By Jerome Aning,
Philip C. Tubeza,
Tarra Quismundo

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Thursday rebutted the so-called “60-30-10” theory, saying he was willing to have all the ballot boxes in the country opened to show that there was no fraud.
Posted: May 24th, 2013 in Banner Story,Editors' Picks,Headlines,Latest News Stories,Nation,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning

Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange “pattern” of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the May 13 elections.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013 in Banner Story,Editors' Picks,Headlines,Latest News Stories,Nation,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning
As the canvassing of votes for the party-list groups resumed, a poll watchdog on Monday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to account for the 23.67 percent of election returns (ERs) that had not been electronically tabulated because of transmission glitches.
Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning
Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. brushed aside criticisms that the proclamations of winning senatorial candidates last week were premature, saying the poll body acted validly in using grouped canvass reports to project the victorious candidates.
Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning

Fugitive double murder suspect Cezar Mancao is reportedly planning to slip out of the country and has even contacted a lawyer to help him get a fake passport, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Friday.
Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning

Why did a senior official of Smartmatic Corp. go to the operations center of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Manila two hours before voting ended on Monday?
Posted: May 15th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning,
Julie Aurelio,
Tara Quismundo,
Tina G. Santos

The poll watchdog Kontra Daya said cases of malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines were “widespread,” leading to voting delays in various parts of the country on Monday.
Posted: May 14th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning

Election watchdog groups are as ready as they can ever be for Monday’s polls.
Posted: May 13th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning
A beauty pageant contestant has filed rape charges in the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the mayor and vice mayor of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija.
Posted: May 12th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »
By Jerome Aning

Election watchdog groups are as ready as they can ever be for Monday’s polls.
Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning
The Supreme Court has issued a status quo ante order against the “money ban” resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that would have prevented the withdrawal and the carrying of large amounts of cash before and during the elections on Monday.
Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Banner Story,Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »
By Jerome Aning
An Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was cited for her honesty after she returned over P82,000 in cash that she found in an envelope which had been left beneath a chair at the airport on Thursday.
Posted: May 9th, 2013 in Headlines,Metro | Read More »
By Jerome Aning,
Jocelyn Uy
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be conducting its final dry run or field testing of the controversial precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines on Monday, one week before the May 13 midterm elections.
Posted: May 6th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »