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IGLESIA ni Cristo’s list of senatorial candidates to be endorsed is interesting and intriguing.

JOY Cortes Delos Reyes, the Editor-in-Chief of Malaya Business Insight passed away May 3, 2013. He was 59. His remains lie in estate at his home town of Balete, Aklan until Monday, May 6. He will be flown to Manila to be cremated and a wake will be held from Tuesday night, May 7 to

By MIKHA FLORES AN irritated Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. scolded citizens’ arm National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) for publicly airing their concerns for the May 13 elections. Brillantes said NAMFREL, as an accredited citizens’ arm, should refrain from making public statements especially those that are critical of Comelec’s preparation for the midterm

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has promised improved random manual audit (RMA) system for the May 13 elections with “new rules and innovations” using lessons learned from the 2010 elections and the mock polls last February. Commissioner Christian Robert Lim, who is in charge of the manual audit, told VERA Files the RMA

LET this be a warning to voters. All may not turn out right on election day. Take the case of James Jimenez, the spokesman of the Commission on Elections, who will be unable to cast his vote on May 13. He checked his status in the Comelec’s precinct finder only to find that his name

By REYNARD MAGTOTO LEGAZPI City —Despite the recent uproar over the energy privatization in Albay, candidates have refused to join the fray and remain mum on the issue. On April 15, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) decided to finally privatize the bankrupt Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco), the country’s second biggest electric cooperative. Stakeholders in Albay have

IT was 1974 and I was taking up an advanced course in Mechanical Engineering at the US Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

BY BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi— The Commission on Elections promised there will be no repeat of previous elections when delayed delivery of poll paraphernalia left voters waiting on election day.

SURIGAO CITY –The election campaign kicked off Monday with the opposition rallying the support of two big local churches in the crusade for a clean and fraud-free automated election.

The urban poor group Kadamay staged on Holy Monday what it called the calvary of the poor to highlight their daily struggle under the Aquino Administration resulting from, it says, the lack of decent housing, education, basic social services and high cost of utilities.

By MIKHA FLORES GOVERNMENT projects using pork barrel funds will be allowed during the campaign period, but will be subject to stringent rules, the Commission on Elections said on Friday. The poll body said it will allow projects using the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) during the 45-day ban on public works spending and campaign period

By MIKHA FLORES VOTING precincts with less than a hundred voters will be regrouped into one clustered precinct to maximize the Commission on Election’s use of its manpower, money and equipment in the May 13 elections. Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Thursday they have “re-clustered” the precincts because of the increase in the number of registered

GOVERNMENT officials and media workers who will serve on Election Day have been given until April 2 to register for local absentee voting (LAV). Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. announced Thursday they have extended the deadline for applying for LAV from March 15 for government officials and March 31 for media workers. Read More

IF the recent list of poster violations issued by the Commission on Elections is any indication, it seems that Team PNoy candidates are finding it difficult to tread daang matuwid, the right path. All 12 senatoriables in the administration ticket violated the common poster area rule laid down in the Fair Election Act, with two of them,

By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY – With more than a week left before the March 30 start of the campaign period for local candidates, the Commission on Elections in Eastern Visayas and the Archdiocese of Palo have called for a clean, honest and peaceful election.

By MIKHA FLORES CHAIRMAN Sixto Brillantes Jr. said the Commission on Elections will take no action on the case of Lucy Torres-Gomez, who was unseated by the Supreme Court as representative of the fourth district of Leyte, and said her case was different from that of Imus, Cavite mayor Emmanuel Maliksi. The high court on

By MIKHA FLORES WITH recent Supreme Court decisions allowing the use of digital images in protest cases, the Commission on Elections will be streamlining the rules and procedures in handling protests after the May 13 elections. Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Wednesday he started drafting new rules around two months ago and is still waiting

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections on Tuesday named the administration Liberal Party (LP) as the dominant majority party and the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) as the dominant minority party in the May 13 elections. The two are entitled to get original copies of election returns and copies of electronically transmitted precinct results. Their

PAOAY, Ilocos Norte — Joseph Odlaumor S. Pacol who was born deaf describes his experience registering as a voter as “easy.” The 27-year-old president of the Ilocos Norte Association of the Deaf (INAD) said his trip to the Commission on Elections last year was a breeze because his uncle accompanied him.

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi— With the arrival of evacuees from Sabah less than two months before elections, local chief executives in this province are urging fellow politicians to prioritize the hundreds of displaced individuals to “political aspirations.”

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has ordered Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi of Imus, Cavite to vacate his office after serving him a writ of execution following a Supreme Court decision declaring his rival, Homer Saquilayan, as the real winner in the May 2010 elections. The writ dated March 15 but only served Monday, asked Maliksi

By MIKHA FLORES A Comelec official cautioned candidates Monday that appearing as guests in entertainment shows will be counted against their airtime limits. James Jimenez, chief of the election commission’s Education and Information Department said appearances are not prohibited but “there will be implications” on their time limit. “It’s not just a possibility, it’s a

By MIKHA FLORES REQUIRING candidates to regularly submit their statements of election contributions and expenses (SECE) during the campaign period will be an added burden for the Commission on Elections, Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday. “Maganda sana iyon pero ang laking abala pa sa amin (It is a good idea but it’s an added burden on

By MIKHA FLORES THE National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), one of the accredited citizens’ arms in the May 13 polls, has suggested a regular submission by candidates of  their statements of contributions and expenses during the campaign period, instead of filing only once after the elections. This is to avoid a situation where candidates