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No poll fraud, says Brillantes

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BELEAGUERED  Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. fields questions from the media regarding the reported “60-30-10” pattern that raised doubts about the integrity of the recent election results.  RAFFY LERMA

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 »

More doubts raised about poll results

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Precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine. FILE PHOTO

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 »

Buhay, A Teacher, Bayan Muna lead party-list race

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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 »

Brillantes defends use of grouped canvass reports

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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 »

Mancao planning to leave–De Lima

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The public should not expect closure to the Dacer-Corbito murders if those who claim to have knowledge of the 12-year-old case would make themselves scarce as in the case of Cezar Mancao (in photo) who left protective detention at the National Bureau of Investigation, according to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

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 »

Poll critics question visit of Smartmatic exec to PPCRV center

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It’s all systems go at the headquarters of election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting at the Pope Pius XII Center in Manila. PPCRV will conduct a parallel count of the votes in the national and local elections starting at 7 p.m. Monday when precincts close.  RICHARD A. REYES/INQUIRER

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 »

PCOS machines breakdown ‘widespread,’ claims poll watchdog

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Precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine. FILE PHOTO

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 »

Election watchdog groups are rarin’ to go, too

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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 »

Mayor, vice mayor charged with rape

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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 »

Poll watchdogs all set and ready to go

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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 »

Supreme Court stops poll money ban

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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 »

Departing OFW returns money found at Naia

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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 »

It’s D-Day for PCOS machines

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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 »

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