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Group declares war against poll cheaters VOL. 2, No. 275
Cagayan de Oro City
Thursday
April 11, 2013
P10.00
By CHENG ORDOÑEZ, BusinessDaily Executive editor
Xavier University’s High School alumni have formally inked a manifesto, declaring war against people or organizations out to disrupt the May polls and tamper with the real results in a meeting held during the Araw ng Kagitingan yesterday, April 9, 2013, at the Xavier University main campus.
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Calling themselves “Crusaders for HOPE” (Honest, Orderly, Peaceful Elections), some 2,500 active members of the University High School department bonded themselves into a formal organization that seeks “HOPE” by signing a manifesto of support provision and engagement in the forthcoming May electoral exercise. As affiliate of National
Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), the group commits themselves to anti-fraudulent activities that are preventive in character, even as they vow to take full assistance on matters of (1) Logistics monitoring; (2) Poll Watching; and (3) Election Results Verification. “We will monitor and ensure the security of electionrelated paraphernalia—from
the time of their delivery to deployment, storage, distribution, and retrieval for their accounting and audit,” the manifesto reads. As for poll watching, the alumni association will assist NAMFREL volunteers in steering the conduct of safe and orderly election in assigned precincts for the effective and efficient implementation of See cheaters/p.10
Preggy women prefer to give birth at home
By Cheng Ordonez BusinessDaily Executive editor
AFTER almost a month of stay in Cagayan de Oro City, a Rotarian from Brazil, who chose the Philippines over Texas under the International Rotary Club’s Group Study Exchange, it was difference in culture that made him decide to come. And now that his visit is almost over he told this writer that he wants to come back despite some unpleasant ordeals in traffic situations and difficulty in language communication. Bruno Rebello, business manager of Zebu, a publishing house in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, was one of the six See program/p.10
XU High School alumni sign the Manifesto of Support Provision and Engagement for the forthcoming May 13, 2013 elections during the launching on April 9, 2013 of Crusaders for HOPE (Honest, Orderly and Clean Elections) at the XU Satellite Canteen. Photo by Mike Banos, NPN
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL of Bulatlat.com
Last of two-part series Pregnant women, especially those who are poor, prefer to give birth at home because of costly deliveries in hospitals. According to Delia Naldo, 57, a resident of barangay Militar in Proj. 8, Quezon
City, her neighbor’s twins died because of complications. She said that because giv ing birth at home in Quezon City is prohibited, the mother who was about to give birth was not brought immediately to the hospital because the family has no See HOME/p.10
Iraq, worse off after 10 years of US occupation By BENJIE OLIVEROS of Bulatlat.com
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte endorses Misis Hanep-Buhay Cynthia Villar, who is running as senator for the midterm 2013 elections.
TEN years ago yesterday March 20, the US led the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The US Bush administration then justified the military action against
Analysis Iraq’s Saddam Hussein government by claiming that Saddam – who was later executed by the US – has connections with Al Qaeda See worse/p.8
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