mayoralty candidate bent on defying Commission...
BY LISA ITO BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 1:57 p.m. As the canvassing of party-list votes start today, foreign delegates from the Peoples International Observers Mission (Peoples IOM) expressed concern over reports of disenfranchisement,...
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnangluson.com Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007- 12:09am City of San Fernando, Pampanga – "This year's elections in the Philippines made me realize just how much political dynasties (and militarization) heavily influence...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH / BREAKING NEWS May 15, 2007 - 9:33am The first nominee of the progressive party-list group Bayan Muna (People First) has urged media to include reports on the counting of party-list votes in their coverage of...
BY LISA ITO BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 15, 2007 - 7:55 p.m. In seeming contrast to statements by officials from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that the elections were peaceful and orderly, delegates from the Peoples International Observers...
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