Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 26, 2010
97 medicines to be sold at 50% off starting March 31—DoH By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:42:00 02/26/2010 Filed Under: Medicines, Government, Health, Consumer Issues MANILA, Philippines – At least 97 medicines will be sold at half their original prices starting March 31, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral announced Friday. Cabral said drug companies agreed [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 26, 2010
60,000 poll machines pass stress tests, ready for polls—Comelec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:15:00 02/25/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010, Computing & Information Technology MANILA, Philippines—Over 60,000 poll machines are ready to be used for the first-ever national automated polls in May, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Jose Melo announced on Thursday. Melo [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 26, 2010
6M ballots printed for May polls –Comelec exec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:39:00 02/25/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Politics, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Six million ballots for the May automated polls were printed at the National printing Office as of Thursday, Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said. The 6,037,038 ballots will be used [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 26, 2010
Comelec installs security features on ballots By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:09:00 02/25/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010, Politics MANILA, Philippines — To ensure that the ballots would go to its designated municipality and voting precincts, the Commission on Elections has installed redundant security features to the ballots such as putting them in vacuum [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 24, 2010
First automated overseas voting in HK and Singapore set April 10 By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:45:00 02/24/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Overseas Absentee Voting, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is gearing up for the conduct of the first automated overseas absentee voting in Hong Kong and Singapore come April 10, an [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 24, 2010
ARTICLE SERVICES Reprint this article Print this article Send as an e-mail Send Feedback Post a comment Share RELATED STORIES * Aquino calls presidential rival a ‘desperate’ man * Cabinet execs who won’t resign face electioneering raps * Ramos’ presidential pick to be revealed in May * 52% won’t vote for Arroyo-backed presidential bet—Pulse Asia [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 24, 2010
Proclaim winners first before manual audit–Comelec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:16:00 02/24/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections MANILA, Philippines–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Wednesday maintained that the random manual audit of results in the May automated polls would be done only after the proclamation of winners. Comelec Chairman Jose Melo said the random [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 24, 2010
Melo to quit Comelec if automation fails By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:41:00 02/24/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics, Inquirer Politics, Government offices & agencies MANILA, Philippines—Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Jose Melo said Wednesday that he would quit his post if the May automated polls becomes a failure. Melo made the remark [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 24, 2010
Partylist groups have until March 26 for nominees—Comelec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:17:00 02/24/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Politics, Eleksyon 2010 Each partylist group can submit before the poll body’s legal department up to five names, three of which will sit as representative if the group garners the required number of votes in the [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 23, 2010
Comelec: All ballots with security marks By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:31:00 02/22/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections MANILA, Philippines— (UPDATE) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said all ballots it ordered printed, including the 1.7 million for use in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), have the necessary security [...]
