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The Office of the Ombudsman stood firm yesterday on its decision clearing Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and MegaPacific Consortium executives of criminal and administrative liabilities over the voided P1.3-billion electoral automation project.


In a 24-page consolidated comment submitted to the Supreme Court, the body said Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has no intention to bring dishonor to her office or to renege from the proper exercise of her sworn duties.


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                    [Title] => Pimentel questions P78-M Comelec printing deal with ACM bidder
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. questioned yesterday the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to award a P78-million printing contract to a company whose owners have ties with another firm that won a Comelec contract found anomalous by the Supreme Court (SC).


Multi-Forms Corp. was declared the winning bidder by the Comelec on Sept. 4, beating 20 other accredited private printers of the National Printing Office for the contract to print voters’ registration forms and ID cards.


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                    [Title] => Ombudsman given 45 days to finish poll automation probe
                    [Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) gave yesterday Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez another 45 days or until Sept. 30 to complete her investigation of the voided P1.3-billion contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and a private firm for the automation of elections.


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                    [Title] => Ombudsman starts public hearings on MegaPacific deal
                    [Summary] => The Office of the Ombudsman will begin holding public hearings today on the botched P1.3-billion poll automation contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and MegaPacific consortium.


Today’s hearing will start at 10 a.m. and will be held at the CCB conference room of the Office of the Ombudsman in Diliman, Quezon City.


According to a ranking official of the Office of the Ombudsman, the public hearing is part of their continuing probe to dig deeper into the controversial project while keeping the proceedings "transparent" to the public.


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                    [Summary] => Inirekomenda ng Office of the Ombudsman sa isinumite nitong report sa Supreme Court (SC) na ma-impeach at masibak sa puwesto si Comelec Commissioner Resureccion Borra habang sasampahan naman ng kasong graft ang ilang opisyal nito at ng kompanyang Mega Pacific kaugnay sa maanomalyang bentahan ng automated counting machines.


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                    [Title] => Mega Pacific ordered to return money for botched poll modernization
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The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is asking Mega Pacific e-Solutions Inc. (MPEI) to reimburse the P1.05 billion the Commission on Elections (Comelec) paid for the aborted poll automation project and the expenses incurred for the storage of the automated counting machines (ACMs) since 2003.


The OSG said the consortium should also be made to pay P10 million in exemplary damages as well as litigation and other expenses that would be incurred during the trial.


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Ombudsman standing firm on ruling favoring Comelec

November 8, 2006 - 12:00am

The Office of the Ombudsman stood firm yesterday on its decision clearing Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and MegaPacific Consortium executives of criminal and administrative liabilities over the...

Headlines

Pimentel questions P78-M Comelec printing deal with ACM bidder

By Christina Mendez | October 25, 2006 - 12:00am

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. questioned yesterday the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to award a P78-million printing contract to a company whose owners have ties with...

Headlines

Ombudsman given 45 days to finish poll automation probe

August 11, 2006 - 12:00am

The Supreme Court (SC) gave yesterday Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez another 45 days or until Sept. 30 to complete her investigation of the voided P1.3-billion contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...

Headlines

Ombudsman starts public hearings on MegaPacific deal

July 13, 2006 - 12:00am

The Office of the Ombudsman will begin holding public hearings today on the botched P1.3-billion poll automation contract between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and MegaPacific consortium. Today’s hearing...

Headlines

Comelec officials pinasisibak ng Ombudsman

July 1, 2006 - 12:00am

Inirekomenda ng Office of the Ombudsman sa isinumite nitong report sa Supreme Court (SC) na ma-impeach at masibak sa puwesto si Comelec Commissioner Resureccion Borra habang sasampahan naman ng kasong graft ang ilang...

Bansa

Mega Pacific ordered to return money for botched poll modernization

By Aurea Calica | July 17, 2004 - 12:00am

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is asking Mega Pacific e-Solutions Inc. (MPEI) to reimburse the P1.05 billion the Commission on Elections (Comelec) paid for the aborted poll automation project and...

Headlines