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                    [Title] => Brillantes: I just wanted to help folder scam execs
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes admitted yesterday that he wanted to help two poll officials involved in the botched P690-million ballot secrecy folder procurement.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719278 [Title] => Lawyer in folder scam is new Comelec legal chief [Summary] =>

The head of the Commission on Elections law department has been replaced with a member of the Comelec bids and awards committee (BAC) who was suspended for approving a P690-million ballot secrecy folder contract last year, according to a report by ABS-CBN.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 608541 [Title] => Comelec has yet to complete new bid panel [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has not completed the composition of its bids and awards committee (BAC) two months before the Oct. 25 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 606118 [Title] => Suspensyon sa sangkot sa ballot secrecy folder kinatigan ng CA [Summary] =>

Wala ng legal na had­lang upang ituloy ang suspension laban sa mga opisyal ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) na sangkot sa kontrobersyal na overpriced Ballot Secrecy Folder scam.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 606208 [Title] => Court of Appeals junks petition to stop suspension of Comelec execs in folder scam [Summary] =>

The Court of Appeals (CA) junked yesterday the petition for a temporary restraining order to stop the suspension of officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that were implicated in the allegedly anomalous ballot secrecy folder deal in the automated polls last May.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 605989 [Title] => CA: No TRO vs. suspension of Comelec execs in ballot secrecy scam [Summary] =>

Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) implicated in alleged anomalies in the botched ballot secrecy folder (BSF) deal in the automated polls last May failed to secure temporary relief against their suspension as ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-26 20:33:23 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 605030 [Title] => Comelec execs in folder deal appeal suspension [Summary] =>

Officials of the Commission on Elections implicated in the botched ballot secrecy folder deal have asked the Court of Appeals to stop the Office of the Ombudsman from suspending them for six months without pay.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 597998 [Title] => Comelec to ban supplier of controversial ballot secrecy folders [Summary] =>

The new head of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) vowed yesterday to ban OTC Paper Supply, which was initially contracted to supply the controversial ballot secrecy folders for the May 10 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 597556 [Title] => 6 Comelec officials sinuspinde sa ballot secrecy folder [Summary] =>

Sinuspinde ng tang­gapan ng Ombudsman ng anim na buwan ang anim na opisyal ng Commission on Elections kaug­ nay ng kinanselang kontrata tungkol sa ballot secrecy folder.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 578443 [Title] => EDITORIAL - No sweeping under the rug [Summary] =>

Not too long ago, the Commission on Elections faced a string of scandals, with one of them not even related to the conduct of elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/391/startoonthumbz.gif ) ) )
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