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• It’s “Hello, Garci” time again

  Published: August 23, 2007, 2:46 am

  Tags: Pcij Videocasts, 2004 Electoral Fraud, Gloriagate, 2004 Elections, Electoral Fraud, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Hello, Vidal Doble, Viriglio Garcillano, Garci Tapes

  IN the latest twist to the tale of the “Hello, Garci” tapes, the Senate has reopened the investigation into the recordings after Sen. Panfilo Lacson delivered a privilege speech and former Philippine Air Force Technical Sergeant Vidal Doble Jr. surfaced yet again. Administration senators, however, have raised concerns about the

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• No legal obstacles to Senate probe on ‘Hello, Garci’ tapes

  Published: August 25, 2007, 4:13 am

  Tags: 2004 Electoral Fraud, Gloriagate, Congress Watch, In The News, 2004 Elections, Electoral Fraud, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Hello Garci Tapes, Philippines, Virgilio Garcillano

  THERE are no legal obstacles that stand in the way of a reopening of a Senate investigation on the “Hello, Garci” tapes. University of the Philippines law professor Harry Roque Jr. made this assertion in response to the concerns raised by some senators about conducting an investigation that would hear wiretapped conversations between

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• Growth and decline during the 2007 polls

  Published: September 5, 2007, 10:34 am

  Tags: 2007 Elections, Civil Society, 2004 Electoral Fraud, Comelec Watch, Media Issues, 2004 Elections, 2007 Elections, Comelec, Elections, Election Watchdogs, Hello Garci Tapes, Media

  improving their coverage of elections. Yet the same positive assessment cannot be said of the electoral exercise itself and the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Major players in the media community the Philippine Daily Inquirer, ABS-CBN and GMA

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• CLIPS: Limbaugh previously called Vietnam veteran Kerry "a fraud," "a total phony"

  Published: September 28, 2007, 1:19 pm

  Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 2004 Elections, Government Elections

  military service during the 2004 presidential election were debunked or discredited. From the June 27 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: LIMBAUGH: So you've got -- you've got discord on the Democrat side, and now this [Washington Post columnist] Richard Cohen piece comes along -- "How the GOP

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• The Abalos Comelec: A legacy of scandals and eroded credibility

  Published: October 3, 2007, 3:28 am

  Tags: 2004 Electoral Fraud, 2007 Elections, Gloriagate, Comelec Watch, Governance, In The News, 2004 Elections, 2007 Elections, Automated Counting Machines, Benjamin Abalos Sr, Commission On Elections, Hello Garci Scandal, Pulse Asia, Social Weather Stations

  from the Commission on Elections, many believe, can only herald auspicious times for the constitutionally mandated guardian of the ballot. After all, the poll body’s credibility, integrity and independence had suffered the most under his leadership. In the words of an election official who has been with the commission since

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• Voting & Drinking: No Booze Before Ballots! [Polls]

  Published: November 8, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: 2004 Elections, Alcohol, Bars, Drinking And Voting, Guatemala, Politics, Polls, Wonkette

  Guatemala (and many other countries) bar sales of alcohol around election time to reduce poll-related violence and in the hopes that people will make better choices when they're not wasted. Makes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Limbaugh joins other media in whitewashing Swift Boat Vets' falsehoods, claims "nobody has disproven anything they claimed"

  Published: November 9, 2007, 2:17 pm

  Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 2004 Elections, Government And Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine, Swift Boat Veterans For Truth

  Kerry (D-MA) during the 2004 presidential campaign. Brenner wrote: "During the 2004 campaign, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accused Kerry of embellishing his military service to further his political career, a view that seems right to Tom Mustin of Coronada, Calif., a former Navy lieutenant commander who says he has no involvement

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• Yet another alarming case of wiretapping

  Published: February 23, 2008, 3:12 am

  Tags: Gloriagate, Governance, In The News, 2004 Elections, Electoral Fraud, Gloriagate, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Hello Garci Tapes, Intelligence Service Of The Armed Forces Of The Philippines, Jose De Venecia Iii, Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr, Virgilio Garcillano, Wiretapping

  AFTER the controversial “Hello, Garci” tapes of supposed wiretapped phone conversations between Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano that surfaced in 2005, now comes another apparent case of electronic eavesdropping that has been made public on the popular video-sharing website, YouTube. The

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• Dynasty slayer wins Ramon Magsaysay award

  Published: August 1, 2008, 11:24 am

  Tags: 2007 Elections, Governance, In The News, 2004 Elections, 2007 Elections, 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Grace Padaca, Isabela, Philippines

  second term as governor. In 2004, she wrested the post that various members of the Dy family had monopolized for 34 years. Padaca, who was among local government officials featured in the PCIJ’s “Faces of Change” series in April, says the transition from dynasty to democracy had been an uphill struggle. She inherited a

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