GMA
faces electoral protest
AFTER
her proclamation in a contentious tabulation of Certificates
of Canvass (C0Cs) in Congress and her inaugural in Cebu,
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo saw her mandate being
contested.
The losing candidate, Fernando Poe
Jr., filed an electoral protest, claiming he had been
cheated out of victory. If the actual votes cast for
each candidate were properly reflected in the COCs,
he stated through his lawyers, he would have won by
at least 1.1 million votes.
Interestingly, Ms. Macapagal-Arroyo
emerged from the May 10 elections with exactly that
margin over him. Read
more
Gracia
Burnham testifies
 The
Abu Sayaff couldn’t have laid their hands on her
this time, even if they had wanted to.
Gracia Burnham came to the courthouse
Thursday, July 29, under heavy guard. Her close-in security
was composed of four FBI agents, plucked from their
headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, and an undetermined
number of NBI operatives. Some 20 elite police troopers,
all brandishing assault rifles, surrounded them. Another
100 equally armed policemen and a pair of K-9 teams
took care of perimeter security. Read
more
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