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QUEZON City, Philippines – The officials of the Commission on Elections personally inspected the COMELEC’s command center in the Philippine International Convention Center where the COMELEC will serve as the National Board of Canvassers. The complaints and queries of voters will also be received in the COMELEC Command Center. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Aimee Mendoza and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The legal team of the Poe-Escudero camp revealed that the Commission on Elections fired hundreds of vote-counting machine technicians, arousing the Poe-Escudero camp’s suspicion that this is a sign of the alleged plan to cheat on the coming elections. The COMELEC and Smartmatic both denied the allegations. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Aimee Mendoza and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Based on the data of the Commission on Elections, there are 318,000 active voters who are classified as persons with disabilities. As such, the COMELEC set aside 4, 000 accessible polling precincts for PWDs, sick, pregnant and senior citizens in order to facilitate their right to exercise suffrage on election day. https://youtu.be/1EdFr-9ng10
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections was able to catch eight overseas Filipino absentee voters that violated the rule of the COMELEC against the taking of pictures of the ballots and receipts during voting. The latest incident was a Filipina in Italy that was caught in the act by the Board of Election Inspectors. Once again, the COMELEC warned the public against taking photographs of the ballots and receipts and violators may face […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines said that its operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group will not disrupt the election. According to the Western Mindanao Command, despite the intense operation against the Abu Sayyaf, the operations are conducted in the mountainous parts of the province and not in the populated areas, especially in the polling precincts designated by the Commission on Elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has ordered the final testing and sealing (FTS) of the vote counting machines (VCMs) this week. The purpose of the FTS is to see and test if the machines installed in that place are in the right conditions and working before it was finally locked and sealed in the polling precincts.The FTS will last until May 6. Meanwhile, COMELEC Spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday, May 2 said that […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – SMARTMATIC cleared through its spokesperson, Atty. Karen Jimeno, that the Commission on Elections now has jurisdiction over the vote-counting machines, ballots and other election paraphernalia after the turn-over of said equipment and materials even before the delivery of the same. SMARTMATIC made the clarification in order to direct all complaints to the COMELEC regarding delayed delivery and others. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The next round of the supposed vice-presidential event will no longer push through. According to the Commission on Elections and the media organizers, there is a conflict in the schedule of the candidates and that the date of the event – May 1 – which is already too close to the election day on May 9. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Chairman Andres Bonifacio of the Commission on Elections announced that they will no longer push through with the planned mall voting because of problems encountered when the COMELEC started transferring poll places to the mall. In a new vote taken by the COMELEC en banc regarding the issue, the proposal was finally discontinued with a vote of 4-3. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections gave a timeline of events to the investigating task force regarding the hacking of the official website of the COMELEC. According to COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, the submission of the timeline aims for the quick resolution of the incident to ensure the safety of voters. The Department of Justice is also coordinating with different government agencies and the United States government in order to find out what […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections announced the start of the local absentee voting today, April 27 and will last until April 29, Friday. According to the COMELEC, the 25, 000 individuals approved can now vote before the May 9 elections. This includes government officials and employees, police and members of the armed forces as well as members of the media that are registered voters but cannot vote on the actual day of […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared May 9 as a special public non-working holiday, a Palace official announced on Wednesday. “President Aquino signed Proclamation No. 1254 on Monday (April 25), declaring May 9, as a Special Public (Non-Working) Holiday throughout the country to enable the entire citizenry to participate in the national elections and to properly exercise their right of suffrage,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement. Malacañang […]
