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                    [ArticleID] => 919429
                    [Title] => Foreigners warned not to meddle in elections
                    [Summary] => 

Foreigners were warned yesterday against interfering in the campaign for local and national posts in the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 572003 [Title] => Gwen mireklamo batok sa gihimong Tomas [Summary] =>

Gitinuod ni Gob. Gwendolyn Garcia ang pagsang-at og reklamo ngadto sa COMELEC batok sa gibutang sa dakbayan sa Sugbu nga “reflectorized signages” sa South Road Properties nga nag-atake sa gobernadora pinaagi sa paglambigit kaniya sa kontrobersiyal nga pagkapalit sa P98 milyones nga Balili property diha sa barangay Tinaan dakbayan sa Naga.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1557623 [AuthorName] => Ni Chester Abadilla [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 387064 [Title] => Pacquiao, ‘di dapat pasukin ang mundo ng pulitika [Summary] => Matapos buskahin sa Cebu City noong Sabado, inulan naman ng panghihiya sa internet si Filipino world boxing hero Manny Pacquiao. 

Ito, ayon sa ilang boxing experts, ay dahil na rin sa pagkadismaya ng mga Pinoy kaugnay sa desisyon ng 28-anyos na si Pacquiao na tumakbo sa pagiging Congressman ng General Santos City kung saan niya makakalaban si incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio sa darating na eleksyon sa Mayo. 
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235383 [Title] => Comelec should enforce premature campaign law [Summary] => We have laws governing national and local elections and they should be observed. Republic Act 9006, known as the Fair Election Act, mandates that the legal campaign period starts on February 10 for national candidates and March 25 for local bets. So the candidates for this coming election cannot begin campaigning before that official date.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90603 [Title] => Survey results can be published — Supreme Court [Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) granted yesterday a joint petition by a Manila-based national newspaper and a survey firm to allow the publication of poll survey results even in the final days before elections.

Voting 7-5, the High Tribunal declared as unconstitutional a provision of the Fair Election Law (Republic Act 9006) which the Commission on Elections (Comelec) submitted to substantiate its opposition to the petition.

RA 9006 bans newspapers from publishing poll survey results 15 days before national elections and one week before local polls.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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