A volunteer citizen journalist posted on Saturday at ABS-CBN’s Boto Mo Ipatrol Mo/Ako Ang Simula website photos of a soldier purportedly from the 69th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army as he was speaking out against certain partylist groups.
Apr 11th, 2010
A volunteer citizen journalist posted on Saturday at ABS-CBN’s Boto Mo Ipatrol Mo/Ako Ang Simula website photos of a soldier purportedly from the 69th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army as he was speaking out against certain partylist groups.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confidently said in a statement issued at around 4:30 pm Saturday that overseas absentee voting “commenced smoothly in the 93 Philippine embassies and consulates-general around the world”. 589,830 overseas Filipinos are registered for the overseas absentee voting, said the DFA.
Hours after the Philippines first overseas automated elections opened in Hong Kong, partylist group Gabriela Women’s Party reported “harassment and intimidation as well as major glitches” which it said could “seriously hamper” the conduct of the overseas absentee voting there until May 10. Cynthia Abdon-Tellez said in a statement that “more names were discovered to [...]
Apr 9th, 2010
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin CAGAYAN DE ORO — Today, April 9, 2010 marks the national celebration of the Araw ng Kagitingan or the Day of Valor. It is the commemoration of the Fall of Bataan at dawn of April 9, 1942 which started the infamous Death March that claimed the lives of almost 20,000 prisoners [...]
Apr 8th, 2010
Gabriela and Bayan Muna topped the latest partylist survey by Pulse Asia, but the polling firm notes that the number of Filipinos who remain unaware of the partylist system is still at a high of 60 percent.
The biggest Filipino organization in Hong Kong today assailed the Commission on Elections for belatedly “reconfiguring” election precincts just days before April 10, the start of overseas absentee voting for Filipinos working and living abroad.
Apr 7th, 2010
To help voters arrive at a pro-people decision come Election Day, independent think-tank Ibon Foundation and Pagbabago People’s Movement for Change recently released a valuable Voters’ Education Kit called People’s Choice.
Apr 6th, 2010
Even as the leading candidates trade barbs on a personal level, other candidates are trying to raise the level of political debate. One of them, Bangon Pilipinas presidential candidate Bro. Eddie Villanueva, showed political daring by signing a covenant with Muslim leaders in Mindanao where he expressed support for federalism as “a final and permanent [...]
Baby James Aquino, son of Kris Aquino and nephew of Liberal Party standard-bearer Noynoy Aquino, surprised his mother and attendees at a sortie in Bacolod City when he shouted the surname of his uncle’s strongest rival for the presidency.