COMELEC Cebu to conduct voters’ education for vulnerable sectors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Cebu will be conducting a voters’ education campaign for vulnerable sectors on Thursday, March 24, 2022, with Commissioner Aimee P. Ferolino-Ampoloquio. Cebu Acting Election Supervisor Jerom Brillantes said…

Paper jam causes delay in voting in some parts of Cebu  

Gresheen Gift Libby 05/13/2019

VCM experiences paper jam in Lapu-Lapu LOOK: A member of the electoral board shakes a vote counting machine (VCM) in cluster 162 at the Abuno Elementary School in Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City after the machine experienced paper…

Comelec to test, seal VCMs on May 10

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The a Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu will be conducting a province-wide simultaneous testing and sealing of the vote counting machines (VCM) on May 10, 2019, three days before they are set…

Long lines, technical glitches mark elections

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

LONG queues in very humid weather, a power outage, rampant reports of vote buying and some technical glitches from at least twenty defective vote-counting machines (VCMs) were among the problems encountered yesterday as more than two million…

Elderly, PWDs lament lack of accessible poll centers

Apple Ta-as 05/09/2016

When 80-year-old Rosanna Rias arrived alone at Camputhaw Elementary School where she is a registered voter, she was not expecting to climb up to the third floor where her precinct was. “Wa ko kasabot ngano naa mi…

Cebu City elections successful despite 26 defective VCMs: Comelec

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/09/2016

Over 20 vote counting machines bogged down, but Cebu City north district election officer Atty Edwin Cadungog described the elections in the city as successful. As of 4 pm., he said at least 24 to 26 VCMs…

Sign waiver or wait for VCM, voters in Sambag 2 told

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2016

Voters in precinct cluster #294 in Abellana School, barangay Sambag 2 were asked if they want to proceed with voting or wait until their assigned vote counting machine (VCM) is repaired. Those who agreed to continue will…

Defective vote counting machines reported in Pinamungajan town

Margarette Managaytay 05/09/2016

ANOTHER defective vote-counting machine was found in polling precinct Cluster #4 (09A-11B) in Poblacion, Pinamungajan town, Cebu. A voter identified as Delyn Reyes complained why the election personnel were unable to set aside a standby unit to…

Vote counting machine bogs down in Tuburan elementary school

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

VOTING in one of the clustered precincts in Mangga Elementary School in Tuburan town stopped after a vote-counting machine (VCM) bogged down. Technical coordinator Emil Quindiagan said they tried feeding 10 ballots since the voting center opened…

VCM final testing and sealing a success — Comelec

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 05/06/2016

A test conducted on Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) yesterday proved that there could be no cause to worry about the integrity of the counting machines as sample voting by different people including journalists, watchers and other onlookers…

Vote counting machines in Mandaue for final testing

Nestle L. Semilla 05/05/2016

ABOUT 272 vote counting machines (VCM) were delivered to Mandaue City, the city Commission on Elections (Comelec) office said Thursday morning. The VCMs were immediately deployed to the city’s polling precincts for final testing and sealing (FTS)…

Comelec: 22 villages with unstable power

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/21/2016

The regional Commission on Elections (Comelec 7) identified 22 barangays in Central Visayas without stable power, eight of which are in Cebu and 14 in Bohol province. “These are all island municipalities,” Comelec 7 Director Jose Nick…

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