What is the plan of the COMELEC to account to the public the remaining 18,504 ERs roughly 8.5 million votes?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Curated reports: Explosions at the Boston Marathon #PrayersForBoston
Watch the aftermath of the explosions that rocked Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon. Video by Steve Silva Here are curated tweets and reports of...
Would YOU vote for Senatorial Mining Candidates like @Aksyon_Gordon , @SonnyAngara, @Cynthia_Villar, @JackEnrile ? asks Alyansa Tigil Mina
via facebook.com/no2mininginpalawan and Alyansa Tigil Mina Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), an advocacy group on environmental and human rights issues, call on mid-term election candidates, including...
Time to show act of heroism, stand up for the rights of the children, says “Bata Muna”
Manila – Children and advocates in today’s kickoff event for “Bata Muna: Bomoto para sa kapakanan ng mga Bata” nationwide caravan face off with candidates...
The right to know…what source code?
This is an AES Watch Statement WHAT SOURCE CODE IS CHAIRMAN BRILLANTES REFERRING TO? The 2010 source code? the source code “in escrow with the...
27 Filipinos Petition UN vs. Massive Human Rights Abuses in Sabah
This is a Centerlaw Media Release Last Monday afternoon, 27 concerned Filipino citizens, who are part of civil society organizations (CSO), filed separate communications before...
A geopolitical solution to Sabah
By Bernie Lopez [email protected] The root of the problem on the Sabah issue is the lack of political will in high places, the lack of...
Joint Press Statement: Urgently Appeal to the United Nations to Intervene. #Myanmar
North American and European Muslim Organizations Condemn the Senseless Killing in Central Burma including the reported beheadings of 24 young children and Urgently Appeal to...