+ Follow COMELEC AND MEGA PACIFIC Tag
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[Title] => A tougher challenge
[Summary] => The last time I bumped into retired Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo, he said he was quitting the fact-finding panel that was tasked to unearth the truth about unexplained killings.
[DatePublished] => 2008-01-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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[Title] => Ruffa: Love is not the issue
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[DatePublished] => 2007-05-21 00:00:00
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[Title] => Senators to SC: Annul Ombudsman ruling clearing Comelec officials
[Summary] => Nine senators asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to annul the ruling of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez clearing officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Mega Pacific consortium of criminal liability in the P1.2-billion automated counting machine (ACM) deal.
The senators also asked the SC to sanction Gutierrez for grave abuse of discretion in her controversial decision on Sept. 27 to exonerate the officials.
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[Title] => Cosmetics
[Summary] => No amount of evidence that "speaks for itself" can cosmetize the patent error and give the appearance of correctness to the acrobatic stunt displayed by the Office of the Ombudsman on the ACM case. Something fishy keeps on cropping up by simply looking at the big picture. The act of flip-flopping alone is in itself facially irregular. The initial June 2006 resolution was issued after almost two years of investigation as ordered by the Supreme Court. Two years of investigation is definitely more than enough to gather all the evidence to determine the liability of those involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
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[Title] => Pimentel lauds SC ruling on ACMs
[Summary] => Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday commended the Supreme Court for denying the petition of President Arroyo’s election lawyer to allow the use of automated counting machines (ACMs) purchased by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2003.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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[Title] => Anomalous delay
[Summary] => According to Section 12, Article XI of the Constitution, the Ombudsman shall act "promptly" on all complaints filed before it in any form or manner against public officials or employees. "Act" here technically means the performance by the Ombudsman of its duty to investigate the complaint, determine the existence of probable cause to charge the public official and, if so, prosecute him in court. On the other hand "promptly" has no technical meaning and is used in its ordinary sense to connote "soon" or "not long from now".
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ombudsman seeks more time on poll automation case
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to give it more time to wrap up its investigation of the voided contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the private firm Mega Pacific eSolutions in the purchase of automated counting machines.
The High Tribunal had set a June 30 deadline for the Office of the Ombudsman to end its probe.
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[Title] => SC gives Ombudsman until June 30 to find probable cause on Comelec’s ACM contract
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) gave Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez yesterday until June 30 to finally determine and report to the tribunal if Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and a private company should be held liable for the anomalous purchase of ballot counting machines that were supposed to be used for the 2004 presidential election.
The tribunal sternly warned Gutierrez it would cite her for contempt if she fails to do so.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => SC wants progress report on graft case vs Comelec, Mega Pacific officials
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Office of the Ombudsman to submit a regular progress report of its investigation on officials and private individuals involved in the nullified poll computerization project of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2004.
In an eight-page resolution, the SC ordered the Ombudsman to submit its first report "on or before June 30 and every three months thereafter until the matter is finally disposed of."
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[Title] => Ombudsman urged to act on complaints vs Comelec officials
[Summary] => Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. urged Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to start acting on the complaints against Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials involved in the anomalous purchase of ballot-counting machines that were supposed to be used in the 2004 presidential election.
Pimentel said Gutierrez should stop sitting on the case because the Office of the Ombudsman’s legal, monitoring and prosecuting division as early as October 2004 had found prima facie evidence against the officials and private parties involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-29 00:00:00
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COMELEC AND MEGA PACIFIC
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[Title] => A tougher challenge
[Summary] => The last time I bumped into retired Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo, he said he was quitting the fact-finding panel that was tasked to unearth the truth about unexplained killings.
[DatePublished] => 2008-01-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133252
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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[Title] => Senators to SC: Annul Ombudsman ruling clearing Comelec officials
[Summary] => Nine senators asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to annul the ruling of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez clearing officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Mega Pacific consortium of criminal liability in the P1.2-billion automated counting machine (ACM) deal.
The senators also asked the SC to sanction Gutierrez for grave abuse of discretion in her controversial decision on Sept. 27 to exonerate the officials.
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[Summary] => No amount of evidence that "speaks for itself" can cosmetize the patent error and give the appearance of correctness to the acrobatic stunt displayed by the Office of the Ombudsman on the ACM case. Something fishy keeps on cropping up by simply looking at the big picture. The act of flip-flopping alone is in itself facially irregular. The initial June 2006 resolution was issued after almost two years of investigation as ordered by the Supreme Court. Two years of investigation is definitely more than enough to gather all the evidence to determine the liability of those involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133340
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[URL] =>
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[Title] => Pimentel lauds SC ruling on ACMs
[Summary] => Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday commended the Supreme Court for denying the petition of President Arroyo’s election lawyer to allow the use of automated counting machines (ACMs) purchased by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2003.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1500820
[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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[Title] => Anomalous delay
[Summary] => According to Section 12, Article XI of the Constitution, the Ombudsman shall act "promptly" on all complaints filed before it in any form or manner against public officials or employees. "Act" here technically means the performance by the Ombudsman of its duty to investigate the complaint, determine the existence of probable cause to charge the public official and, if so, prosecute him in court. On the other hand "promptly" has no technical meaning and is used in its ordinary sense to connote "soon" or "not long from now".
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-30 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[Title] => Ombudsman seeks more time on poll automation case
[Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to give it more time to wrap up its investigation of the voided contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the private firm Mega Pacific eSolutions in the purchase of automated counting machines.
The High Tribunal had set a June 30 deadline for the Office of the Ombudsman to end its probe.
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[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => SC gives Ombudsman until June 30 to find probable cause on Comelec’s ACM contract
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) gave Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez yesterday until June 30 to finally determine and report to the tribunal if Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and a private company should be held liable for the anomalous purchase of ballot counting machines that were supposed to be used for the 2004 presidential election.
The tribunal sternly warned Gutierrez it would cite her for contempt if she fails to do so.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => SC wants progress report on graft case vs Comelec, Mega Pacific officials
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Office of the Ombudsman to submit a regular progress report of its investigation on officials and private individuals involved in the nullified poll computerization project of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2004.
In an eight-page resolution, the SC ordered the Ombudsman to submit its first report "on or before June 30 and every three months thereafter until the matter is finally disposed of."
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[Title] => Ombudsman urged to act on complaints vs Comelec officials
[Summary] => Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. urged Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to start acting on the complaints against Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials involved in the anomalous purchase of ballot-counting machines that were supposed to be used in the 2004 presidential election.
Pimentel said Gutierrez should stop sitting on the case because the Office of the Ombudsman’s legal, monitoring and prosecuting division as early as October 2004 had found prima facie evidence against the officials and private parties involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-29 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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