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 …

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 …

It is sad to know that 6 of 10 Pinoys remain clueless about automation – Pulse Asia , I believed that the government should exert more effort in educating the public about the automated election, Majority of class D and E answered that  they do not know how the automation works. For those of us living outside the country we have not heard any advertisements about the automated election and how it works.
The information should be properly disseminate everywhere where there are voters because it is their right to know …

There are about 4,000 machines arrived yesterday , this machine will be used for the 2010 polls election that will be conducted to conclude the next president of the Philippines . This machines are part of Philippine Election 2010 Computerization | Automation , that will happen on May 2010.
According to the report the machine will undergo a series of test until it is proven effective for 2010 National Election, I just pray that among that test there will be no culprit that will try to sabotage the system. The total …

Chiz Escudero has just bolted out from NPC, and now as an independent candidate. He have not yet formally declared his intension of running as a president. Chiz is a member of  Danding Cojuanco’s Party ( NPC ) .
Most of the people where shock to know that Chiz has chosen to be an independent candidate because everybody knows that a candidate needs a machinery whenever he would run for a national position.
But I salute chiz on his decision and projecting as a candidate of integrity where nobody could dictate him …

As expected by many people, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III tops the Social Weather Stations survey. This was done between September 5-6 which was commissioned by a number of private individuals that include the business community.
The survey covers only Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Region 3 and Region 4A.
10 percent of the respondents belonged to the A, B and C classes, or the wealthy and middle class, while 90 percent belong to the D and E classes, or the poor.

According to this survey 50% would vote for Aquino, 14% would vote for …

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is supposed to speak before the United Nations General Assembly next week but was cancelled. No explanations were given as to why it was cancelled.
But she will visit London on September 17 to attend the Emerging Markets Summit there.
She was invited to deliver a keynote address by London-based newsmagazine “The Economist,” according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

After that she will fly to Saudi Arabia on September 19 for a 3-day visit and she will talk with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
The chief executive …