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SC tells Comelec: Bare all preparations for May 10 polls
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Citing “alarming developments” concerning the reliability of the automated elections system, including the glitches that have developed in the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines’ software, [...]
Continue Reading →Hang ’em high later, says human rights commission chair
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Hang them later.
Veteran election lawyer and Commission on Human Rights Chair Leila de Lima Thursday said now was not the time to hold accountable those [...]
Continue Reading →Comelec mulls sanctions vs Smartmatic for foul-ups
KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN
GMANews.TV
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering penalizing poll machine supplier Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) for the glitches in the automated election system that will be used during the May 10 [...]
Continue Reading →Gordon clarifies statement, says he won’t back out from prexy race
AIE BALAGTAS SEE
GMANews.TV
Presidential candidate Richard Gordon on Thursday clarified his earlier statement that he was willing to quit the presidential race and run the Commission on Elections himself to ensure the [...]
Continue Reading →Malacañang: No military takeover in case of total failure of polls
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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 →Poll watchdogs fear high-tech cheating
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MANILA, Philippines – Two election watchdogs warned Thursday that the May 10 elections could be the target of high-tech cheating after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) admitted that there was no more time to check the contents of 76,000 newly [...]
Continue Reading →Smartmatic execs told: Surrender passports
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MANILA, Philippines – The Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) on Thursday urged foreign officials and employees of Smartmatic involved in the election automation project to send their passports to a Catholic bishop.
“We are calling in your bluff. Give us all [...]
Continue Reading →ARMM, other provinces may not get flash cards on time
By Ryan Chua
ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Problems in the country’s first ever nationwide automated elections continued to mount Thursday as officials confirmed that clustered precincts in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other [...]
Continue Reading →Chaos hatched to disrupt May 10 polls – Binay
By Jose Rodel Clapano
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay claimed yesterday that Malacañang has hatched a scenario of chaos to disrupt the May 10 elections and extend President Arroyo’s [...]
Continue Reading →Vulnerable elections (1): Memory cards
by Prof. Giovanni Tapang, PhD
Kontra Daya
Posted on 04 May 2010
With the May 2010 presidetial elections coming in only two months, citizens groups have raised their concerns regarding the conduct of the first nationwide automation of our [...]
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P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
