Manila, Philippinesc – The influential religious group, Iglesia ni Cristo has announced its official choice for president and vice president in next week’s elections.
For president, they are choosing Liberal-Party standard bearer, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and for vice-president, Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas II.
The INC has an estimated command vote of 5-8 million and is one of the most anticipated endorsements in the May 2010 elections.
Manila, Philippines– Deposed president Joseph “Erap” Estrada and Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar are now tied for second place in the presidential race as Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III extended his lead by almost 20 points.
Despite having a double-digit margin, Aquino has expressed that he would still not be overconfident because the “ghost of Garci” continues to haunt the current elections.
Given a potential lead of eight million votes, which he considered a “significant advantage,” Aquino said only a failure of elections could thwart his imminent victory.
Meanwhile, Estrada is mighty pleased with himself because of the result of the Pulse Asia Survey. “As I told you, I will give them the surprise of their lives,” estrada said, referring to his previous interviews in which he said he would expect to peak surveys just before Election Day and win.
Asked if the game was already between him and Aquino, Estrada said: “Ah, yeah. Even my running mate. It’s no longer Mar-Loren (Aquino’s running mate Manuel “Mar” Roxas II and his rival Villar’s running mate Loren Legarda). It’s already Mar versus (Estrada running mate Makati) Mayor (Jejomar) Binay,” the PMP standard-bearer said.
Nagpaabot si presidential candidate Senator Manny Villar sa Nacionalista Party sa desisyon ni Gob. Erico Aumentado aron motapo iyang grupo sa di ma moabot ang adlaw sa piniliay karong Mayo 2010.
Kini maoy gipadayag ni Villar dihang gipangutana sa mga sakop sa media didto sa Bohol Tropics atol sa iyang pagduaw sa lalawigan sa Bohol niadtong Miyerkulis.
Matud ni Villar, nga iyang suod nga higala si Aumentado dihang siya pa ang speaker sa balay balauran atol sa administrasyon ni kanhi presidente Joseph Estrada ug abli pirmi ang iyang pultahan kun mopadayag na kini nga molukso sa iyang partido.
Apan gibutyag ni Villar nga kasagaran sa mga mayor nga niluhar kaniya pulos mga kaalyado sa gobernador hinungdan nga dili gayud kalikayan nga magduda ang mga katawhan nga siya gayud ang gisuportahan niini. “Basahin mo ang mga mayor, di ba mga supporter sila (Aumentado)”, asoy pa ni Villar.
Si Aumentado kinsa sakop sa administrasyong Lakas-Kampi-CMD nidagan isip kongregista sa ikaduhang distrito sa Bohol diin siya nitukod sa iyang grupo nga Lakas-Aumentado Wing human sa ilang panagbangi sa gubernatorial candidate, Kongresista Edgar Chatto ug Kongresista Ondoy Cajes.
Niining bag-o nitukod na usab ang ang grupo ni Aumentado ug Herrera ug Grand Alliance nga gikalungkaban sa mga ubang partido sama sa Liberal Nationalist People’s Coalition aron kontrahan ang tinguha ni Chatto sa pagka-gobernador.
Ang gobernador gihimong guest candidate nila bise gobernador Herrera ug manlalaban Tomas Abapo kinsa magpapili isip gobernador ug bise gobernador sa umaabot nga eleksyon. (Andy Nalzaro)
Manila, Philippines — Representatives of the Globe, PLDT, Smart, Digitel and satellite transmission providers met with officials of the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic-TIM for the signing of the contract for their services in the May 10 elections on Wednesday.
Renato Garcia, the Comelec’s IT consultant said, the three networks have agreed to provide Smartmatic-TIM a private channel which they can use for the transmission of the results from the precincts all the way to the national canvassing centers.
ALL ballots to be used for the Philippines’ first nationwide automated polls will be printed within the week, days before its April 25 deadline, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said.
“Printing of ballots” will be finished “within the week,” Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said at a press briefing on Monday.
This was confirmed by Cesar Flores, president of the Asian office of Smartmatic, the company contracted by the Comelec to print ballots and supply poll machines.
Smartmatic will be able to finish ballot printing by April 23 or 24 because it was able to meet its target of printing a million ballots a day in the past few weeks.
As of Monday, 46.860 million of the more than 50 million ballots to be used in the May polls have already been printed, Larrazabal said.
Earlier, the Comelec brought a fifth Kodak printer to the National Printing Office in Quezon City — where the ballots are being printed — to speed up the process.
The Comelec plans to invite the media and the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Poll Automation on the day when the last ballot rolls out of the printer, Larrazabal added. (PIA-Bohol)
