by VERA Files THE Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) of the Commission on Elections held its “Final Test and Sealing” of the precinct count optical…
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Last month, people say the vice presidential race would be a walk in the park for Liberal Party bet Mar Roxas as he pulled away…
Everyone is on heightened alert in Lanao del Norte, where a longstanding political dispute involving the warlord Dimaporo clan has come to a head in…
Mar Roxas helped me make my decision when he slid down to the vice presidency in response to the overwhelming sentiment for Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to lead the crusade to end Gloria Arroyo’s hold on power. It was an unselfish act and I admired him for that.
My line-up was Chiz-Mar.
Then Chiz withdrew from the presidential race. I’m not excited with any of the presidential candidates. On Monday, I’ll probably leave the section for president blank or vote for one of those who have shown leadership but I know has no chance of winning.
For vice-president, I’ll go for Mar Roxas. I’ve asked friends to vote for him especially now that Makati mayor Jojo Binay is closing in.
Mar ties with Binay in May 2-3 SWS survey
Makati City Mayor Jejomar “Jojo” Binay has tied erstwhile vice-presidential front runner Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas in the May 2-3 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) sponsored by BusinessWorld.
Sa gitna ng nangyayari ngayon na kapalpakan ng Commission on Election at Smartmatic kung saan 76,000 na makina ang hindi gumana sa testing na ginawa noong mga nakaraang araw, kailangang-kailangan na magkaroon ng Senate president na ang termino ay hanggang 2013.
Ito ang panawagan kahapon ng Concerned Citizens Movement sa senado: “Elect a Senate president with a mandate beyond June 30, 2010 in the event of no elections. We cannot and must not have a power vacuum.”
Mahalaga ito kahit na sinabi ng Comelec na maayos na raw ang problema sa memory cards bago mag-Biyernes ngayong Linggo at tuloy na, mabuti na hindi dapat magkaroon ng power vacuum. Yung sitwasyon na walang legal na mamumuno.
76,000 memory cards to be replaced
Related story: Arroyo’s lawyer bats for postponement of elections
By Michael Lim Ubac, Tarra Quismundo, Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Now, it can be told officially. The tests produced weird results.
This sent embarrassed officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and its partner, Smartmatic-TIM, scrambling to save the historic computerized balloting on May 10 by recalling 76,000 compact flash (CF) cards that are in the heart of the counting machines.
“We didn’t expect this to come out, but we are responding on time,” Cesar Flores, spokesperson for Smartmatic-TIM, at a nationally televised news conference said.
ON Monday, when I go to the polls, top on my list for senators are Brig. Gen. Danny Lim (#28) and Col Ariel Querubin (#47).
The two have been in detention since February 2006 when they were charged with attempting to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo after the “Hello Garci” tapes exposed the use of the military in the tampering of election results in her favor in the 2004 elections.
The two said whatever is the outcome of the mutiny case against them, they would like to pursue life outside of the military. For Querubin, the chance to serve the country by being a member of the Senate is part of his giving back after he was snatched from the jaws of death in 1989.
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Two names that will surely be in my senatorial list when I go to the polls on Monday: Danny Lim (number 28) and Ariel Querubin (number 47).
While we were walking along Makati Avenue from the Makati City Hall towards Ayala Avenue morning of November 29, 2007, Brig. Gen. Danny Lim told us former Economic Planning Secretary Romy Neri was joining them. That was the height of the controversy over the anomalous $329 million NBN-ZTE contract.
Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) has edged out Manuel Villar, Jr. of the Nacionalista Party (NP)in the number two position in the May 10 presidential race in a survey conducted by the Magdalo, a group of reformist junior military officers .
The survey conducted from April 19 to 24 among 3,000 respondents nationwide showed Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino of the Liberal Party leading the race with 39.6 percent followed by Estrada with 24.8 percent and Villar with 23.6 percent.
This is the first survey that showed Estrada having overtaken Villar. Pulse Asia’s survey conducted April 23 to 25 among 1,800 respondents nationwide showed Villar and Estrada tied in second place with 20 percent each.