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House fails to ratify FOI due
to supposed lack of quorum

House Majority Leader Arthur Defensor motions to ratify the Freedom of Information Act, which was objected to by Camiguin representative Pedro Romualdo. Romualdo is prepared to be ‘condemned’ for blocking the passage of the proposed legislation as he questioned the lack of quorum in the chamber ‘as a matter of principle’.

Read more... | Posted Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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The elections as fiesta

by Karol Ilagan, Katreena Cosme and Camille de Asis

BARANGAY ADDITION HILLS, MANDALUYONG CITY – It’s a historical moment in the country’s electoral history that also turned into a mammoth fiesta for local candidates here who, in defiance of election rules, hang columns of posters and tarpaulins outside the Andres Bonifacio Integrated School.

Read more... | Posted Monday, May 10th, 2010
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Scenes from the first hour of voting at Commonwealth Elementary School

by Tita C. Valderama

As early as 5 a.m., voters began looking for the designated classrooms for the precincts in which they were registered. There were sheets posted at the entrance of the Commonwealth Elementary School in Quezon City’s second district, the biggest voting center in the city. Then, they had to negotiate through a crowd to look for their sequence number on the voter’s list posted outside the classroom. A member of the Board of Election Inspectors distributes numbers outside to make sure queuing for entrance to the voting room is done orderly. While waiting for their turn, the voters are requested to gather in a holding room adjacent to the voting room for instructions on the voting process.

Read more... | Posted Monday, May 10th, 2010
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Inside APO Production Unit, Inc.

by Tita C. Valderama
Read more... | Posted Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
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The candidates as young men

Read more... | Posted Saturday, May 1st, 2010
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The curious case of ARMM and Maguindanao population spikes

by Ed Lingao

This report exposes what population experts call a statistical anomaly with grave implications on the conduct and results of the May 10, 2010 elections the inexplicable sharp spike in the population growth rate of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Read more... | Posted Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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Scenes from the Ampatuan trial

Photos from the petition for bail hearings of the principal accused in the November 23, 2009 Massacre in Ampatuan town, Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.

Read more... | Posted Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
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Journalists cry out for justice

by Ed Lingao

Journalists, media workers, and activists march to Mendiola to demand justice for colleagues slain in the Maguindanao Massacre. Read the story.

Read more... | Posted Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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Journalists turn rallyists for Maguindanao massacre victims

by Karol Ilagan

ON the eve of the observance of International Human Rights Day (December 10), journalists and media workers took to the streets in Mendiola, a stone’s throw from the seat of political power that is Malacanang Palace, in rage and grief. Their common call: Justice for the 57 victims of the November 23 Maguindanao Massacre, that [...]

Read more... | Posted Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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The Massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao

Please be warned of the graphic nature of these photographs. All photos were taken from the Commission on Human Rights.

Read more... | Posted Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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