MANILA, March 31, 2010- Militant groups and other organizations today filed disqualification cases against nominees of several party-list groups with alleged ties to the Arroyo administration.

It will indeed be a green-lettered day for all the supporters and followers of Former Defense Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro comes April 6, 2010. He will be at the University of Northeastern Philippines ' (UNEP) as commencement speaker on its 62nd Graduation exercise.

NAGA CITY (29 March) - Nacionalista Party (NP) provincial chairman and incumbent Gov. Luis Raymund Villafuerte predicted at a news conference here on Sunday (March 28) that more defections will happen from the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD and from the Liberal Party in Bikol.

DAET, CAMARINES NORTE (29 March) - Top leaders of the Liberal Party (LP) in this province said that the assumption of Liberal Party member Edgardo Tallado as the new governor has strengthened not only his bid for the gubernatorial post in the upcoming May Elections, but also that of Liberal Party which has fielded candidates in the entire 12 Tagalog and Bikol speaking towns of Camarines Norte.

In Rudy F. Alano's collection of poetry, silence is a pause. Kauntukan. In that space of silence, so many things take place. The extraordinary is disclosed; the ordinary evinces. The origins of these silences are discrete and diverse.

MANILA, March 24, 2010- The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting is calling for a review of party-list groups accredited by the poll body, especially those with questionable nominees.

MANILA, March 22, 2010-The Roman Catholic Church rejects crucifixion, flagellation and similar practices of some Catholics during Holy Week. Real expression of Christian faith during Lent, the bishops said, is through repentance and self-renewal.

MANILA, March 23, 2010-After backing out from the presidential race, Charismatic leader Bro. Mike Velarde is eyeing a congressional seat through the party list. El Shaddai Charismatic group spokesman Mel Robles confirmed that Velarde and his son Rene are among the nominees of Buhay party-list.

MANILA, March 27, 2010-Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has encouraged all Filipino Catholics to support the Alay Kapwa collection this Sunday, as the Church ushers in the Holy Week with the celebration of Palm Sunday.

MANILA - Two recent news reports do not bode well for party-list elections. In February, Pulse Asia reported that its January 2010 survey revealed that only three out of 10 Filipinos are aware of the party-list system. Pulse Asia added that it is only in the National Capital Region where party-list awareness is high at 51 percent of voters. Worse, Pulse Asia also reported that awareness regarding the party-list system plunged compared to April 2007 when nearly 6 out of 10 Filipinos knew about it.