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(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday said the credibility of the 2016 elections, but only where candidates won by a small margin, could be tainted following allegations of dishonesty against Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista. “Siyempre lahat ng nasa Comelec dapat napagkakatiwalaan kasi nga sensitibo ang proseso ng ating demokrasya…Maaaring (may) mga ibang pwesto ang maaaring makwestiyon dahil mas dikit ang laban,” she said. She noted, however, that the case of President […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Tito Sotto is seeking an investigation into allegations of possible ill-gotten wealth made against Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista. In Resolution No.456, Sotto directed the blue ribbon committee to look into the allegations made by Patricia Bautista that the Comelec chief might have amassed nearly P1 billion worth of ill-gotten wealth. “The Commission on Elections, as a constitutional body, must not only be compliant with the laws ensuring honesty and integrity […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reported that its former janitor who had passed the bar, Atty. Ramil Comendador, had been promoted and appointed as Election Officer IV. COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista signed his promotion papers from the Regional Selection Promotions Board on July 17. “In our previous conversations, I encouraged Atty. Comendador to consider applying for a higher position,” Bautista said. “We recognize his diligence and determination to reach […]
PARAÑAQUE CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Kasalukuyang isinasagawa ang COMELEC Registration ngayon araw (Martes) April 25, sa Barangay Hall, Barangay Sun Valley Parañaque City. Sinimulan ang registration bandang 8:00 ng umaga. Subalit bago ang itinakdang oras ay madami na ang nakapila upang makapagparehistro. Ang ganitong programa ay isinagawa ng Parañaque COMELEC sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-koordinasyon sa mga Punong Barangay ng nasabing lungsod. Para ang mga residente na hindi pa nakapagparehistro ay mas makapagparehistro na […]
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nasa mahigit isang milyong voters identification cards ang hindi pa kinuha ng mga kinauukulan particular na sa Davao Region ayon sa Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Sa nakalap na impormasyon, hinikayat ni COMELEC – Davao Regional Director Lawyer Remlane Tambuang, ang 1,193,816 na mga botante na kunin na sa tanggapan ng COMELEC ang kanilang ID. Sa Davao City mismo ay mayroong 551, 628 ID’s na maaari ng makuha ayon kay COMELEC Director. […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III received P90 million in campaign contributions from alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles which were not declared in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). This was according to Council for Philippine Affairs (COPA) Secretary, Pastor Saycon who on Wednesday, March 15, presented to the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged documentary evidences that revealed what he said was the corruption committed […]
MANILA, Feb 16 – The Commission on Elections’ Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) is urging the 205,697 voters, who were deactivated after the May 2016 polls for failure to vote in two consecutive national elections, to reactivate their registration status simply by proceeding to the embassy or consulate in the country where they are based, or the OFOV in Comelec Intramuros or their local Comelec office if they are currently in the Philippines. Overseas Filipinos […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista said that 800 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines used in the 2010 and 2013 elections were found defective out of 8000 machines tested. “I heard that about 8 to 10 percent have defects. Of the more than 80,000 machines, 10 percent have already been diagnosed. That is about 8,000 units,” he said. However, Bautista said that they already asked […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ikinakasa na ng Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms ang imbestigasyon nito kaugnay sa tinaguriang ‘Comeleak’. Ayon kay Senadora Leila De Lima, Chairman ng komite, dapat malaman ang pinsalang idinulot ng nangyaring hacking sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) database na naglagay sa peligro sa mga personal na impormasyon ng mga botante. Iginiit ng Senadora na hindi katanggap-tanggap ang nangyaring data breach at dapat aniyang mapanagot ang sinumang may pagkukulang dito. Magugunitang limampu’t […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started the procedure of returning the vote counting machines (VCM) to Smartmatic, ignoring the request made by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to preserve these for his protest case towards Vice President Leni Robredo. This came about as the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), authorized the poll body to immediate start the procedure of returning the VCMs. “Authorize the Comelec […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinuwestyon ni Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista ang pasya ng National Privacy Commission (NPC) na kasuhan siya dahil sa nangyaring data breach o hacking sa Comelec noong nakalipas na taon. Naniniwala aniya siya na may “misappreciation of facts” ang NPC na kanilang pinagbatayan sa kanilang desisyon. Nilinaw rin ni Bautista na marami ring pribadong IT company sa bansa at maging sa abroad ang nagkakaroon ng data breach o […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and its chair Juan Andres Bautista violated the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and should be charged criminally, according to the National Privacy Commission. This is for the leakage of voters’ data prior to the May 2016 elections when the Comelec’s website was hacked. “The voter database in the Precinct Finder application contained each voter’s complete name, date of birth, gender, civil status, address, precinct number, birthplace, […]
