The OAV or the Overseas Absentee Voting started in Riyadh last April 10, just like in other countries. The voting will lasts for a month.
Complaints were sent by concerned overseas filipino workers who voted on the first day of voting. One of which is the absence of indelible ink. The voters were expecting an indelible ink will be applied on their finger but there was none.
According to the Vice Consul Roussel Reyes in charge of the OAV in Riyadh said that Comelec send indelible ink.
“Wala po talagang ipinadalang indelible …

100 soldiers has been provided by the PNP to about 50 candidates in the coming 2010 May elections according to Armed Forces public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner.
“As of January 31, the Comelec has approved the applications of 50 candidates who are to be provided with AFP security. That’s according to our Task Force HOPE (Honest Orderly and Peaceful Elections),” Brawner said in an interview.

More soldiers are expected to be deployed to other candidates who requested for bodyguards. A min.imum of two soldiers are allowed for each candidate
A …

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 …

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, …

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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