by magnolia_eic | Apr 13, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines — The Commission on Elections backtracked on its plan to re-bid the contract for the purchase of indellible ink for the May 10 elections saying that the bidder whom they thought had failed, apparently did not fail after all.
However, the Comelec has confirmed the holding of another bid for the purchase of 80,000 ultraviolet lamps, after the failure to comply of all three bidders of necessary requirements. The controversial OTC Paper Supply was one of those bidders.
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by magnolia_eic | Apr 13, 2010 | Announcements, Election 2010, Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines — Speaker Prospero Nograles has confirmed plans of bolting the Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats coalition for a possible alliance with Presidentiable Manny Villar of the Nacionalista Party.
Nograles is running for mayor in Davao City against Vice mayor Sara Duterte, daughter of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
An source from Philippine Daily Inquirer who asked not to be named said he saw orange t-shirts inside the Nograles’ residence last Saturday.
Nograles considers the Nacionalista Party as a “viable option” who could end the spate of killings in the province.
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by magnolia_eic | Apr 10, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, World
Filipinos based here and in Singapore began voting today, Saturday, for national positions in the Philippines and took a first try at the automated polls.
Cesar Flores, President of Smartmatic Asia, said that so far, voting has been ongoing without any interuptions, as the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines were “running well”.
At the end of today’s voting period, the machines will print out an initial election return, which will be recorded by the Special Board of Election Inspectors.
Flores assured that the machines were secured in the center. the SBEIs will also print a document before the start of the voting period each day to show that there were no changes made in the data inside the machines during the night.
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by magnolia_eic | Mar 16, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, National News
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed on Sunday that more than 700,000 voters were found to have double or multiple registration records that could trigger accusations of irregularities in the May 10, 2010 national and local elections.
The Comelec in Resolution No. 8791 said their Information and Technology Department found out about the 704, 542 voters with double or multiple registration records using algorithmic matching.
The resolution, promulgated last March 10, resolved to abate the other registration records of voters found to have double or multiple registration records according to the provisions of the Omnibus Election Code.
The Comelec also directed the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) not to allow the voters with multiple registration records to vote in their respective precincts in the May 10 polls.
It also resolved to delete the registration records of said voters in the next Election Registration Board (ERB) hearings.
In an earlier Minute Resolution last October 20, the poll body resolved that in cases where registrants are found to be registered in two or more districts/cities municipalities, the latest registration shall prevail.
Accordingly, the voters shall be allowed to vote only in the district/city/municipality of their latest registration. (PIA-Bohol)
