4 VCMs in Mandaue won’t accept ballots, 3 fixed

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/05/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A total of four vote-counting machines (VCMs) in Mandaue City were found to be defective during the final testing and sealing (FTS) conducted on Thursday, May 5. Sarah Cristina Reuyan, the election assistant…

Smartmatic bags P 403-M Comelec contract for 2022 elections

Dona Pazzibungan, Meg Adonis 05/12/2021

Smartmatic will remain the country’s automated elections system provider for the May 9, 2022, general elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced it has awarded to the joint venture of Smartmatic USA Corp. and local partner SMMT-TMI…

Moving on

05/15/2016

A full week after the elections, the Cebu Archdiocese’s call for the losing candidates to move on and join the rest of the Filipinos in uniting behind the incoming administration and the local leaders that were elected…

Ensuring clean, honest elections

Ricky Poca 02/29/2016

Think Bits It is imperative that this year’s elections be kept honest and transparent especially after some quarters still believe to this day that there was cheating in the 2010 automated elections that elevated then senator Benigno…

Mock poll hiccups

Editorial 02/17/2016

Just how serious were the technical glitches that were experienced during last week’s mock polls done by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in select areas in Cebu? For starters, the Comelec was unable to transmit the results…

COMELEC ready for manual elections

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/24/2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu provincial office is ready for a possible reversion  to manual counting instead of automated vote counting in the 2016 elections. Ferdinand Gujilde, Cebu provincial elections officer, gave this assurance after the…

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