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[13 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

A male person called the Comelec’s hotline at around 9:55 am, Wednesday morning. The caller talked about a certain “Mirriam”. Officials assume that the caller is possibly talking about  Mirriam Defensor Santiago as she was then disqualified as reelectionist.
"But I don’t see how this is connected with the disqualification case [against Santiago]," Jimenez said.
Virginia Bayer, an employee of the poll body’s Education and Information Department (EID), said that a male caller called the Comelec hotline at around 9:55 a.m. He angrily told Bayer that a bomb was planted at the …

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[6 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

The reshuffle of the Bureau of Customs’s Personnel are being done before the coming May elections, specifically the agency’s Enforcement and Security Service which include an official in Subic Bay who was involved on a sexual harassment case.
The reshuffle has been signed by Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales.
Capt. Ramon Policarpio of Subic Bay will replace Port of Manila chief Jose Yunchongco. Yunchongco will still be the chief of Customs of Police Department and deputy director of the Enforcement and Security Service.
But Policarpio has been involved in a sexual harassment case, …

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[6 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

Commission on Elections or Comelec earlier said that they are confident that the election results from the poll machines will not be hacked. They believe that the websites are secure inspite of the reports of the hacked national govenment agencies like the DOH (Department of Health) and DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development).
Comelec officials said that they are constantly monitoring on their websites.
“In case this happens that the Comelec website is hacked, there are still other servers where the data may be accessed,” said Commissioner …

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[4 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

Bloggers, writers, designers and professional tweeters are now in demand because politicians are looking for these people to help them in their campaign which will start next month.
According to country manager of online job search engine JobsDB, Jayjay Viray, electoral candidates are now more interested in hiring employees instead of looking for volunteers. They said that hired workers work more reliable and efficient.
Below are the available job opportunities:

bloggers or writers for press releases about electoral candidates, since most politicians now have their own websites
managers of Facebook, Twitter, and other …

Election News, Philippine Current Events »

[26 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]

According to GmaNews.tv a Maguindanao poll fraud witnesses ready to talk but what is the sense of this? We all know that Zubiri has been proclaimed already as the 12th Senator. And we also know that whenever Pimentel will protest it will take time and lots of money just to open those ballots and reverse the proclamation if it’s been found out that Comelec had made a mistake in proclaiming Zubiri.

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[9 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]

The Commission on Elections Monday proclaimed the first 13 winners in the Philippine party-list elections held on May 14, allowing at least their first nominees to finally sit in the 14th Congress.
In a six-page resolution, the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, proclaimed the following
Buhay with 1,163,218 votes
Bayan Muna, 927,730
Cibac, 760,260
Gabriela, 610,451
Apec, 538,971
A Teacher, 476,036
Akbayan, 470,872
Alagad, 423,076
Butil, 405,052
Coop-Natco, 390,029
Anakpawis, 376,036
Alliance of Rural Concerns, 338,194
Abono, 337,046

Hope they serve well in our country and lets hope they can pass a bill that will be of advantage to Filipinos. 

Election News, Election Result, Philippine Current Events, Senatoriables »

[4 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]

Based on the Commission on Election’s latest senatorial tally, the lead of Genuine Opposition candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III over TEAM Unity’s Juan Miguel Zubiri has dwindled to only 501 votes.
If the Supreme Court will not give any order to stop the counting from Maguindanao. Pimentel might be thrown out by Zubiri. Pantar and from Bogo would be crucial in determining the last winning senator.Pantar has a voting population of 10,000 while Bogo has 20,000.
The senatorial canvass report No. 28 showed Pimentel with 10,971,362 votes and …

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[2 Jul 2007 | No Comment | ]

Since there are some location in Philippines wherein the Winning candidate was not yet proclaimed due to so many reasons. It has been decided by the President by issuing an Administrative Order 180 signed by Arroyo on June 29 and released by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita Monday, to fill temporary vacancies “in order to avoid disruption of the delivery of basic services and the paralysis of local government operations.”
The OIC will hold office until the Comelec has proclaimed the winning candidate for the local elective post.
I just hope that this …

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[26 Jun 2007 | No Comment | ]

Source : inquirer.net
Maguindanao election supervisor Answered accusation given by Ferrer the other day.
“I would have preferred a more rigid investigation by the Task Force,” the controversial Maguindanao election supervisor told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net, in an interview in his office at the provincial capitol here.

Bedol arrived in his office around 9 a.m., pistol clipped to his waistband just like when he was interviewed by the Inquirer and GMA 7 in Cotabato City late Sunday night.
He said he has not yet been informed by the …

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[19 Jun 2007 | No Comment | ]

The Filipinos after 38 days from E-day is still waiting for the 12th slot in Senate. There is still a chance for Zubiri to be in and defeat Pimentel.
Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Genuine Opposition (GO) candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said he was  filing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday a petition to stop the Commission on Elections from canvassing disputed vote tallies from Maguindanao, which could push Juan Miguel Zubiri of Team Unity (TU) past him in their battle for the last Senate slot.
Miguel Zubiri
Zubiri has been urging the …

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