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                    [ArticleID] => 1499561
                    [Title] => Public urged to join drive vs early poll campaigners
                    [Summary] => 

The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) yesterday urged the public to join the “shame campaign” against politicians who do early campaigning.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-13 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 940916 [Title] => What a twenty peso bill is worth [Summary] =>

It came as a shock to me when I did a little research on vote buying in the Philippines - It started in the 1950s. This was the time when Ramon Magsaysay ran for the presidency and reports were received that money has been distributed to lure the citizens into voting for the candidates. Then and there, concerned citizens created the National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL. The job of the NAMFREL was to act as poll watchers during the election. But it never really did much.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136140 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902478 [Title] => Comelec accredits 3rd citizens' arm for May polls [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted accreditation to a third citizens' arm for the May 13 midterm elections.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-29 15:32:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 893418 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Honorary Filipino [Summary] =>

Friend of the Philippines, beloved among Filipinos, Fr. James Reuter will be laid to rest today, in the land that he adopted as his own, and which adopted him.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 691730 [Title] => Singson camp debunks vote-buying allegations [Summary] =>

Supporters of former Vigan City Mayor Ryan Luis Singson who topped the special congressional poll in Ilocos Sur’s first district last Saturday, debunked allegations insinuating that the Singson camp had engaged in vote buying.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660012 [Title] => DepEd, various groups forge 'integrity pact' [Summary] =>

The Department of Education (DepEd) forged yesterday a first-of-its-kind “integrity pact” with its suppliers, business partners and civil society groups that commits DepEd and the people who do business with it to eschew graft and corruption in all transactions.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 652815 [Title] => PPCRV hopes that the ARMM elections on August would be automated [Summary] =>

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) today expressed hope that automated counting machines would be used in the upcoming Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections slated this August.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-31 17:15:50 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1314672 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macarian [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 652519 [Title] => Namfrel opposes use of PCOS machines in ARMM polls [Summary] =>

The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has opposed plans to use precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections set on Aug. 8.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638154 [Title] => Namfrel nagpa-survey para sa bakanteng puwesto sa Comelec [Summary] =>

Naglunsad ng isang online survey ang National Movement for Free Elections o NAMFREL upang mabatid ang pulso ng taumbayan ukol sa mga bakanteng posisyon sa Commission on Elections (Comelec).

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 571937 [Title] => Comelec accredits Lente as watchdog [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections has approved the accreditation of Legal Network for Truthful Elections of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines as one of its citizen’s arms for the May 10 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804749 [AuthorName] => Jasmin U. Labaco [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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