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Sunday, June 03, 2007

Shariff Kabunsuan canvassing completed

By William B. Depasupil, Reporter

THE Commission on Elections on Saturday completed the canvassing of votes from the province of Shariff Kabunsuan in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) despite heated debates between opposition and administration lawyers over incomplete data on the provincial certificate of canvass (COC).

Opposition lawyers Leila de Lima and Pancho Joaquin asked the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) to defer the tabulation of the COC since there was no record of how many of the 322,131 registered voters in the province actually voted.

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Ratification of pact with Australia pushed

THE Department of National Defense on Saturday has called on the incoming Fourteenth Congress to quickly ratify the newly signed defense cooperation agreement between Australia and the Philippines.

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Palace to appeal ‘Batasan 5’ ruling

The government said on Saturday that it would seek a reconsideration of a Supreme Court decision striking down rebellion charges against six leftist legislators accused of plotting a coup against President Arroyo.

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GMA off to Europe

PRESIDENT Arroyo left the Philippines on Saturday for a six-day foreign tour that will include the Vatican, Portugal and China, with religion at the forefront.

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Rains forecast for school opening Monday

IT will be a rainy school opening on Monday for 19.67 million elementary and high-school students in the country, according to a weather forecast gathered by the Department of Education.

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