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                    [ArticleID] => 91215
                    [Title] => Comelec to replace VRIS
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) plans to use its P1.9-billion savings for a modernization program drawn up by Chairman Alfredo Benipayo.


Meanwhile, the election watchdog National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is spearheading a campaign to support the poll body’s efforts to implement the automation program as mandated by Republic Act 8436, also known as the Election Automation Law of 1997,
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89661 [Title] => Photokina denies allegations [Summary] => Photokina vice president Eric Naru denied all the allegations raised by retired Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou against the private company.

In a phone interview with The STAR, Naru denied that the contract between the government and Photokina was "onerous," or that former actress Guia Gomez was part owner of the firm.

Demetriou has charged that the contract between the Comelec and Photokina is "onerous and grossly disadvantageous" to the poll body and the government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89507 [Title] => Comelec chief resigns [Summary] => At about the same time a new president was sworn into office yesterday, another top female government official tendered her courtesy resignation.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou submitted her resignation, which was effective immediately, to the office of newly sworn President Arroyo.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89234 [Title] => Comelec urged to extend registration deadline [Summary] => A legislator has asked Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou to extend the deadline for registration of new voters from tomorrow to February next year.

Party-list Rep. Loretta Ann Rosales (Akbayan) told reporters yesterday the government was not able to fully inform new voters belonging to the 18 to 21 age bracket of the registration deadline because of President Estrada’s impeachment trial.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89215 [Title] => Comelec borrowing counting machines from Canada [Summary] => Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairwoman Harriet Demetriou has requested the city government of Toronto, Canada to lend the poll body some 1,800 counting machines to be used for the May 14, 2001 elections.

This was revealed in a letter sent by Demetriou to National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) chairman Jose Concepcion Jr., whom she thanked for providing information on the counting machines from Toronto.

The Comelec chief, however, said she has yet to receive a reply from the Toronto mayor in connection with the request.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89039 [Title] => Comelec modernization still under review [Summary] => The controversial P6.5-billion election modernization contract is still under review by an inter-agency panel, a member of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco told reporters that the contract is now being reviewed by a team of lawyers from the Comelec legal department, the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel and the Department of Justice.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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