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                    [Title] => Comelec lacks funds for ARMM polls
                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials are not ready for the November elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as the P300-million poll fund has yet to be released by the Department of Budget and Management.


However, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said  there is still enough time to prepare for the elections, which under the law should be held on the last Monday of November.


Abalos said Congress could still pass a bill seeking to reset the ARMM elections to coincide with barangay polls in October next year.


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                    [Title] => Comelec to ask Congress to amend absentee voting law
                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Florentino Tuason Jr. will ask Congress to amend the overseas absentee voting law to allow Filipinos far from Philippine embassies and consulates to vote by mail.


"There are only three things to determine regarding OFWs — their identity, their citizenship status, and their immigration status," said Tuason, who is in charge of overseas voting.


Tuason said a handful of Filipino voters abroad had registered, with less casting their ballots on election day.


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                    [Title] => ‘Tullahan Bridge seriously damaged’
                    [Summary] => The busy Tullahan Bridge on McArthur Highway is now "seriously damaged" according to a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) warning to passing motorists.


The DPWH issued the advisory as it installs temporary support on the aging bridge that has been condemned due to its poor condition. The problem is, it will not be closed to traffic until next year when a better weather condition comes.


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                    [Title] => Iraqi clerics helping secure Angelo’s release
                    [Summary] => Iraqi ulamas (Islamic legal scholars) are reportedly helping negotiate with Iraqi rebels holding Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz captive.


Archbishop of Davao Fernando Capalla, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said he learned from National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales that Vice Gov. Mahid Mutilan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been in touch with Iraqi ulamas.


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                    [Title] => Church panel looking into poll fraud
                    [Summary] => The influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has formed a committee that would look into cases of fraud in the last elections in order to improve its election monitoring system in the future.


This was among the resolutions reached in the recent CBCP plenary assembly held over the weekend.


Attending bishops also reiterated an earlier conclusion made by the CBCP that the May 10 national elections were generally peaceful and instances of fraud isolated.


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                    [Title] => Robber shot dead by cops
                    [Summary] => A jeepney robber was shot dead before dawn yesterday after he allegedly tried to grab the pistol of one of the arresting policemen in Ermita, Manila, some two hours after his latest heist.


Maximo Condiman, 36, of Pasay City, was shot in the head and chest by Police Officers Ruben Canares and Ernesto Hetigan when he tried grab the service firearm of PO1 Pedro Olanda, who were all escorting him to the Ermita Police Station. It could not be immediately determined if Condiman was properly handcuffed after the arrest.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-12 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Fired DPWH official denies ill-gotten wealth raps
                    [Summary] => A dismissed undersecretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) accused the government yesterday of making him a "sacrificial lamb" in its anti-corruption campaign.


Salvador Pleyto said investigators of the Ombudsman’s Office had ignored voluminous documents detailing financial records of his family’s businesses. "They never listened to us," he said.


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                    [Title] => Palace assures Vatican on RP situation
                    [Summary] => Malacañang has assured the Vatican that the country’s political malaise will end once President Arroyo is installed as the new president.


Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye expressed confidence that the bickering that reached its peak during the campaign and canvassing period will soon pass.


"We acknowledge the concern of the Vatican over our political controversies. But we assure the Church and the international community that this is a transient situation that will set itself aright as the proclamation and inauguration take place," he said.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-22 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy

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                    [Title] => Widow, houseboy  found dead in Tondo
                    [Summary] => A 62-year-old widow and her 16-year-old houseboy were found dead on Saturday night in their house in Tondo, Manila.


The home of Elizabeth Tecson was found in disarray while its television and electric fan were still on when her niece, Sheena Aubrey Dalton, 20, arrived at the house located at  2511 Bato St., Tondo, Manila at around 11:30 p.m. and found the victims lying in a pool of blood.


The houseboy, Emenano Comeda, was found with his hands tied behind, blindfolded, and his mouth stuffed with a face towel.


Both victims sustained stab wounds in the  neck.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-21 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => ‘Pope concerned over RP situation’
                    [Summary] => Pope John Paul II has expressed concern about the political situation in the country following a stalemate in the congressional canvass of votes for president and vice president.


Bishop Ramon Arguelles, outgoing military ordinate, said the Pope is worried because the Philippines is the largest Catholic nation in the world next to Brazil and Mexico.


"We are even bigger than the American Catholics," he said.


Arguelles said the Pope is concerned, not only about the political situation, but everything happening in the country.


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                    [Title] => Comelec lacks funds for ARMM polls
                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials are not ready for the November elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as the P300-million poll fund has yet to be released by the Department of Budget and Management.


However, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said  there is still enough time to prepare for the elections, which under the law should be held on the last Monday of November.


Abalos said Congress could still pass a bill seeking to reset the ARMM elections to coincide with barangay polls in October next year.


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                    [Title] => Comelec to ask Congress to amend absentee voting law
                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Florentino Tuason Jr. will ask Congress to amend the overseas absentee voting law to allow Filipinos far from Philippine embassies and consulates to vote by mail.


"There are only three things to determine regarding OFWs — their identity, their citizenship status, and their immigration status," said Tuason, who is in charge of overseas voting.


Tuason said a handful of Filipino voters abroad had registered, with less casting their ballots on election day.


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                    [Title] => ‘Tullahan Bridge seriously damaged’
                    [Summary] => The busy Tullahan Bridge on McArthur Highway is now "seriously damaged" according to a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) warning to passing motorists.


The DPWH issued the advisory as it installs temporary support on the aging bridge that has been condemned due to its poor condition. The problem is, it will not be closed to traffic until next year when a better weather condition comes.


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                    [Title] => Iraqi clerics helping secure Angelo’s release
                    [Summary] => Iraqi ulamas (Islamic legal scholars) are reportedly helping negotiate with Iraqi rebels holding Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz captive.


Archbishop of Davao Fernando Capalla, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said he learned from National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales that Vice Gov. Mahid Mutilan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been in touch with Iraqi ulamas.


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                    [Title] => Church panel looking into poll fraud
                    [Summary] => The influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has formed a committee that would look into cases of fraud in the last elections in order to improve its election monitoring system in the future.


This was among the resolutions reached in the recent CBCP plenary assembly held over the weekend.


Attending bishops also reiterated an earlier conclusion made by the CBCP that the May 10 national elections were generally peaceful and instances of fraud isolated.


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                    [Title] => Robber shot dead by cops
                    [Summary] => A jeepney robber was shot dead before dawn yesterday after he allegedly tried to grab the pistol of one of the arresting policemen in Ermita, Manila, some two hours after his latest heist.


Maximo Condiman, 36, of Pasay City, was shot in the head and chest by Police Officers Ruben Canares and Ernesto Hetigan when he tried grab the service firearm of PO1 Pedro Olanda, who were all escorting him to the Ermita Police Station. It could not be immediately determined if Condiman was properly handcuffed after the arrest.


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                    [Title] => Fired DPWH official denies ill-gotten wealth raps
                    [Summary] => A dismissed undersecretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) accused the government yesterday of making him a "sacrificial lamb" in its anti-corruption campaign.


Salvador Pleyto said investigators of the Ombudsman’s Office had ignored voluminous documents detailing financial records of his family’s businesses. "They never listened to us," he said.


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                    [Title] => Palace assures Vatican on RP situation
                    [Summary] => Malacañang has assured the Vatican that the country’s political malaise will end once President Arroyo is installed as the new president.


Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye expressed confidence that the bickering that reached its peak during the campaign and canvassing period will soon pass.


"We acknowledge the concern of the Vatican over our political controversies. But we assure the Church and the international community that this is a transient situation that will set itself aright as the proclamation and inauguration take place," he said.


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                    [Title] => Widow, houseboy  found dead in Tondo
                    [Summary] => A 62-year-old widow and her 16-year-old houseboy were found dead on Saturday night in their house in Tondo, Manila.


The home of Elizabeth Tecson was found in disarray while its television and electric fan were still on when her niece, Sheena Aubrey Dalton, 20, arrived at the house located at  2511 Bato St., Tondo, Manila at around 11:30 p.m. and found the victims lying in a pool of blood.


The houseboy, Emenano Comeda, was found with his hands tied behind, blindfolded, and his mouth stuffed with a face towel.


Both victims sustained stab wounds in the  neck.


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                    [Title] => ‘Pope concerned over RP situation’
                    [Summary] => Pope John Paul II has expressed concern about the political situation in the country following a stalemate in the congressional canvass of votes for president and vice president.


Bishop Ramon Arguelles, outgoing military ordinate, said the Pope is worried because the Philippines is the largest Catholic nation in the world next to Brazil and Mexico.


"We are even bigger than the American Catholics," he said.


Arguelles said the Pope is concerned, not only about the political situation, but everything happening in the country.


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