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Tancangco, the former chairwoman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s bidding committee, was charged by the Ombudsman with approving a P6.5-billion voters’ identification card system in 2000 amid financial constraints by the poll body.


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                    [Summary] => A retired official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was indicted on graft charges before the Sandiganbayan yesterday for allegedly approving the proposed P6.5-billion voters’ identification system in 2000 despite the shortage of government funds.


Former commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco, who used to head the poll body’s bidding committee, was held liable by Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo for "giving unwarranted benefits" to Photokina Marketing Corp., the private firm tasked with printing the voters’ ID cards.


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                    [Summary] => Newly re-elected Sen. Juan Flavier warned yesterday that delay in the computerization program of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could scare away foreign investors and adversely affect the 2004 presidential elections.


This developed as the poll body insisted that the notice of award to the Photokina consortium that won the bid for the P1.2-billion Voter’s Registration and Identification System (VRIS), may be cancelled anytime without liability on their part since no contract was entered into.


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                    [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.


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                    [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.


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Former commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco, who used to head the poll body’s bidding committee, was held liable by Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo for "giving unwarranted benefits" to Photokina Marketing Corp., the private firm tasked with printing the voters’ ID cards.


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Tancangco posts bail before arrest warrant served

July 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Even before a warrant for her arrest was served, former election commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco posted bail before the Sandiganbayan yesterday on charges of graft. Tancangco, the former chairwoman of the Commission...

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Tancangco faces graft raps over voters’ ID

By Delon Porcalla | June 25, 2005 - 12:00am

A retired official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was indicted on graft charges before the Sandiganbayan yesterday for allegedly approving the proposed P6.5-billion voters’ identification system in...

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‘Delay in Comelec project could scare investors’

By Efren Danao | June 29, 2001 - 12:00am

Newly re-elected Sen. Juan Flavier warned yesterday that delay in the computerization program of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could scare away foreign investors and adversely affect the 2004 presidential...

Headlines

‘Delay in Comelec project could scare investors’

By Efren Danao | June 29, 2001 - 12:00am

Newly re-elected Sen. Juan Flavier warned yesterday that delay in the computerization program of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could scare away foreign investors and adversely affect the 2004 presidential...

Headlines

Photokina denies allegations

February 5, 2001 - 12:00am

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...

Headlines

Comelec modernization still under review

December 7, 2000 - 12:00am

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...

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