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Jul 30, 2005
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J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.Be not afraid
Saturday
Jul 30, 2005
I’m getting weirder emails by the minute. Just received
this message from “Be Not Afraid” movement on a symposium on “HOW
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
WERE CHEATED IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS,†to be held
this Friday, August 5. Details as follows:
- Time: August
5, 2005; 9:00-11:00am - Venue: BULWAGANG TANDANG SORA
Institute of Social
Work and Community Development (ISWCD)
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Check out http://www.888.ph for the movement’s website. Judging from
the sidebar, I’m getting a sense of who’s sponsoring this stuff.
But I reckon it’s an interesting discussion, so I’m posting it here.
Sponsor:
- BE NOT AFRAID Movement
Co-Sponsors:
- Public Administration
291 Class (under Prof. Edna Co), - Public Administration
231 Class and 239 Class (under Prof. Leonor Briones), and - College of Public Administration and Governance (CPAG),
- University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
The National Symposium is intended to provide information
on how the people of the Philippines were cheated in the 2004 Elections and
take a consensus-for-action from an assembly of the leaders and representatives
of institutions, organizations and movements, NGO’s, civil society,
academe, business, labor groups, religous, studentry, diplomats and other
stake holders for the Filipino people.At
the end of the Symposium, the audience will
- Know and learn how the people of the Philippines
were cheated in the 2004 elections; how was it prepared, performed and
detected; and- Express their thoughts on how to develop the appropriate
courses of action.
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