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Candidates barred from relief efforts in Bohol

Oct 23, 2013 7:43 PM

(UPDATED) NO candidates in the upcoming barangay elections will be allowed to take part in relief operations in earthquake-ravaged Bohol, Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr warned on Wednesday. “The Commission on Elections is making sure that the distribution of relief will not be used for political purposes,” he said in a press briefing, adding that the […]

Barangay, Bohol, comelec, earthquake, elections, Red Cross

News Vote 2013

Comelec gears up for Monday’s elections

Oct 23, 2013 5:22 PM

By DARLENE CAY THE Commission on Elections on Wednesday said it has packed and shipped 94.65 percent of the materials needed for the October 28 barangay polls. Comelec Commissioner Al Parreño, who heads the Committee on Deployment, said the distribution of paraphernalia is being implemented according to the plan. “Wala naman kaming nakikitang problema sa […]

Barangay, comelec, elections, Violence

News Vote 2013

Comelec fails to collect village poll funds

Oct 22, 2013 11:12 PM

By DARLENE CAY THE Commission on Elections has so far pooled a mere P102 million from barangays to augment funds for the October 28 elections, or only about a quarter of the amount the body poll would have collected if all the 42,028 barangays nationwide remitted their share. Only 17 percent or 6,981 villages turned […]

Barangays, budget, comelec, elections

News Vote 2013

Comelec sets Bohol, Zambo special polls on Nov 25

Oct 22, 2013 6:59 PM

By DARLENE CAY THE Commission on Elections, sitting en banc on Tuesday, scheduled the special barangay elections for Bohol and Zamboanga on November 25. The poll body earlier announced the suspension of barangay polls in Bohol, which was devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake exactly a week ago. Comelec also suspended elections in Zamboanga City on October […]

Barangay, Bohol, comelec, elections, Zamboanga

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Comelec completes proclamation of 12 senators

May 19, 2013 9:35 AM

By MARK MADRONA FIVE days after the nation trooped to the polls, the Commission on Elections officially wrapped up its canvassing for the 2013 senatorial elections by proclaiming the last three winners in the race on Saturday. The proclamation of San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito, re-electionist Gregorio Honasan, and former Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia Villar […]

comelec, elections, Senate, vote 2013

Mother’s Day celebrations used for vote buying, says think tank

May 12, 2013 8:40 PM

By VERA Files CANDIDATES in Monday’s midterm elections have been using “Mother’s Day” and birthday celebrations, among others, as cover to buy votes, a political think tank said Sunday. A statement issued by Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) on election eve said election cheating has worsened and poll automation “is powerless against it.” CenPEG […]

elections, Mother's Day, vote 2013, vote-buying

Towns and cities for manual audit selected

May 10, 2013 4:43 PM

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has identified the 234 towns and municipalities across the country where a random manual audit (RMA) will be conducted after the May 13 elections. Election Commissioner Christian Robert Lim said the audit will check whether the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines accurately counted the votes cast. “It is […]

elections, random manual audit, vote 2013

Air 21 blamed for delays in PCOS testing

May 07, 2013 10:37 PM

By VINCE NONATO, LEILANIE ADRIANO, REYNARD MAGTOTO and CLTV 36 Was it a P1.4 billion well spent? Airfreight 2100 (Air 21), one of the two freight and cargo forwarding firms awarded by the Commission on Elections a P1.4 billion contract to deploy poll machines on Monday, caused massive delays and confusion in polling precincts for […]

Air 21, comelec, deployment, elections, pcos, smartmatic, vote 2013

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Senatoriables steal labor day limelight, as workers push wage hike

May 02, 2013 12:39 PM

By DARLENE CAY and MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ Photos and video by VINCENT GO Senatorial candidates stole the limelight from the working class at yesterday’s Labor Day protest rallies, where workers called for a wage increase, bigger tax relief, an end to contractualization, non-wage benefits and lower prices of basic commodities. Cameras and microphones turned away […]

Aquino, elections, Labor Day, Wage Hike

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NGO challenges lords of Pampanga

Apr 26, 2013 4:27 AM

By CLTV 36 SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—The good news about the elections in Central Luzon is that only a tiny fraction of candidates running for public office in the May 13 elections comes from political families. The bad news is that Pampanga has the highest number of candidates for various positions who hail from those dynasties, […]

dynasty, elections, Pampanga, Pineda, vote 2013