The Budget department issued a special allocation
release order for ARMM elections
THE Department of Budget and Management has
given the go signal to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to
start its preparations for the full automation of the coming
elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The Comelec spokesman, Director James Jimenez,
disclosed Thursday that the Budget department has already issued a
special allocation release order in the amount of P867.329 million
to fund the automation of the ARMM polls on August 11, 2008.
Governor Eddie T. Panlilio of Pampanga asked the Supreme Court (SC)
to enjoin the recount sought for by his defeated opponent for
governor in the May 2004 elections, Lilia Pineda.
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Freeport is now under threat not from continuous development but
from a species of starfish called “taeng kalabaw.”
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