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                    [Title] => Undocumented OFWs can still register for OAV
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A migrant workers' rights group on Monday said undocumented overseas Filipino workers are not disqualified to register as absentee voter.
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                    [Title] => Nene seeks to plug loopholes in absentee voting law
                    [Summary] => Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. railed yesterday against the weakness of the Absentee Voting Law in encouraging overseas Filipinos to vote in national elections. 


Speaking during the consultation seminar-workshop on the Overseas Absentee Voting Act at the Senate, Pimentel said records at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) showed that only 223,512 of the five million registered Filipino voters abroad had cast their ballot in the May 10 elections. 


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                    [Title] => Arroyo assures Filipinos abroad they’ll be heard come May
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo assured overseas Filipinos yesterday that they would be able to vote in the May 10 elections if they had registered as required under the Absentee Voting Act.


"The right of overseas Filipinos to choose their leaders has both a symbolic and practical significance," she said in a statement from Malacañang.


"It binds them to the national future as it allows them to participate in the mandate of governance," she added.


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                    [ArticleID] => 232323
                    [Title] => Angara warns automation of elections bound to fail
                    [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara warned yesterday of a failure of the  nationwide automated counting of votes in next May’s elections.
"President Arroyo still has time to prevent chaos that may arise from a nationwide implementation of automated counting," he said.


"Blame should be put squarely on her (Arroyo) for disorderly conduct of polls to full automation."


Mrs. Arroyo has been sitting on a congressional measure calling for a selective automated counting of votes because she wants a nationwide implementation of the measure, he added.


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                    [Title] => JDV vows budget passage
                    [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia said yesterday the proposed P864.8-billion budget for 2004 will most likely be approved by the House of Representatives tomorrow after a two-week delay caused by the impeachment crisis.


"We will muster all the support we can get (among the 226 congressmen) to ensure budgetary allocation for agencies of government," he said, adding that "an overwhelming majority of the parties favor the fast approval of the budget."


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                    [Title] => House okays 2004 additional budget
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives approved yesterday a supplemental budget of P5.525 billion for next year’s elections and for the increase in the salaries of military personnel.


Speaker Jose de Venecia said the supplemental budget was approved after 12 hours of debate that ended before dawn yesterday.


The supplemental budget’s approval, he said, will ensure the holding of next year’s elections and the soldiers’ pay increase even if there is a delay in the approval of the P864-billion national budget for next year.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-21 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada
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                    [Title] => Automated poll opens new loopholes, tricks
                    [Summary] => The shift from manual to modern polling is becoming a nightmare. What was billed as the end to all election frauds is portending chaotic, incredible balloting in 2004. 


Part of the blame is lack of funding. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => Imee: Absentee voter registration should be extended
                    [Summary] => Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos called yesterday for the extension of the absentee voting registration period following the enactment of the law on dual citizenship.


Marcos said the dual citizenship law automatically enables Filipinos naturalized in another country to participate in the electoral process upon their reacquisition of their Philippine citizenship.


She also lamented the dismal response to the ongoing overseas absentee voting registration, which will end on September 30.


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                    [Title] => Imee seeks deferment of absentee voter registration
                    [Summary] => Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to defer the August-September schedule for the registration of Filipino voters in Europe.


In a letter to Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Marcos said it will be summer in Europe on August and September and employers of Filipinos usually bring them along when they go on their annual vacation to other countries.


Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said only about two million of the estimated eight million overseas Filipinos are expected to register for the absentee voting system.


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                    [Title] => Senate showdown seen
                    [Summary] => The Senate brawl is far from over.


Fireworks are expected to flare up anew at the Senate today as the majority bloc is bent on putting to a vote the contentious issue on the legality of the June 3 to 6 sessions conducted by the opposition.
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                    [Title] => Undocumented OFWs can still register for OAV
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                    [Title] => Nene seeks to plug loopholes in absentee voting law
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Speaking during the consultation seminar-workshop on the Overseas Absentee Voting Act at the Senate, Pimentel said records at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) showed that only 223,512 of the five million registered Filipino voters abroad had cast their ballot in the May 10 elections. 


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                    [Title] => Arroyo assures Filipinos abroad they’ll be heard come May
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"The right of overseas Filipinos to choose their leaders has both a symbolic and practical significance," she said in a statement from Malacañang.


"It binds them to the national future as it allows them to participate in the mandate of governance," she added.


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                    [Title] => Angara warns automation of elections bound to fail
                    [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara warned yesterday of a failure of the  nationwide automated counting of votes in next May’s elections.
"President Arroyo still has time to prevent chaos that may arise from a nationwide implementation of automated counting," he said.


"Blame should be put squarely on her (Arroyo) for disorderly conduct of polls to full automation."


Mrs. Arroyo has been sitting on a congressional measure calling for a selective automated counting of votes because she wants a nationwide implementation of the measure, he added.


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"We will muster all the support we can get (among the 226 congressmen) to ensure budgetary allocation for agencies of government," he said, adding that "an overwhelming majority of the parties favor the fast approval of the budget."


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                    [Title] => House okays 2004 additional budget
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives approved yesterday a supplemental budget of P5.525 billion for next year’s elections and for the increase in the salaries of military personnel.


Speaker Jose de Venecia said the supplemental budget was approved after 12 hours of debate that ended before dawn yesterday.


The supplemental budget’s approval, he said, will ensure the holding of next year’s elections and the soldiers’ pay increase even if there is a delay in the approval of the P864-billion national budget for next year.


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                    [Title] => Automated poll opens new loopholes, tricks
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Part of the blame is lack of funding. 


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Marcos said the dual citizenship law automatically enables Filipinos naturalized in another country to participate in the electoral process upon their reacquisition of their Philippine citizenship.


She also lamented the dismal response to the ongoing overseas absentee voting registration, which will end on September 30.


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                    [Title] => Imee seeks deferment of absentee voter registration
                    [Summary] => Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to defer the August-September schedule for the registration of Filipino voters in Europe.


In a letter to Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Marcos said it will be summer in Europe on August and September and employers of Filipinos usually bring them along when they go on their annual vacation to other countries.


Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said only about two million of the estimated eight million overseas Filipinos are expected to register for the absentee voting system.


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