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 …

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 …

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 …

In Butig Lanao Del Sur Voting finally pushed through in this troubled town in Lanao del Sur province — on the third attempt being the cops as the Election Officer.
The towns in Lanao del Sur where special elections were held over the weekend were

Kapai (5,659 )
Lumba Bayabao (9,004),
Masiu (10,966)
Bayang (9,056)
Binidayan (5,466)
Kapatagan (7,490)
Lumbatan (7,375)
Domalondong (3, 983)
Lumbayanague (5,733),
Madalum (7,137)
Marogong (7,590)
Pualas (6,185)
Butig (8,517)

With a total of 94,161 registered voter, Will this affect the senatoriables in the 11th and 12th position not to mention that this might give a 12-0 votes in favor …

Another special election is set to happen in Lanao as per Gmanews.tv report.
PARANG, Shariff Kabunsuan – The Commission on Elections declared Saturday a failure of special elections in Butig, in Lanao del Sur after members of the board of election inspectors refused to do their duties.
Chief Insp. Danilo Bacas, spokesperson for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, cited the misunderstanding of candidates about the clustering of precincts as the basis for declaring failure of elections in the area.

But why did this board of election inspectors refused to do …

A senior Malacañang on Friday said the conduct of special elections in 13 towns of Lanao del Sur on Saturday will disprove allegations that the province is prone to election fraud.
Presidential political adviser Gabriel Claudio said Lanao del Sur and the Muslim-dominated provinces in Mindanao have been “unfairly, unjustly and wrongly stereo-typed as prone to election fraud.”
“Special election in Lanao del Sur and other localities in the South are a good opportunity to prove this characterization wrong. We are confident
that the electorate of Lanao del Sur will be vindicated by …

This GMA News Exclusive catch my eyes when I read it. Is it really true that the votes in maguindanao has been altered the night before election to have a count of 12-0 in favor of team unity. www.gmanews.tv researchers had dig the following :
GMA News exclusive: A man presenting himself as one of three people who wrote down the names of Team Unity’s candidates in the ballots for a barangay (village) in Maguindanao swore Wednesday that allegations of fraud in the elections there are true.
Using the alias “Karim,” the …

A total of 12 bomb attacks before and after the May 14 balloting highlighted the official report on poll-related violent incidents recorded by the Commission on Elections.
The report released Wednesday said seven bombings took place on May 14 and four ahead of the balloting and one a day after the polls.
It said explosions happened at a waiting shed in Barangay (village) Dalumangcob, Sultan Kudarat, Shariff Kabunsuan; in front of polling centers in Barangay Galakit, Pagalungan, Maguindanao; at 2131 Nuestra Señora Street, in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City; outside Dalican Pilot Elementary …

GMA News Research finds 181 cities and towns in the country are consistent hotspots since 2001.
Hotspots are areas considered election areas of concern (EAC) and election areas of immediate concern (EIAC). The police define EAIC as cities or municipalities where election-related violence are highly expected to occur. EAC are towns where election-related violence are likely to occur or where election-related offenses were committed during the previous elections.
Consistent Election Hotspots
CAR Region

1 Bangued – Abra – CAR
2 Boliney – Abra – CAR
3 Danglas – Abra – CAR
4 Dolores – Abra – …