Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 3, 2010
Comelec to buy 80,000 UV readers to check ballots’ security By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:51:00 04/02/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010, Politics MANILA, Philippines—Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday that there will be UV ink scanners to be deployed in all 76,000 precincts nationwide by May to check that the [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 18, 2010
Comelec issues guidelines on delivery of ERs By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 21:55:00 03/17/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—All printed election returns (ERs) should be submitted to the Commission on Elections and the Philippine Congress not later than three days after the May 10 polls, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said Wednesday. Based [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 15, 2010
700,000 double registrants bared; poll watchlist issued By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 19:22:00 03/12/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will issue a watchlist against at least 700,000 double or multiple registered voters nationwide ahead of the polls in May, an official said Friday. “The creation [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 12, 2010
Most Filipinos fail to complete medication—DoH By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 18:28:00 03/12/2010 Filed Under: Medicines, Health, Consumer Issues MANILA, Philippines – Most Filipinos fail to complete their prescribed medication despite the availability of cheap generic and branded drugs, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said Friday. Cabral said that Filipinos, once they feel well, would [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 8, 2010
Standard competency exam for BPO agents launched By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 14:18:00 03/08/2010 Filed Under: business, Employment, Employment Agencies MANILA, Philippines—The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P) launched Monday a national competency test to streamline the recruitment of applicants in the $7.2 billion outsourcing industry, officials said. BPA/P’s national competency test (BNCT), [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 15, 2010
Medium firms lead adoption of data center solutions — exec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:38:00 02/15/2010 Filed Under: Infotech, Technology (general), Computing & Information Technology MANILA, Philippines — Medium-sized enterprises and business in the country and Asia-Pacific are the pioneers in the adoption of data center technologies to reduce information technology (IT) costs [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 11, 2010
25,000 more poll machines ready for transport to RP—execs By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:20:00 02/10/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections MANILA, Philippines – The remaining poll machines to be used for the May national elections have been assembled and ready for shipment to the country from China, officials said. A total of [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 9, 2010
Voters told: Shade whole ovals, do not `overvote’ By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:31:00 02/09/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010, Politics MANILA, Philippines—The right way to vote in the May elections is by fully shading the ovals opposite the printed names of candidates in the ballot, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday. Comelec [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 9, 2010
Comelec turns over automation code to BSP for safekeeping By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:23:00 02/09/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Computing & Information Technology, Software MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) turned over to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Tuesday the automation software for safekeeping after its system and security controls were [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: February 2, 2010
Entry of 5,000 cell phone jammers worries Comelec February 01, 2010 13:33:00 Cathy C. Yamsuan Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) The Commission on Elections on Monday said it has been taking steps to protect the system of the May automated elections after receiving reports that 5,000 units of cell phone jammers entered the country recently. [...]
