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OFWs TO BRING IN "INTELLIGENT,
DECISIVE VOTE" -- ALVAREZ
September 30, 2003
Despite a registration turn-out lower than expected,
overseas Filipinos voters will comprise an 'intelligent,
decisive vote' come May 2004, Presidential Adviser
on Overseas Filipino Communities Secretary Heherson
T. Alvarez today maintained.
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UNESCO sees itself in
RP's disabled youth group
September 30, 2003
As President Arroyo stood with pride, leaders of
the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) likened the objectives
and values of this UN body not to any other global
organization or institution but to a small, unique
theatre group composed of disabled, disadvantaged
and indigenous Filipino young artists.
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Alvarez appeals to Pinoys
in US: Invest and Vote
September 24, 2003
By: DANNY LAMILA
US Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, California -- As the registration period
for overseas voters officially comes to a close,
Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Communities
Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez rallied Filipino residents
here to participate in the affairs of their country
of birth by "beating the deadline to register
and vote in the upcoming elections and to invest
your hard-earned dollars back home."
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Publisher recalls anti-Marcos
movement in US
September 22, 2003
, Philippine Daily Inquirer, front page
By: Alex Esclamado
Thirty-one years after the martial law regime
of Ferdinand Marcos began, we have yet to come upon
a full story of how his dictatorship was toppled
and how freedom and democracy were restored. We
invoke the spirit of the first EDSA people power
uprising and romanticize its drama and suspense.
While EDSA 1 was the key event that brought down
Marcos' rule, a simplistic unilinear view focused
on that first EDSA would distort the story of our
democratic struggle.
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Supreme Court acquits
DENR forest guard
over death of Agusan mayor
September 20, 2003
The Supreme Court acquitted on Tuesday (Sept. 16)
a forest guard of the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) who was imprisoned
for 13 years at the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa
City for the accidental shooting of a mayor in Agusan
del Sur.
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ITS FINAL: NO EXTENTION
OF OVERSEAS REGISTRATION
AVOID THE RUSH, PINOYS OVERSEAS PRESSED TO REGISTER
NOW
September 11, 2003
The Pinoy's mañana habit or our penchant
for doing things at the last minute will spell disaster
for registration centers abroad because deputized
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) personnel may
not be able to accommodate voters who are expected
to cram registration centers in the last remaining
days of the registration period.
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As COMELEC Turns
Down 30-Day Extension:
ALVAREZ PRESSES FOR ONE MORE WEEK OF OVERSEAS REGISTRATION
September
9, 2003
Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Communities
Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez today reiterated his
call for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to
extend the registration period for Filipino voters
overseas by even just a week or until Oct. 7, 2003.
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Alvarez seeks 30-day
extension
of overseas registration
September
3, 2003
Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Communities
Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez has asked the Commission
on Elections (COMELEC) to extend the registration
period for Filipino overseas by another 30 days
to allow more Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to
register and vote while staying abroad starting
with next year’s elections in May.
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