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Smartmatic TIM to get windfall even before delivering counting machines
By YVONNE T. CHUA THE winner of the government’s P7.2 billion automated elections project will get close to P3 billion, or 40 percent of the contract amount, even before it delivers all the 82,200 counting machines to be used in the May 2010 elections. Under the contract signed on July 10, the Commission on Elections »Read More
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Elect an ‘education president,’ urge school reform advocates
By IBARRA C. MATEO and YVONNE T. CHUA IN next year’s elections, voters should put in office an “education president” who will make quality education the national priority and the key strategy in reducing poverty. The call was made Monday by representatives from a broad spectrum of society, including academe, business and civil society, at »Read More
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Budget issues compromise Comelec independence, says study
By YVONNE T. CHUA THE Commission on Elections needed P14 billion for its operations this year, but the amount was reduced to only about one-third or P5.4 billion, after the Department of Budget and Management and the Office of the President finished reviewing its proposed budget. And since 1986, the Comelec has practically been indebted »Read More
