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To avoid confusion, write Alan Cayetano

It’s glaringly clear: there’s a method to all these madness.

After affirming late Friday afternoon that Joselito Cayetano is a nuisance candidate, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said writing “Cayetano” on the ballot will make it a stray vote.

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He says the matter is still appealable to the Supreme Court.

In an interview with Alan Cayetano in Camp Bonifacio where he attended the boodle fight hosted by fellow senatorial candidates Antonio Trillanes IV, Alan said, “Comelec is supposed to clarify, not confuse.”

Photo:The two principal targets of the Arroyo administration- Trillanes and Cayetano

Oreta,Esperon,GMA,FVR- most distrusted

By Regina Bengco of Malaya

A Pulse Asia survey conducted April 3-5 showed the biggest net distrust for Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and administration senatorial candidate Teresa Aquino-Oreta.

The survey, which had 1,200 respondents, showed the five persons having the biggest level of distrust were Oreta with 43 percent; President Arroyo, former president Fidel Ramos, and Esperon, all with 41 percent; and Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos, Sr. with 40 percent.

Pulse Asia said exactly the same percentage of Filipinos (41 percent) either distrust Esperon or cannot say if they trust or distrust him, leaving no more than two out of ten among those surveyed avowing trust in him.

L.A event

Those who are in Los Angeles may find this interesting:

Philippine Expressions Bookshop in collaboration with the Philippine Consulate General of Los Angeles invite you to celebrate the

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and the booklaunching of five new books by Filipino American authors

Alston warns of dire consequences

Update:The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday urged President Arroyo to immediately comply with the recommendations of United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston on ending the wave of extrajudicial killings. Click here.

Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, warned of dire consequences of a failure to end extrajudicial killings.

“The consequences of a failure to end extrajudicial killings in the Philippines will be dire. Efforts to resolve the various insurgencies will be set back significantly. Incentives to opposition groups to head for the hills rather than seek to engage in democratic politics will be enhanced, and international support for the Government will be undermined,” he said in his preliminary report submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva last March 15.