With the transmission of Election Returns (ERs) at COMELEC’s Transparency Server being stalled at 76.3273% as of 5:41 PM on May 17, Friday or five days after the May 13 voting, a lot of apprehension is going around over COMELEC’s plan on how it will account for the remaining 23.6727% missing ERs. This has not [...]
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Lessons Learned from the Taiwanese Fisherman Shooting Incident
By Prof. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr. Chair, Center for International Law The recent shooting by the Philippine Coast guard of a lone Taiwanese fisherman illustrates the kind of governmental response that we Filipinos deserve when we ourselves fall victims to an internationally wrongful act. Under international law, there is state responsibility for an internationally [...]
Observation update:The slow aggregation of electronic results
As of 10am, two days after election day, only 69.1618% of the PCOS machines have transmitted results to the Comelec transparency server. The slow aggregation of electronic results confirms reports being sent by our volunteers nationwide to the NAMFREL National Operations Center in Mandaluyong City on the problems experienced in the transmission of results from [...]
Election Day Reports as of 11:00 AM via @namfrel
The NAMFREL National Operations Center at the PICPA headquarters in Mandaluyong City have been receiving reports from volunteers nationwide that there are a number of PCOS machines that have either malfunctioned or completely stopped working in different areas of the nation. In addition to this, NAMFREL field volunteers are also pointing out that many of [...]
Three engagements that citizen voters may participate in on election day #juanvote
Ms. Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, Chairperson of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) urges the Filipino voters to go the extra mile when they vote tomorrow, May 13 by being citizen-observers for a free, honest and orderly elections. The first order of the day for every qualified voter of course is to go [...]
Join the May 8 #juanvote Blog Action Day: “Dear Candidate/s: Time to listen, time to answer questions”
by Tonyo Cruz and Noemi Lardizabal-Dado More than 80 days have passed since senatorial and partylist candidates started their campaign. But they have yet to answer important questions and present their campaign pledges. On May 8, days before the elections, bloggers and netizens across the Philippines will hold a Blog Action Day with the theme [...]
Comelec launches ‘e-Leksyon 2013’ website and mobile app via @bitoopi & @SmartDevnet community!
This is a press release from Smart Communications. The Office of the Spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched today a website and mobile application to help inform, educate, and empower voters for the coming May national and local elections. Both dubbed e-Leksyon 2013, the free website and mobile application were developed jointly by [...]
The Commitment Covenant: A concept paper for a new Philippine Congress
This is a simple plan to for a new Philippine congress. “THE COMMITMENT COVENANT” A CONCEPT PAPER FOR A NEW PHILIPPINE CONGRESS By: ATTY. EDUARDO V. BRINGAS Chairman, 1-Vote Our Hope Movement (COMELEC Accredited Citizen’s Arm for the May 13, 2013 Elections) I. PREMISE: There are certain traits that are common to Filipinos like having [...]
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