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Palace cuts budget for 2013 polls

By Iris Gonzales | July 11, 2012 - 12:00am

The Aquino administration has cut the budget for the 2013 automated elections following the decision of the Supreme Court last month favoring the P1.8-billion purchase of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines,...

Headlines

Congress to resume grilling of Comelec and Smartmatic execs

By Dennis Carcamo | May 27, 2010 - 10:25am

MANILA, Philippines--The joint session of Congress is set to resume the grilling of officials of the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic, the technology provider in the last May 10 automated elections. 

EDITORIAL - Say no to violence

May 9, 2010 - 12:00am

The precinct count optical scan machines are passing their second test, after reconfiguration of their memory cards, and the Supreme Court has junked all legal challenges to the holding of the country’s first...

Opinion

Officials, critics satisfied with preparations for automated polls

By Vernadette Joven | March 7, 2010 - 6:01pm

MANILA, Philippines -- The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Automated Elections (JCOC-AE) along with Commission...

News Videos

Benguet to use global satellite in case of power failure in May polls

February 9, 2010 - 12:00am

A power outage during the May polls, is no problem for Benguet.

Nation