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By Danny Arao For the next Philippines administration, the proposed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) could be a priority because it is “watered down” already.… 06/16/2010
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Philippines
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: FOI Act needs ‘sunshine clause’
Canadians visit Morong 43
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Nine Canadians, three others from the UK and Australia, and members of Manila based groups heard first-hand from the Morong 43 their story and feelings… 06/01/2010
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Int’l observers claim rampant vote-buying in RP polls
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SAN FRANCISCO – Members of the Philippine Election Observers Team returned to the United States exhausted from their 10-day mission to the Philippines. About 50… 06/01/2010
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Ballots were pre-shaded — Kontra Daya
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Manila— The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya has received information on fraud committed during the May 10 elections in one of the island municipalities in Basilan.… 06/01/2010
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11 other losing bets file poll protests
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MANILA, Philippines – Less than two weeks after the country’s first nationwide automated polls, various candidates have filed election protests before the Commission on Elections… 06/01/2010
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Elections Not Credible Even at the Precinct Level
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I stand corrected. In a previous analysis “Has the Country Achieved a Clean, Honest, and Democratic Elections,” this writer concluded that except for the long… 06/01/2010
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Aquino against impunity
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THE incoming government of Benigno Aquino III is being greeted with a level of optimism that includes the hope that it will seriously address Philippine… 06/01/2010
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Wistful thinking
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AFP Chief Gen. Delfin Bangit’s admission that the AFP will not be able to meet de facto President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s 2010 deadline to defeat… 06/01/2010
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‘Freedom of Information bill not yet dead’
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MANILA, Philippines – Don’t kill the bill. One of the authors of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill refutes the statement of House Speaker Prospero… 06/01/2010
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Canadians caught in gun battle in Lanao
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The most intense experience amongst the PIOM observers was that of Canadians, Randall Garrison, City Councilor in BC, Carol Crabtree, and Australian, Joyce Ann Mercer… 06/01/2010
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