Senate to Comelec: Answer complaints about midterm elections

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 23:27:14 +0000

Senate to Comelec: Answer complaints about midterm elections

MANILA, Philippines — Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who failed to protect the integrity of last Monday’s midterm elections should be held accountable, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III said on Sunday.

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With 97% COCs tallied, Villar and Poe still leading Senate race

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 12:14:46 +0000

With 97% COCs tallied, Villar and Poe still leading Senate race

With only five certificates of canvass (COCs) remaining to be tallied, re-electionist Senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe continued to lead the senatorial race, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) official count showed Sunday night.

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Proclamation of winners of nat’l posts to take place this week — Comelec

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 09:00:33 +0000

The proclamation for the newly elected senators and party-list representatives may happen at most this Wednesday.

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Sereno asks Comelec: How free were midterm polls from vote buying?

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 08:42:11 +0000

Former Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno on Sunday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to explain different election-related complaints, particularly the alleged cases of vote-buying in the country during the polling season.

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PPCRV to continue validating election returns even after Comelec proclaims winners

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 08:31:07 +0000

THE Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) will continue to validate election returns, even after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaims the winning candidates in the midterm elections, Executive Director…READ

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Comelec vouches for VCMs; PPCRV audit shows ‘nothing unusual’

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 21:14:39 +0000

Comelec vouches for VCMs; PPCRV audit shows ‘nothing unusual’

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday vouched for the accuracy of the vote-counting machines (VCMs) used in Monday’s midterm elections and said the results of the independent audit of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) would bear the poll body out.

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Comelec sets May 20 special elections in Isabela town

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 11:54:00 +0000

Comelec sets May 20 special elections in Isabela town

Special elections for Barangay Dicamay I in Jones, Isabela will be held on May 20 to correct the effect of a vote-counting machine (VCM) being torched there last Tuesday.

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Namfrel: Hold Comelec responsible for election mishaps

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 13:51:21 +0000

Comelec canvassing

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should be held responsible for the mishaps in the 2019 May mid-term polls, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Saturday. “The unfortunate thing about the multiple mishaps in the May 13 elections is that the problems were preventable,” the group said in a […]

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Cardema’s bid to be Duterte Youth sub ‘not disqualified’ – Comelec

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 13:25:43 +0000

Ronald Cardema

The application of National Youth Commission (NYC) chair Ronald Cardema to become the substitute nominee for the Duterte Youth party-list group has not been disqualified, Director Frances Arabe of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday.

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