JDV has been ousted : Only 121 votes are needed to oust Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr ( JDV ) and After 132 lawmakers already voted to declare the Speaker’s seat vacant.
What will happen now ?
Source [ Election News ]

If you want to be updated on the local election news regarding the election in Northern part of the Philippines you should visit ” Northern Philippine Times ” for the updates in different things which relates to election.
And if you want to get in touch on what is happening with Namfrel visit them at their site. The latest post involves NAMFREL drops SMS, goes back to ‘old school’ tabulation which they believe that they were not successful in using SMS last 2004 so they have to go to Fax and Email.
MANILA, Philippines — …

PANGASINAN, Philippines — It is good to know that Pangasinan is doing something to ensure that Election fraud will not happen due to brownout
A VIRTUAL “power” meeting is set on Tuesday April 17 at the Dagupan Village Hotel between power distributors, the police and the Commission on Elections to ensure a brownout-free election in Pangasinan.
Manila, Philippines –Commission on Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. on Monday expressed concern over the peace and order situation in the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Palawan, even as he prepared to meet with top …

It was reported by Inquirer.net that there is a possibility of No proclamation of new poll winners before June 30 possible . It is because of the the law on partial poll automation could delay the proclamation of congressional and senatorial winners before their predecessors’ term of office ends on June 30, 2007 and trigger a constitutional crisis, Chairman Benjamin Abalos of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday.

News Excerpt from Inquirer.net

Abalos explained that the constitutional crisis could happen if no replacements are proclaimed before the new …

A blog from patsadakarajaw.wordpress.com shows the expression made by Joel Simon an executive director of Committee to Protect Journalist, a NeW York based media watchdog. In a reaction to the arrest of the online editor of Newsbreak magazine, Gemma Bagayaua, in connection to a libel case filed against Chavit Singson.

“Government officials should not rush to a prosecutor every time a journalist writes critically about those in power.The charges against the Newsbreak editors should be dropped,”

The authorities in the Philippines are using criminal libel as a battering ram against press freedom.”

I agree …

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www.balita-online.net reported about 27 – PhilHealth holds off distribution of cards until post election

A ranking official of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said they will hold off the release of new health cards until after the elections to avoid possible allegations of electioneering.

PhilHealth Senior vice president Octavino Esguerra cited a provision under the 2007 General Appropriation Act (GAA) that prohibits PhilHealth from distributing health cards before the election period.

This is good to know that this Philheatlth will not be used for the election.

Inquirer reported …

On a report by Erwin Oliva at INQUIRER.net Senatorial bets told anew to submit drug test certificate and they have been warned Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos has urged the senatorial candidates to file their certificates for drug testing or face disqualification and giving them up to March 29 to submit to attach the document to the certificates of candidacy (CoC) that they have filed at the Comelec.
Now the question is what will COMELEC do if they found out that a candidate is positive on Drug Test? …

Joel Guinto of INQUIRER.net reported that PNP tags 9 provinces poll ‘areas of concern’
PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao Jr., in a statement, identified the nine provinces as Cagayan, Isabela, Abra (The province was placed under the control of the Commission on Elections on Tuesday. See related story), Nueva Ecija, Masbate, Western Samar, Lanao del Sur, and Basilan.
He said the classification of the nine provinces as “areas of concern” will be “among the considerations in operational planning such as deployment of security forces, structuring of local PNP units, and availability of …