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                    [ArticleID] => 1541479
                    [Title] => Ex-Comelec chief on Bautista, Guanzon rift: Don’t make it public
                    [Summary] => 

Former Commission on Elections Chair Sixto Brillantes said the rift between current poll body Chief Juan Andres Bautista and Commissioner Rowena Guanzon should have been discussed privately.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-10 20:25:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804517 [AuthorName] => Rosette Adel [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150505/AndresBautista-with-RowenaGuanzon-1.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157566 [Title] => Photokina files two P100-M libel suits vs Comelec chief [Summary] => The consortium that was awarded the Voters’ Registration and Identification System (VRIS) project has filed two P100-million libel suits against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Alfredo Benipayo in connection with the aborted plan to automate the country’s electoral process.

Photokina Marketing Corp. filed the twin complaints with the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office last April 9 after Benipayo allegedly made malicious statements against the firm and its foreign partners in two separate incidents.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153236 [Title] => Solon files CA opposition vs Comelec execs [Summary] => Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. (Lakas, Surigao del Sur) formally lodged with the Commission on Appointments yesterday his opposition to the confirmation of Chairman Alfredo Benipayo and Commissioner Resurreccion Borra of the Commission on Elections.

In an affidavit, Pichay said the two officials have "failed to demonstrate their leadership, vision and administrative ability in handling the official affairs of the Comelec."
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 152289 [Title] => 4 Comelec execs to block CA confirmation of 3 others [Summary] => The long-running feud in the Commission on Elections moved to the Commission on Appointments yesterday, with four Comelec commissioners opposing the CA’s confirmation of the three others including Comelec Chairman Alfredo Benipayo.

In a joint petition filed before the bicameral body, Comelec Commissioners Luzviminda Tancangco, Rufino Javier, Ralph Lantion and Mehol Sadain cited six issues against Benipayo as well as three issues against him and Commissioners Resurreccion Borra and Florentino Tuason Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142948 [Title] => If we don’t ‘cure’ the Comelec, how can we hold elections in 2004? [Summary] => While we’re wallowing in charges and countercharges and "investigating" practically everything under the sun, isn’t anybody worrying about the bitter "Mexican stand-off" that is paralyzing the Commission on Elections?

Let’s get real. If we don’t "fix" what’s wrong with the Comelec, then we can’t have Presidential elections in 2004. Could anything be clearer than that? We seem to forget that free and credible elections are the bedrock of every democracy. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141043 [Title] => Ex-Comelec official idiiniin ng 4 saksi sa Cinco ambush-slay [Summary] => Inihayag kahapon ng Western Police District (WPD) na apat na testigo na ang nagbigay ng pahayag na nagdidiin sa isang dating mataas na opisyal ng Commission on Election (Comelec) na umano’y utak sa pagpaslang kay Comelec Director III Velma Cinco, kamakalawa ng umaga.

Ayon kay Det. Solomon Bataller, may hawak ng kaso na apat na testigo na ang nagbigay ng pahayag na nagdidiin sa pangalan ni Atty. Angelina Matibag na siyang pinalitan ni Cinco sa puwesto na siyang nagbitaw ng mga maaanghang na salita sa nasawi bago maganap ang pananambang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130203 [Title] => Disgrace on Fifth Avenue [Summary] => A friend asked me yesterday why I was defending Panfilo Lacson. I replied that I wasn’t defending Lacson, I was defending "justice."

"What happens if Intelligence Chief Col. Victor Corpus starts accusing YOU," I asked, "and splashes his accusations and insinuations all over the media? When he says he has ‘proof’ and ‘evidence’ against you, what is your defense? Wouldn’t you cry out: If you have evidence, why don’t we take it to court?"
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 128386 [Title] => Recasting our image abroad? Reform the reality at home first! [Summary] => Two headlines in another newspaper caught my eye yesterday. One was: "Philippines to Recast Image Abroad." The other bannered: "Glo to OFWs: Don’t Come Home Yet!"

The first story said that President Arroyo will be hiring an international public relations firm, in conjunction with the private sector, to improve the Philippines’ image abroad and counter the negative perceptions held in foreign countries that the Philippines can’t get its act together.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91197 [Title] => Proclaim party-list winners, Comelec urged [Summary] => Members of the militant group Bayan Muna (BM) pressed the Commission of Elections (Comelec) yesterday to proclaim the winners in the last party-list elections.

BM topped the party-list elections with Mamamayan Ayaw sa Droga (MAD) at second place, and eight other groups each winning two percent or more of the total votes nationwide.

BM, MAD, and other party-list groups that received more than two percent of the total votes cast nationwide for the party-list sector are each entitled to a maximum of three seats.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94086 [Title] => Proclaim party-list winners, Comelec urged [Summary] => Members of the militant group Bayan Muna (BM) pressed the Commission of Elections (Comelec) yesterday to proclaim the winners in the last party-list elections.

BM topped the party-list elections with Mamamayan Ayaw sa Droga (MAD) at second place, and eight other groups each winning two percent or more of the total votes nationwide.

BM, MAD, and other party-list groups that received more than two percent of the total votes cast nationwide for the party-list sector are each entitled to a maximum of three seats.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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