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[DatePublished] => 2002-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151717 [Title] => Special Report: VRIS more than just an ID card [Summary] =>
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134586 [Title] => DBM cuts Comelec budget from P15.1 B to just P2.7 B [Summary] => As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepares for next year’s barangay elections, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) slashed its budget from P15.1 billion to P2.7 billion, or by 80 percent.
Virginia Folloso, DBM public information officer, said it was "common practice" among government offices to submit a proposed budget 10 times more than an agency actually needs.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 131710 [Title] => US not pressuring Comelec on VRIS [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday it does not feel pressured by the US government in connection with the reported delay of the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), a poll modernization project awarded to a consortium involving several American companies.
"No, we do not feel pressured," Comelec chairman Alfredo Benipayo told reporters when asked about a US Embassy letter seeking explanations about the delay.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130964 [Title] => Comelec seeks funding for VRIS [Summary] => While the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would like to pursue to the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), the lack of funds has made it difficult to implement the P6.5-billion modernization project.
Comelec Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said the poll body still needs the help of Congress in getting sufficient funding.
"I have nothing against the VRIS, it is a very good project. However, it is very difficult for us to enter into a contract right now because we lack the funds," Benipayo said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93715 [Title] => Photokina mulls suit vs Comelec [Summary] => A consortium of photography suppliers is poised to file a multi-billion peso lawsuit against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for canceling their contract for the poll body’s Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS).
However, Comelec Chairman Alfredo Benipayo shrugged off the threat, claiming innocence of the controversy.
George Balagtas, senior vice president of Photokina, told reporters their group will give the Comelec some more time to come out with a final decision on the VRIS.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104913 [Title] => Demetriou twits DBM: P220 M for 2001 polls still unreleased [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) insisted yesterday that the P220 million earmarked for the 2001 national and local elections has not been released, contrary to the claim of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
"I firmly stand and reiterate my previous statement that the (DBM) has not yet released the P220 million allotted for the preparatory activities for the May 14, 2001 national and local elections," said Comelec chairperson Harriet Demetriou in a statement, in reaction to an earlier pronouncement by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151717 [Title] => Special Report: VRIS more than just an ID card [Summary] =>
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134586 [Title] => DBM cuts Comelec budget from P15.1 B to just P2.7 B [Summary] => As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepares for next year’s barangay elections, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) slashed its budget from P15.1 billion to P2.7 billion, or by 80 percent.
Virginia Folloso, DBM public information officer, said it was "common practice" among government offices to submit a proposed budget 10 times more than an agency actually needs.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 131710 [Title] => US not pressuring Comelec on VRIS [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday it does not feel pressured by the US government in connection with the reported delay of the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), a poll modernization project awarded to a consortium involving several American companies.
"No, we do not feel pressured," Comelec chairman Alfredo Benipayo told reporters when asked about a US Embassy letter seeking explanations about the delay.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130964 [Title] => Comelec seeks funding for VRIS [Summary] => While the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would like to pursue to the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), the lack of funds has made it difficult to implement the P6.5-billion modernization project.
Comelec Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said the poll body still needs the help of Congress in getting sufficient funding.
"I have nothing against the VRIS, it is a very good project. However, it is very difficult for us to enter into a contract right now because we lack the funds," Benipayo said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93715 [Title] => Photokina mulls suit vs Comelec [Summary] => A consortium of photography suppliers is poised to file a multi-billion peso lawsuit against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for canceling their contract for the poll body’s Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS).
However, Comelec Chairman Alfredo Benipayo shrugged off the threat, claiming innocence of the controversy.
George Balagtas, senior vice president of Photokina, told reporters their group will give the Comelec some more time to come out with a final decision on the VRIS.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104913 [Title] => Demetriou twits DBM: P220 M for 2001 polls still unreleased [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) insisted yesterday that the P220 million earmarked for the 2001 national and local elections has not been released, contrary to the claim of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
"I firmly stand and reiterate my previous statement that the (DBM) has not yet released the P220 million allotted for the preparatory activities for the May 14, 2001 national and local elections," said Comelec chairperson Harriet Demetriou in a statement, in reaction to an earlier pronouncement by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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