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US firms elated by VRIS ruling

February 14, 2002 - 12:00am

American companies Unisys, IBM and Polaroid expressed elation over a recent court ruling ordering the Commission on Election (Comelec) to resume negotiations for the implementation of its Voters Registration and...

Headlines

US Embassy scores Comelec inaction on P6.5-B VRIS

By Sandy Araneta | August 27, 2001 - 12:00am

The United States Embassy in Manila is asking the Commission on Elections (Comelec) about the progress of its computerization program, particularly its refusal to implement a P6.5-billion project on voters’...

Headlines

Photokina mulls suit vs Comelec

July 12, 2001 - 12:00am

A consortium of photography suppliers is poised to file a multi-billion peso lawsuit against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for canceling their contract for the poll body’s Voter’s Registration and...

Headlines

Comelec babawian ng $250-M?

July 2, 2001 - 12:00am

Babawian umano ng nagwaging bidder ng $ 250 M ang Commission on Election (Comelec) kung ibabasura nila ang tatlong proyekto sa ilalim ng modernization project. Sinabi ni Colin Hunt, General Manager ng ID System...

Bansa

Comelec babawian ng $250-M?

July 2, 2001 - 12:00am

Babawian umano ng nagwaging bidder ng $ 250 M ang Commission on Election (Comelec) kung ibabasura nila ang tatlong proyekto sa ilalim ng modernization project. Sinabi ni Colin Hunt, General Manager ng ID System...

Bansa

Comelec bid winner seeks government assistance

June 27, 2001 - 12:00am

Foreign partners of the consortium that won the Commission on Elections (Comelec) bidding for the P1.2-billion Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS) have asked their respective governments’...

Headlines

Comelec bid winner seeks government assistance

June 27, 2001 - 12:00am

Foreign partners of the consortium that won the Commission on Elections (Comelec) bidding for the P1.2-billion Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS)...

Headlines