MALACANANG on Friday defended President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's signing of the poll automation bill even if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it could no longer be implemented in the upcoming May elections.
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Bishops decide not to endorse any candidate in May polls
"WE WILL not endorse anyone." Thus declared Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), on Friday as the bishops hold their three-day annual plenary assembly.
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Chinese fishermen slam detention in RP
THE 32 Chinese nationals who were caught practically red-handed while poaching the waters of the Tubbataha Reefs last December cried foul on Friday over their alleged arbitrary detention, which they claim should render the case against them dismissed.
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12 guvs join administration party
THE Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) on Friday boasted of the defection of 12 governors to the country's biggest political party last Wednesday.
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