AES Watch calls for Brillantes resignation
Probe Comelec irregularities and non-compliance of the Poll Automation Law Following repeated threats of Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes to sue and expose leaders of the...
Group calls Taiwan’s MA: Reciprocate Aquino’s Protection efforts for every Taiwanese in the Philippines
An anti-graft group yesterday has called on the Taiwan government to use all of its power and resources to protect Filipinos from attacks and abuses...
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...
Japan’s Historical Idiocy and Moral Depravity
I refer to the utterly controversial and extremely immoral remarks reportedly made by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto with regard to the comfort women. I overwhelmingly...
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...
Dear Candidate
Dear Candidate: It’s just a few days till we all trek to the precincts and cast our votes. I have this one last chance to...
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...
Netizens’ miting de avance relaunch #juanvote ahead of elections
Netizens across the country are revving up a bigger #juanvote campaign in the run-up to the May 13, 2013 elections, promising to direct social efforts...
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...