Tag: Commission on Elections

Citizens learned more about presidential candidates after last debate – experts

QUEZON City, Philippines – Various political science experts were convinced that the public has learned more about the presidential candidates after the last presidential debate arranged by the Commission on Elections or COMELEC and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas or KBP. Experts said that the public was given the opportunity to learn more about said candidates’ personalities and platforms. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded […]

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Palace already investigating ‘Comelec data hacking’

MANILA, April 25 – Malacanang addressed on Saturday the “hacking” of Comelec data saying its IT experts are investigating whether there is a breach in the Palace’s security protocols and if hackers were able to use the Malacanang Internet domain. Netizens have complained that Malacañang downloaded the Comelec data. In a radio interview on Saturday, Undersecretary Manuel Quezon of the PSDSPO said Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. was informed on the evening of April 21 at […]

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Stop hacking to get attention – COMELEC

QUEZON City, Philippines – Commissioner Rowena Guanzon of the Commission on Elections said that those who have complaints should not resort to hacking in order to gain attention because such acts can negatively impact the public. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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COMELEC asks foreign cyber experts to guarantee election results

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections hired foreign cyber security experts to guarantee the integrity of the election results. COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista added that they are consulting Microsoft and other computer firms to ensure the security of the COMELEC website. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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Ballots undergo final verification

QUEZON City, Philippines – The final verification of the printed ballots of the National Printing Office will be completed today, April 22 which is earlier than the self-imposed deadline of the Commission on Elections which is on April 25. The verification is an important process to ensure that the ballots can be used by the vote-counting machines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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Senator Bongbong Marcos calls on COMELEC to lay down rules on vote receipt discrepancies

MANILA, Philippines — Vice Presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., today called on the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to lay down the rules in cases where there are discrepancies in the vote receipts from the actual votes cast. Marcos made the call in the light of mounting reports over alleged discrepancies in vote receipts in the ongoing Overseas Absentee Voting. The Senator urged the Comelec to explain the process that voters should undertake […]

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COMELEC Mall voting approved by SC en banc

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections denied accusations that the Supreme Court En Banc did not approved mall voting. According to COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista, the COMELEC issued a resolution saying that the Supreme Court En Banc approved mall voting and the the COMELEC should conduct a public hearing. Bautista said that the COMELEC conducted said public hearing, together with the political parties. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]

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NBI arrests COMELEC website hacker

QUEZON CIty, Philippines – Now in custody of the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division is the hacker that attacked the official website of the Commission on Elections. Said suspect was apprehended due to the combination of digital and human surveillance. The COMELEC website was hacked last March 28 by a group of hacktivists that called themselves Anonymous Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]

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GMA asks SC’s permission to vote

QUEZON City, Philippines – Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a petition to the Supreme Court to allow her to go to Pampanga and exercise her right to vote. According to the motion filed by her camp, Arroyo asked that she be allowed to leave the Veterans Memorial Medical Center and that the Commission on Elections recognizes the right of prisoners to vote and that she retains her right to vote because said right is denied […]

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Mas malawak na brownout, mararanasan sa Nueva Ecija

MULING nag-anunsyo ang National Grid Corporation of the Philippines ng 11 oras na brownout sa 20 mga bayan sa Nueva Ecija. Ang nabanggit na power interruption ay mararanasan sa Abril 21, Huwebes, mula ika-7:00 ng umaga at aabot hanggang ika-6:00 ng gabi. Ayon sa NGCP, ang mga bayan na apektado ay ang:  Sta. Rosa, San Leonardo, Palayan City, Gen. Tinio, Penaranda, Laur, Bongabon, Gabaldon, Llanera, Gen. Natividad, Rizal, Talavera, Lupao, Carranglan, Aliaga, Quezon, Licab, Sto. Domingo, […]

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COMELEC asks public to support last debate of presidential candidates

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections asked the public to witness the last leg of the presidential debate to be held at Dagupan, Pangasinan. Said debate is the joint project of the COMELEC and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas as well as the media outfits. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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