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                    [Title] => Joecon accepts Tancangco dare
                    [Summary] => National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. took up the dare of a Commission on Elections official for a public debate on the transparency of the contract for the modernization of the electoral system.


"I accept her challenge," Concepcion told The STAR, referring to the contract for the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS) awarded to Photokina which was brokered by Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco as former head of the modernization committee.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89570 [Title] => Government to raise funds for May polls [Summary] => President Arroyo assured the nation yesterday that her administration will raise money to hold local and congressional elections on May 14.

Meanwhile, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte vowed yesterday to speed up the passage of this year’s P715-billion proposed national budget.

"Sonny Belmonte and I had a private audience with the President and we discussed the possibility of speeding up the approval of the budget," Pimentel said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89471 [Title] => Palace defends appointment of Maceda’s son [Summary] => Malacañang defended yesterday the appointment of a son of Ambassador to Washington Ernesto Maceda as commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) while denying that another son would be given a Commission on Elections (Comelec) post.

Executive Secretary Edgardo Angara confirmed that Ernest Maceda Jr., the second of five children of the ambassador, would be taking his oath of office before the President on Feb. 1.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89273 [Title] => Comelec mulls extended registration for new voters [Summary] => Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) may extend to Jan. 12 next year the period of registration of new voters after the deadline lapsed last Wednesday.

Chairman Jose Concepcion Jr., chairman of the poll watchdog group National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) had written Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou to ask for the extension.

Concepcion told reporters yesterday the extension of the registration period for 11 working days will not hamper the Comelec’s schedule for hearing and processing applications.
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Press Secretary Ricardo Puno Jr. said yesterday the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to revise the schedule will allow Cabinet men running in the elections to stay a little bit longer in office and give the President more time to evaluate replacements. Puno himself is seeking a Senate seat in the May polls.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89146 [Title] => Comelec chief warns of congressional crisis [Summary] => Unless the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gets its budget soon, the country may be looking at an empty Congress next year.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou expressed fears yesterday that all 224 congressional seats may be declared vacant due to the lack of funding for the holding of national and local elections in May.

Demetriou explained that the poll body needs to have the budget by January for the purchase of ballot paper, indelible ink and other voting paraphernalia.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89138 [Title] => Election calendar moved anew [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) virtually gave the go-signal yesterday to extend President Estrada’s impeachment trial until February by extending the deadline for the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COCs) of those who intend to run in the May 14 polls.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou said the seven-member commission granted en banc the request of several congressmen to extend the deadline by another month or up to Feb. 12.
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In a joint statement, Commissioners Julio Desamito, Luzviminda Tancangco and Ralph Lantion said the poll body can still push through with the program upon proper representation with the concerned government agencies.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89103 [Title] => P6.5-B voter ID system shelved [Summary] => Next year’s elections will continue to use the old system as the Commission on Elections’ computerization program has suffered a glitch — lack of funds.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou said in a letter to President Estrada that she has decided to suspend the implementation of the P6.5-billion computerized voter identification system because the poll body only has P1.2 billion for its modernization program.
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Hilario de Pedro III, go-vernor of South Cotabato and vice president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), said the move is illegal and the Comelec abused its authority.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806204 [AuthorName] => Allen Estabillo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
COMELEC CHAIRWOMAN HARRIET DEMETRIOU
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                    [Title] => Joecon accepts Tancangco dare
                    [Summary] => National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. took up the dare of a Commission on Elections official for a public debate on the transparency of the contract for the modernization of the electoral system.


"I accept her challenge," Concepcion told The STAR, referring to the contract for the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS) awarded to Photokina which was brokered by Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco as former head of the modernization committee.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89570 [Title] => Government to raise funds for May polls [Summary] => President Arroyo assured the nation yesterday that her administration will raise money to hold local and congressional elections on May 14.

Meanwhile, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte vowed yesterday to speed up the passage of this year’s P715-billion proposed national budget.

"Sonny Belmonte and I had a private audience with the President and we discussed the possibility of speeding up the approval of the budget," Pimentel said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89471 [Title] => Palace defends appointment of Maceda’s son [Summary] => Malacañang defended yesterday the appointment of a son of Ambassador to Washington Ernesto Maceda as commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) while denying that another son would be given a Commission on Elections (Comelec) post.

Executive Secretary Edgardo Angara confirmed that Ernest Maceda Jr., the second of five children of the ambassador, would be taking his oath of office before the President on Feb. 1.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89273 [Title] => Comelec mulls extended registration for new voters [Summary] => Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) may extend to Jan. 12 next year the period of registration of new voters after the deadline lapsed last Wednesday.

Chairman Jose Concepcion Jr., chairman of the poll watchdog group National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) had written Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou to ask for the extension.

Concepcion told reporters yesterday the extension of the registration period for 11 working days will not hamper the Comelec’s schedule for hearing and processing applications.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89167 [Title] => Revised Comelec sked to defer Cabinet changes [Summary] => Changes in President Estrada’s Cabinet would likely be made in February following the resetting of filing period for certificates of candidacy for next year’s polls.

Press Secretary Ricardo Puno Jr. said yesterday the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to revise the schedule will allow Cabinet men running in the elections to stay a little bit longer in office and give the President more time to evaluate replacements. Puno himself is seeking a Senate seat in the May polls.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89146 [Title] => Comelec chief warns of congressional crisis [Summary] => Unless the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gets its budget soon, the country may be looking at an empty Congress next year.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou expressed fears yesterday that all 224 congressional seats may be declared vacant due to the lack of funding for the holding of national and local elections in May.

Demetriou explained that the poll body needs to have the budget by January for the purchase of ballot paper, indelible ink and other voting paraphernalia.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89138 [Title] => Election calendar moved anew [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) virtually gave the go-signal yesterday to extend President Estrada’s impeachment trial until February by extending the deadline for the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COCs) of those who intend to run in the May 14 polls.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou said the seven-member commission granted en banc the request of several congressmen to extend the deadline by another month or up to Feb. 12.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89125 [Title] => Scrapping of voter’s ID system questioned [Summary] => Three officials of the Commission on Elections questioned yesterday the decision of Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou to suspend the implementation of the controversial P6.5-billion computerized voter identification system.

In a joint statement, Commissioners Julio Desamito, Luzviminda Tancangco and Ralph Lantion said the poll body can still push through with the program upon proper representation with the concerned government agencies.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89103 [Title] => P6.5-B voter ID system shelved [Summary] => Next year’s elections will continue to use the old system as the Commission on Elections’ computerization program has suffered a glitch — lack of funds.

Comelec Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou said in a letter to President Estrada that she has decided to suspend the implementation of the P6.5-billion computerized voter identification system because the poll body only has P1.2 billion for its modernization program.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88418 [Title] => Comelec officials face raps [Summary] => Local officials are set to file charges against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in a bid to junk its decision requiring the filing of candidacies for next year’s elections earlier than scheduled.

Hilario de Pedro III, go-vernor of South Cotabato and vice president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), said the move is illegal and the Comelec abused its authority.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806204 [AuthorName] => Allen Estabillo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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