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News in Pictures: Kin of Disappeared Challenge Noynoy Aquino to Stand Against Impunity and Injustice
News in Pictures: Kin of Disappeared Challenge Noynoy Aquino to Stand Against Impunity and Injustice
The Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) held a press conference today challenging presumptive president Noynoy Aquino to take the straight path to justice and help surface all the victims of enforced disappearances under the term of Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
News in Pictures: Defective Equipment, Slow Election Process Greet Voters in Abra
News in Pictures: Defective Equipment, Slow Election Process Greet Voters in Abra
Bangued, ABRA -- In other precincts, people are complaining of the very slow process -- from checking the names of the voters to submitting the ballot to the PCOS machine. Some even went home because they cannot handle the extreme heat. At Precinct #7, BEIs manually collected the ballots. The PCOS machine cannot process the ballots due to defective CF card. The BEI said, they are still waiting for the replacement CF cards to arrive from Manila. A voter told Bulatlat in an interview that the glitches might disenfranchise the votes.
News in Pictures: Hundreds of Voters Line Up Outside Maguindanao Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: Hundreds of Voters Line Up Outside Maguindanao Poll Precinct
MAGUINDANAO -- Hundreds of people line up outside Buldon Elementary School since early morning to vote. While no untoward incident occurred, it’s a bit chaotic here as voters jostle to enter the voting precincts. "Magulo pero masaya," says Kabiba Tomawis, a voter.
News in Pictures: PCOS Machine Startup Problems and Faulty CF Cards in Marikina Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: PCOS Machine Startup Problems and Faulty CF Cards in Marikina Poll Precinct
The final testing and sealing (FTS) in Marikina City was held on May 6, earlier than the announced May 7 testing. Board of Election inspectors and watchers are waiting as early as 10am but machine arrived after lunch. No ballot boxes were delivered.
News in Pictures: Problems in Machine Startup and Tally of Votes at Pasig City Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: Problems in Machine Startup and Tally of Votes at Pasig City Poll Precinct
In the final testing and sealing in Palatiw Elementary School in Pasig City on May 8, the common problem was the startup of the PCOS machine. The machine in Precinct 107 displayed the COMELEC logo for a long time. The machine had to be turned on and off. Many other machines unexpectedly shut down.
News in Pictures: International Observers Discover Glitches in Tests Conducted at Cavite PCOS Machines
News in Pictures: International Observers Discover Glitches in Tests Conducted at Cavite PCOS Machines
CAVITE -- Delegates of the People's International Observers’ Mission participated in the mock elections in San Labrador Town in Dasmariñas, Cavite today, May 9, 2010. In Dasmariñas North National High School, one precint experienced glitches when votes for some local candidates were not counted by the PCOS machine. The problem was solved when the CF card was replaced.
News in Pictures: Groups Troop to Ampatuan Mansion in Davao, Condemn Continuing Injustice and Whitewash
News in Pictures: Groups Troop to Ampatuan Mansion in Davao, Condemn Continuing Injustice and Whitewash
DAVAO CITY -- The Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, Kalinaw Mindanao, Sisters Association in Mindanao and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan led the people's outrage in Davao City over Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra's callous decision to drop charges against the two of the suspected perpetrators of the Ampatuan Massacre. The protest was part of the commemoration of the 5th month of the Ampatuan Massacre.
News in Pictures: In Another Makati Poll Precinct, Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally
News in Pictures: In Another Makati Poll Precinct, Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally
At San Jose Elementary School in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City Monday, the machine count does not tally or register votes for mayoralty candidate Ernesto Maceda. In one precinct, election returns reflected 3 votes for mayoralty candidate Erwin Genuino and 1 vote for Edmundo Tagalog.
News in Pictures: Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally in Cembo Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally in Cembo Poll Precinct
On Monday, Machine and manual count results did not tally in the clustered precincts in Cembo Elementary School for the mayoralty post and the Sangguniang Panlunsod.
News in Pictures: Final Testing and Sealing of PCOS Machine in Cembo Delayed
News in Pictures: Final Testing and Sealing of PCOS Machine in Cembo Delayed
Final testing and sealing in Precinct 246 in Cembo Elementary School on Monday was delayed when the PCOS machine could not print a complete Initialization report. The printout generated did not show the list of candidates and the vote counter that should show zero votes. The Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) are unable to troubleshoot the problem on their own and called for the assistance of the support technician. After more or less an hour, final testing and sealing proceeded with the assistance of the Smartmatic TIM technician.
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