2013 Automated Elections: From BAD to WORSE, Comelec is now anointer of presumed winners
By committing more errors than those recorded in 2010, by making arbitrary and highly-irregular decisions during canvassing, and proclaiming presumed winning candidates prematurely the Commission...
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...
Namfrel Letter to Chairman Brillantes Re Vote Buying
May 09, 2013 The Honorable SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR. Chairman Commission on Elections Subject: Vote buying reports received by Namfrel Dear Chairman Brillantes, We are...
Anti-Epal Intensifies Campaign Through Change Family Political Dynasty #phpoliticaldynasty
Aimed at educating the public on the problems of Philippine politics, the Anti-Epal campaign created a fictional political dynasty led by Rep. Juana Change and...
Top senatorial candidates based on social media
It is interesting to see how our senatorial candidates fare in social media discussion. Here are two studies that show how some candidates fared out...
It’s More Fun (With More Jobs and Income) in the Philippines
PTV recently launched gov@Work, a TV show that allows ordinary Filipinos to talk to the Cabinet Secretaries by Google Hangouts online chat. Through this medium...
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...
Social Media Forum on National ICT Issues: The Automated Election System 2013
Everything you always wanted to know about the automated election system (AES). With Comm. Christian Lim & DirectorJames Jimenez of COMELEC. Hosted by Democracy.Net.Ph, sponsored...
Call for Applications : Basic Investigative Reporting Seminar via @PCIJdotorg
Basic Investigative Reporting Seminar via Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Download : PCIJ Application Guide...