Latest INQUIRER.net Stories for May 2007 Election http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/ 2008-07-21T07:00:18+08:00 text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080718-149344 MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court has denied with finality a suit filed by defeated senatorial candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III which sought to exclude decisive votes that came from Maguindanao during the 2007 legislative elections. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080622-144066 MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will pursue a criminal complaint against ex-Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol, who disappeared after being implicated in an election fraud case last year. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080620-143898 MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Juan Miguel “Migz" Zubiri Friday said it was too early for Aquilino Pimentel III to celebrate the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) to proceed with the recount of disputed results of the 2007 senatorial elections in several provinces in Mindanao. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080620-143749 MANILA, Philippines—Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. Thursday hailed the decision of the Commission on Elections to bar Comelec regional director Ray Sumalipao from taking charge of the Aug. 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080620-143748 MANILA, Philippines—The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has found “sufficient cause” to continue with its recount of votes in the electoral protest filed by losing senatorial candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel against Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080619-143639 MANILA, Philippines -- The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has found prima facie evidence in the electoral protest filed by Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III against Senator Miguel Zubiri and HAS ordered the continuation of the protest proceedings. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080617-143205 MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Justice (DoJ) has dismissed the criminal case filed against the former mayor of Taysan, Batangas and three police officers tagged in the burning of a school during last year’s elections, in which a teacher and two poll watchers died. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080611-142124 MANILA, Philippines -- Erstwhile jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam filed on Wednesday night complaints of oral defamation and grave threats against Masbate Representative Narciso Bravo. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080602-140340 MANILA, Philippines -- Is Senator Miguel Zubiri on the way out of the Senate? As per the statement of Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., the answer is yes, and so his son and Zubiri's closest rival for the 12th slot in the 2007 senatorial elections is set to take over Zubiri's post in the Upper Chamber. text/html http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007/view.php?article=20080514-136402 MANILA, Philippines--For a moment, a forum on the power--and pitfalls--of political advertising on Tuesday turned into a verbal tussle between a big-spending loser and a low-budget winner in last year's senatorial elections.