Posted by: quintessentialy on: April 9, 2010
RP to get 1.9M doses of A(H1N1) vaccine By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:17:00 04/07/2010 Filed Under: Government, Diseases, Health MANILA, Philippines—Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said Wednesday that the Philippines will receive anytime this week about 1.9 million doses of vaccines against A(H1N1) flu virus, which will be distributed to high-risk groups.
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 18, 2010
Hepatitis A outbreak declared in Iloilo town; 18 infected By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:21:00 03/18/2010 Filed Under: Health, Diseases MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral declared Thursday an outbreak of hepatitis A in Sara town of Iloilo province, after the disease infected 18 persons there. “About 18 of the 28 suspected cases [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 5, 2010
Comelec dashes Acosta’s presidential dream By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 18:36:00 03/04/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Inquirer Politics, Politics MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday threw out the presidential bid of Vetallano Acosta for lack of qualifications, leaving only nine contenders in the May 10 race for the highest office [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 5, 2010
Comelec trains 240,000 teachers for automated poll duties By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:30:00 03/04/2010 Filed Under: Elections, Politics, Inquirer Politics, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started to train around 250,000 public school teachers who will act as board of election inspectors (BEIs) in the country’s first national automated polls [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: March 5, 2010
Technology firm in automated polls trains 50,000 staff By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 18:54:00 03/04/2010 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Technology (general) MANILA, Philippines – The automation partner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started hiring and training about 50,000 technicians and technical personnel for the May elections, a spokesman for the company told [...]
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: January 14, 2010
Comelec says SC ruling on Ladlad might result in stray ballots January 13, 2010 21:12:00 Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—An election on Wednesday expressed concern that the Supreme Court ruling on gay party-list Ang Ladlad would result in stray ballots as other disqualified party-list groups might demand the same treatment. “While we respect the decision [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 17, 2009
Comelec: 2010 automated polls ‘on track’ By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 12:18:00 12/17/2009 Filed Under: Politics, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections assured on Thursday that its preparations for the country’s first automated elections in 2010 were “on-track,” allaying fears that a nationwide computerized polls was not viable. In fact, elections commissioner Rene [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: December 2, 2009
Presidential candidates swell to 99 – Comelec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 19:32:00 12/01/2009 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) On the eve of last day of filing for next year’s polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received 99 certificates of candidacy for president in next year’s elections at [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: September 17, 2009
Teodoro nomination null, void—De Venecia INQUIRER.net First Posted 11:06:00 09/17/2009 Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Elections MANILA, Philippines—The ruling party’s declaration that Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro is its standard-bearer is null and void, former House Speaker Jose De Venecia told reporters Thursday shortly before the poll body hears his petition to nullify the merger of [...]
