Philippine Election Day, May 14, 2007

Same Procedure as Every Election Year?


*No elections in some areas in Laguna, Mindanao provinces
*Comelec exec decries PPCRV's refusal to open Cainta counting
*Disabled voters decry lack of facilities
*Aquino leads AMA unofficial count
*Local Absentee vote canvassing starts
*Negros town poll exec relieved for defying exclusion order
*Makati senior voters a force to reckon with
*Binay leads Lapid in initial count in Makati first district
*Uncle of Masbate mayoral bet killed in shootout
*Rich or poor, voters find their names missing
*Defensor at peace with self, will respect outcome of vote
*Cops brace for violence during canvassing as deaths increase
*Pinikpikan singer claims mayor threatened her
*Kabataan claims votes going to Anak party-list
*(UPDATE)Despite 114 dead, polls 'generally peaceful'

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*Quo Vadis, Genuine Opposition?
(Q & A with Atty. Adel Tamano, Genuine Opposition Spokesperson)
*We Need Good Leaders
*Kabataan Partylist: Ready for Congress
*Anti-Fraud, Militant Groups Fear OFW Votes Tampering
*Militant, Religious Ask for Ban of AFP
Deployment in NCR
*Soldiers Ordered to Vote for Team Unity,
DND Employee Confirms
*Military Geared for Massive Poll Fraud-NPA Leader
*Election Fraud in Mindanao Begins - Pimentel
*Fraud, 2007
*The Philippine Poverty Situation:
Beyond Poverty Measures, Inequality Grows

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