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In an interview, Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the amount would come from the poll body’s P10.7-billion total budget proposed for year 2003-2005.


He said the total budget for the Comelec modernization program has been set at P6 billion. 


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                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday he would support the long-delayed Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS) once the Supreme Court  upholds the legality of the winning bid for the poll automation project.


Abalos said problems in the just-concluded barangay elections showed how badly the government needs to maintain a secure list of voters.


"If the SC decides in favor of the winning bidder and rules that the deal with the Comelec is legal, I would recommend the implementation of the VRIS," he said.


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                    [Title] => Photokina files two P100-M libel suits vs Comelec chief
                    [Summary] => The consortium that was awarded the Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS) project has filed two P100-million libel suits against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Alfredo Benipayo in connection with the aborted plan to automate the country’s electoral process.


Photokina Marketing Corp. filed the twin complaints with the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office last April 9 after Benipayo allegedly made malicious statements against the firm and its foreign partners in two separate incidents.


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                    [Title] => US firms elated by VRIS ruling
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In a statement, Unisys president Gabriel Leiva said they were delighted at the news that the VRIS project will soon resume after a long impasse. 


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                    [Title] => Comelec chief clarifies court ruling on VRIS
                    [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday a recent court resolution on the stalled Voters Registration and Identification System (VRIS) project did not categorically uphold the validity of a contract awarded to winning bidder Photokina Marketing Corp.


In a press statement, Benipayo noted that Quezon City Judge Luisa Quijano-Padilla merely granted the consortium’s petition for a preliminary injunction barring the poll body from continuing to develop an alternative program to automate the country’s electoral process.


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                    [Title] => Notice of award for VRIS legally obtained — P
                    [Summary] => Photokina Marketing Corp., which won the bid to implement the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), insisted yesterday that it had complied with all rules of the bidding and obtained the notice of award for the modernization project legally.


As this developed, the House of Representatives took steps yesterday to secure sufficient funding for the long-delayed VRIS while assailing the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for reportedly negotiating with other parties for a similar project.


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In an interview, Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the amount would come from the poll body’s P10.7-billion total budget proposed for year 2003-2005.


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Abalos said problems in the just-concluded barangay elections showed how badly the government needs to maintain a secure list of voters.


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Photokina Marketing Corp. filed the twin complaints with the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office last April 9 after Benipayo allegedly made malicious statements against the firm and its foreign partners in two separate incidents.


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In a press statement, Benipayo noted that Quezon City Judge Luisa Quijano-Padilla merely granted the consortium’s petition for a preliminary injunction barring the poll body from continuing to develop an alternative program to automate the country’s electoral process.


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Comelec allots P3.8B for VRIS

By Sandy Araneta | July 27, 2002 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allotted P3.8 billion for the implementation of the Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS), the long-delayed project to automate the country’s electoral...

Headlines

‘VRIS to push through’

By Sandy Araneta | July 21, 2002 - 12:00am

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday he would support the long-delayed Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS) once the Supreme Court upholds the legality...

Headlines

Photokina files two P100-M libel suits vs Comelec chief

By Katherine Adraneda | April 17, 2002 - 12:00am

The consortium that was awarded the Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS) project has filed two P100-million libel suits against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Alfredo Benipayo...

Headlines

US firms elated by VRIS ruling

February 14, 2002 - 12:00am

American companies Unisys, IBM and Polaroid expressed elation over a recent court ruling ordering the Commission on Election (Comelec) to resume negotiations for the implementation of its Voters Registration and...

Headlines

Comelec chief clarifies court ruling on VRIS

By Rainier Allan Ronda | January 10, 2002 - 12:00am

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday a recent court resolution on the stalled Voters Registration and Identification System (VRIS) project did not categorically uphold the validity...

Headlines

Notice of award for VRIS legally obtained — P

By Sandy Araneta | September 8, 2001 - 12:00am

Photokina Marketing Corp., which won the bid to implement the Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), insisted yesterday that it had complied with all rules of the bidding and obtained the notice...

Headlines