BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Just four days after the polls, Jubien Abrena, 25, poll watcher of Bayan Muna in Magara, Roxas in the province of Palawan, was abducted by the Naval Intelligence Security Group-Western Command at about 3 p.m. of May 18 near the Puerto Princesa…
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Votes for partylists, Legarda said to have been shaved by 73% in massive election fraud in Philippines
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 MANILA—Task Force Poll Watch, an anti-fraud and monitoring group formed by partylist groups, reported this morning massive vote-shaving in at least 10 provinces, resulting in 73 percent loss of votes for Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela, Kabataan and Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate…
GMANews: 5 cops held over Batangas school burning
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 in Taysan town in Batangas province that killed a teacher and a poll watcher.…
GMANews.tv: Philippines Failed to Redeem Self from 2004 Scandal – Int’l Observers
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 rampant irregularities “allowed” in the region in the May 14 midterm polls. This was the…
Military Rebels Say No to Cha-cha
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Military rebels are “silently observing” the people’s reaction to the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration’s charter change maneuvers. “If the people will strongly react against it, there might be another attempt of military intervention to solve the current political impasse,” a retired military officer who has close ties with the military rebels said.…
Who’s to Blame for the Country’s Woes?
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS (Bulatlat.com) The government cannot merely ignore the results of opinion surveys and issues raised against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and simply claim that criticisms against her are false and the handiwork of the opposition. This seems to be a bad week for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who celebrated her 59th birthday April 5 as criticisms against…