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From a Weak Republic: Challenges for the Next Administration
From a Weak Republic: Challenges for the Next Administration
By SONNY AFRICA / IBON Features
The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act.
2010 Elections: Barangay Tanods in Davao Detain Nograles Supporter
2010 Elections: Barangay Tanods in Davao Detain Nograles Supporter
By GRACE S. UDDIN / Davao Today
A supporter of House Speaker Prospero Nograles was detained at the Sta. Ana police station for alleged vote buying on the day of the elections.
2010 Elections: Poll Watcher Killed in Maragusan Attack, Says Military
2010 Elections: Poll Watcher Killed in Maragusan Attack, Says Military
By GRACE S. UDDIN / Davao Today
Captain Emmanuel Garcia, spokesperson of the 10th ID-AFP, said an undetermined number of rebels attacked soldiers of the 66th Infantry Battalion escorting a group of Board of Election Inspectors (BEI’s) for the canvassing of votes at the municipal hall of Maragusan.
Ang Piniling Messiah
Ang Piniling Messiah
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO
Si Noynoy ang choice ng elite society, at maging ng masa na ang tanging naibigan ay ang hindi mag-iisa sa pagdanas ng abstrakto (hindi aktwal) na kadiliman. At kung magpakaganito, ang eleksyon ay nagpoposturang parang pagsisimba o kumpisal, na matapos ng paghuhugas ng kasalanan at muling pangungumunyon ay ang reafirmasyon ng pagiging tila bago, at kung gayon, ng muling pagdanas ng parehong kondisyon at pwersa hanggang sa susunod na metapisikal na pagbabanyuhay.
2010 Elections: Despite Relatively Peaceful Voting in Abra, Tension and Fear Still Prevails
2010 Elections: Despite Relatively Peaceful Voting in Abra, Tension and Fear Still Prevails
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Team of foreign election observers experience threat, harassments, and intimidation by military in Abra.
2010 Elections: Twenty Percent of Voters in Cebu Disenfranchised
2010 Elections: Twenty Percent of Voters in Cebu Disenfranchised
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
With reports from JOSEPH BACUD
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 7 boasted of an 80 percent voter turnout. Pagbabago! Cebu said a number of votes were disenfranchised due to the Comelec's inability to foresee simple and preventable problems.
News in Pictures: Deputy Attache of US Department of Homeland Security Seen in Abra During Elections
News in Pictures: Deputy Attache of US Department of Homeland Security Seen in Abra During Elections
BANGUED, ABRA -- Theodore C. Lopez of the US Embassy together with three other companions were in Abra during the elections. Theodore C. Lopez approached a delegate of the PIOM while waiting for the opening of the canvassing area in the Provincial Capitol. The PIOM team asked Vanessa Roncal, supervisor of the Comelec in the region, if she knew about the presence of US embassy personnel in Bangued. Roncal replied that the US embassy personnel came right after the PIOM paid a visit to the Comelec Regional office.
2010 Elections: Comelec and Smartmatic Should Account for Disenfranchisement and Other Poll Problems – KontraDaya
2010 Elections: Comelec and Smartmatic Should Account for Disenfranchisement and Other Poll Problems – KontraDaya
By MARYA SALAMAT
Before profusely patting itself on the back, the Comelec first has to identify and account for the mess created by its lack of preparedness to be able to remedy the problems for the next automated elections.
News in Pictures: Hassle-Free Transmission of Election Results in Quezon City High School
News in Pictures: Hassle-Free Transmission of Election Results in Quezon City High School
MANILA -- The transmission of election results did well in Quezon City High School in Kamuning, Quezon City. The transmission of results only took one to two minutes per transaction. The Board of Elections Inspectors told Bulatlat on Monday night that there were no major problems encountered with the Precinct Count Optical Scan machine, unlike in other areas.
2010 Elections: Harassments, Poll Violations, Problems in Data Transmission
2010 Elections: Harassments, Poll Violations, Problems in Data Transmission
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With reports from CIELO EUNICE FLORES
Reports reveal more problems toward the end of election day.
2010 Elections: Snail-Paced Elections in Central Visayas
2010 Elections: Snail-Paced Elections in Central Visayas
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
As in most parts of the country, long queues and technical glitches affected the conduct of elections in Central Visayas. In Cebu, there were reports that indicated that only 50 percent of voters have been accommodated by 6:45 p.m.
2010 Elections: Violence, Rampant Poll Violations in Lanao Despite Automated Elections
2010 Elections: Violence, Rampant Poll Violations in Lanao Despite Automated Elections
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Nothing seems to have changed in the conduct of elections in Lanao.
News in Pictures: Chaotic Elections in Maguindanao Town
News in Pictures: Chaotic Elections in Maguindanao Town
MAGUINDANAO -- Residents push their way inside a polling precinct in Buldon town. Hundreds of voters are getting impatient -- shouting, shoving, banging the doors of the precinct, demanding that they be allowed in. An army soldier tries to break a scuffle while poll watchers and the BEIs insist that voting should be one at a time. This year's elections, will serve as a test to Philippines’ fragile democracy. Once an inspiration to emerging democracies for its “people power” overthrow of the American-backed autocrat Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Philippines has suffered from poor governance in the past decade.
News in Pictures: Maguindanaoans Brave the Rain to Cast Their Votes
News in Pictures: Maguindanaoans Brave the Rain to Cast Their Votes
MAGUINDANAO -- Despite the rain, voters in Tugaig, a village in Barira town, continue to line up. ‘See these people? They line up to vote. But will the politicians do to them after being elected? They will ignore them,’ says a woman beside me.
2010 Elections: In Maguindanao and Elsewhere: Chaos, Violence, Fraud
2010 Elections: In Maguindanao and Elsewhere: Chaos, Violence, Fraud
By CARLOS H. CONDE
Despite the promise of order that computerization brings, the conduct of the elections in Maguindanao province and other areas in Mindanao leaves much to be desired.
News in Pictures: Voting Process in Davao City at Snail’s Pace
News in Pictures: Voting Process in Davao City at Snail’s Pace
DAVAO CITY -- Voting in Barangay Centro Agdao is going at a snail's pace. Lines are long and at the rate the automated voting is progressing, observers fear many will not be able to cast their ballots by the time polling centers close. Voters who have agonized waiting in line grudgingly call the PCOS machines "tikas machines", with pun intended. Workers, who still have to report for work and those who find the long lines and the wait much too daunting, have already left the precincts without casting their votes.
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