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                    [Title] => Comelec TRO on Tanauan writ good for 20 days
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has affirmed the 20-day validity of its temporary restraining order (TRO) to allow it to review the issues raised against the order it earlier issued to finally execute its second division’s decision installing Sonia Torres-Aquino as the rightful mayor of Tanauan City. 


In an en banc hearing last Jan. 25, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos repeatedly reminded lawyer Sixto Brillantes, legal counsel of Mayor Alfredo Corona, that the TRO he issued last Jan. 19 is valid for 20 days.
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This arose after Corona filed a motion for reconsideration to the Jan. 16 order and writ of execution issued by the Comelec’s second division installing Aquino as the rightful mayor of this Batangas city.

The second division, however, issued a temporary restraining order favoring Corona on Jan. 18. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289441 [Title] => Teachers serving in ARMM polls to get pay early [Summary] => Teachers serving as election inspectors in the forthcoming elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) need not wait for too long to get their pay.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Mehol Sadain said teachers who would serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) are getting their honorarium right on election day.

"Teachers will each receive P1,000 or half of their honorarium on elections day and other half at the conclusion of their service as members of BEIs," Sadain disclosed.
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In a resolution dated May 16, the Comelec also ordered, if necessary, the printing of new ballots and the deployment of military men in the areas.

Special elections were ordered in four barangays in Kalinga after ballot boxes and other election materials intended for them were hijacked by heavily armed men prior to the polls.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244986 [Title] => Kandidatura ni Gil burado na sa Comelec [Summary] => Pinal nang hindi makakatakbo pa sa pagkapangulo at idineklarang "nuisance candidate" ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) si presidential aspirant Eddie Gil ng partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa party.

Ito ay matapos desisyunan kahapon ng Comelec en banc na pinal nang tanggalin sa listahan ng mga presidential candidates ang pangalan ni Gil.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195945 [Title] => Comelec declares Ramon Revilla son winning mayor [Summary] => SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija — Better late than never.

Almost three years after the polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) upheld the victory of Sen. Ramon Revilla’s son in a closely contested mayoralty race in this town.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176951 [Title] => Comelec OKs Hagedorn bid in Puerto Princesa recall polls [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upheld the candidacy of former Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn in the city’s recall elections on Tuesday, dismissing the petition of his political opponents to disqualify him from the mayoral contest.

In an 18-page resolution issued on Friday, the Comelec’s First Division ruled that Hagedorn was qualified to run for mayor of the city, saying that the constitutional ban against a fourth consecutive term did not apply to him because he did not run for the post in the last election.
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In a statement, Pichay warned the Comelec may well be unable to perform its constitutional mandate to conduct the scheduled elections in a clean and honest fashion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Comelec TRO on Tanauan writ good for 20 days
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has affirmed the 20-day validity of its temporary restraining order (TRO) to allow it to review the issues raised against the order it earlier issued to finally execute its second division’s decision installing Sonia Torres-Aquino as the rightful mayor of Tanauan City. 


In an en banc hearing last Jan. 25, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos repeatedly reminded lawyer Sixto Brillantes, legal counsel of Mayor Alfredo Corona, that the TRO he issued last Jan. 19 is valid for 20 days.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317825 [Title] => Comelec: Status quo in Tanauan mayoral row [Summary] => Tanauan City — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a status quo ante order directing the camps of Mayor Alfredo Corona and his rival, Sonia Torres-Aquino, to wait for the final decision on the matter by the Comelec en banc on Jan. 26.

This arose after Corona filed a motion for reconsideration to the Jan. 16 order and writ of execution issued by the Comelec’s second division installing Aquino as the rightful mayor of this Batangas city.

The second division, however, issued a temporary restraining order favoring Corona on Jan. 18. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289441 [Title] => Teachers serving in ARMM polls to get pay early [Summary] => Teachers serving as election inspectors in the forthcoming elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) need not wait for too long to get their pay.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Mehol Sadain said teachers who would serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) are getting their honorarium right on election day.

"Teachers will each receive P1,000 or half of their honorarium on elections day and other half at the conclusion of their service as members of BEIs," Sadain disclosed.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250476 [Title] => Comelec to hold special polls on May 22 [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has scheduled for Saturday special elections in one town and 39 barangays in Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte after elections there were postponed for various reasons.

In a resolution dated May 16, the Comelec also ordered, if necessary, the printing of new ballots and the deployment of military men in the areas.

Special elections were ordered in four barangays in Kalinga after ballot boxes and other election materials intended for them were hijacked by heavily armed men prior to the polls.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244986 [Title] => Kandidatura ni Gil burado na sa Comelec [Summary] => Pinal nang hindi makakatakbo pa sa pagkapangulo at idineklarang "nuisance candidate" ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) si presidential aspirant Eddie Gil ng partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa party.

Ito ay matapos desisyunan kahapon ng Comelec en banc na pinal nang tanggalin sa listahan ng mga presidential candidates ang pangalan ni Gil.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242911 [Title] => Eddie Gil disqualified na [Summary] => Pormal na idineklara kahapon ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) si presidential aspirant Eddie Gil ng partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa na ‘nuisance’ candidate at idiskuwalipika sa pagtakbo nito sa pampanguluhan sa May 10 elections. [DatePublished] => 2004-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236977 [Title] => Comelec recognizes Bro. Eddie’s group [Summary] => Presidential candidate Eddie Villanueva’s Bangon Pilipinas (BP) political party was recognized yesterday by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the television evangelist’s vehicle for the presidency in the May 10 elections.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195945 [Title] => Comelec declares Ramon Revilla son winning mayor [Summary] => SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija — Better late than never.

Almost three years after the polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) upheld the victory of Sen. Ramon Revilla’s son in a closely contested mayoralty race in this town.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176951 [Title] => Comelec OKs Hagedorn bid in Puerto Princesa recall polls [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upheld the candidacy of former Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn in the city’s recall elections on Tuesday, dismissing the petition of his political opponents to disqualify him from the mayoral contest.

In an 18-page resolution issued on Friday, the Comelec’s First Division ruled that Hagedorn was qualified to run for mayor of the city, saying that the constitutional ban against a fourth consecutive term did not apply to him because he did not run for the post in the last election.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156853 [Title] => House wants Comelec to act speedily on poll preparations [Summary] => House national defense committee chairman Prospero Pichay has called on Commission on Elections Chairman Alfredo Benipayo to act speedily in making preparations for the scheduled barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections in July.

In a statement, Pichay warned the Comelec may well be unable to perform its constitutional mandate to conduct the scheduled elections in a clean and honest fashion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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