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I was one of the first 20 voters in my precinct in Matina, Davao City, having arrived there at half past 6am. The polls opened on time at 7am, and by all accounts, all of the PCOS machines in the school were operating nominally. The voting process, however, did not seem faster compared to previous [...] Covering the elections: some reminders ## The day after ## Pic Your President!

I just came from the PCOS machine testing & sealing by the BEIs of the Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Grade School in Barangay 3A in Davao City, attended by candidates’ representatives, barangay and school officials, media and curious citizens. The Smartmatic AES1800 machines tested that I was able to witness were for Clusters 12, 13 and [...] Election Day! ## The day after ## Pic Your President!

As Election Day draws nearer, lust for blood of perpetrators of violence also heats up. There is an upsurge of incidents of election-related violence since the campaign for local elections started in 25 March 2010. Vote Peace 2010 (Vote Peace), a monitoring and campaign initiative against election violence of the Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER), [...] Namfrel on the Maguindanao massacre ## The day after ## Election Day!

You’re a blogger and a concerned citizen, and you’ve decided to do your part by volunteering your time and resources as a watcher/reporter. Here are just a few reminders: Vote early. So that you can devote your time to monitoring and reporting on the polls, go to your precinct early and cast your vote right [...] Election Day! ## All because of the 2010 elections ## The Filipino Netizen in 2010

The preparations for the first automated elections in the country have been hounded by controversy and difficulties since they began. And on the 11th hour, a “glitch” is discovered. If you ask any computer programmer worth his salt, he’d probably exclaim, “Why only now!?” Not about why the “glitch” happened only now, but why it was [...] Election Day! ## Covering the elections: some reminders ## PCOS machine testing in Davao

Possibly unprecedented in Philippine politics, the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has opened a can of worms when it junked last 11 November the petition of Filipino LGBT organization Ang Ladlad in its bid to field congressional candidates for the 2010 general elections under the party-list system. The accreditation rejection, as promulgated [...] No related posts.

The House of Representatives, in a blatantly unconstitutional move, railroaded the passing of House Resolution #1109 yesterday — the resolution to convene Congress as a Constituent Assembly for the purpose of amending the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Majority-rule congressmen insisted that this can be done by a 3/4 vote of Congress, even without the Senate, since [...]

Sen. Manuel Villar (Nacionalista Party), who is expected to run for president of the republic in 2010, is in the public eye for charges of unethical behavior brought against him by Sen. Jamby Madrigal, who has recently brought to light evidence that the former has personally benefited from a public works project. Apparently, Villar owns or [...]