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Malacañang: No military takeover in case of total failure of polls
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s spokesman assured Thursday that Malacañang will not order the military to intervene in case of a total failure of the automated elections.
“Mangyari man iyon ay there [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec scrambles to fix glitch before polls
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Election officials scrambled Thursday to fix a computer glitch that sparked fears of a chaotic failure of the country’s first automated presidential polls and calls to postpone next [...]
Continue Reading →Manila prelate ‘supports Comelec’ amid automation problems
KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN
GMANews.TV
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales on Wednesday expressed support for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) amid the problems being encountered by automated election system.
“We support them with prayer and ask the good [...]
Continue Reading →‘Hello, Garci’ boys well entrenched for May 10 polls
By Aries Rufo
abs-cbnNews.com/Newsbreak
MANILA, Philippines—The men who worked closely with disgraced former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano as he rigged the 2004 presidential elections are still well entrenched for the May 10 polls this [...]
Continue Reading →Bidding aboveboard, says Comelec official
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez Monday came to the defense of the poll body’s executive director, Jose Tolentino, who is accused of purchasing expensive folders two years ago [...]
Continue Reading →Perlas: Better a delayed election than a failed election
By Michelle Cristobal
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines – Why hold an automated election for the country’s highest office if there is a large possibility that it will fail?
Independent presidential candidate Nicanor “Nick” Perlas said this [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec: No ‘ghost’ polling precincts
By Sheila Crisostomo
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday denied the existence of “ghost” polling centers in the list of precincts they asked Smartmatic-Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) to survey.
In a [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec asked: Where are spare machines?
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Where are the spare voting machines?
Poll watchdog groups Tuesday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disclose the security arrangements for the spare voting machines as they said [...]
Continue Reading →Melo: We’re 100 percent on target
By Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—It’s all systems go, contrary to fears of skeptics.
“We are 100 percent on target,” declared Chair Jose Melo of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in an interview with [...]
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