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                    [Summary] => Armed men held up Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials in a daring highway robbery in the early Wednesday morning in Pasay City and carted away some P1.15 million in cash, officials said.


The money was supposed to be used by the Comelec for their seminar training for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) registration in Region Nine in Zamboanga.


Comelec Executive Director Mamasapunod Aguam said the robbery took place at 3:30 a.m., on top of the flyover on Roxas Boulevard at the corner of Buendia Avenue, Pasay City.


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                    [Summary] => Commissioner Resurreccion Borra of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) accused yesterday four other commissioners appointed by ousted President Joseph Estrada of delaying the issuance of guidelines for today’s registration of voters in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.


Borra said Commissioners Luzviminda Tancangco, Mehol Sadain, Ralph Lantion and Rufino Javier have expressed their dissent with some provisions of a resolution which had already been signed by himself, Chairman Alfredo Benipayo and Commissioner Florentino Tuason Jr. last March 14.


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                    [Title] => Comelec to use cartons in lieu of ballot boxes
                    [Summary] => Carton boxes as ballot boxes.


This could be the option of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if only to push through with the scheduled synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on July 15.


Comelec Executive Director Mamasapunod Aguam said the Comelec might use carton boxes due to the scarcity of ballot boxes.


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                    [Title] => ‘Still no funding for SK, barangay polls’
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to receive funding of some P1.9 billion for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled in May next year, a ranking official of the poll body said yesterday. 


Comelec Executive Director Mamasapunod Aguam said they have no choice but to seek additional appropriation since local government units (LGUs) do not have the budget to fund elections in their respective districts.  


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                    [Title] => 3 M new voters fail to register due to lack of Comelec forms
                    [Summary] => About three million new voters nationwide were not able to register on the last day of the list-up the other day because the Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed to print enough forms.


Dec. 26 was the deadline for the registration of new voters, who will elect members of the Sangguniang Kabataan on May 6 and barangay officials on May 13.


A Comelec official, who sought anonymity, said only eight million forms were printed while 11 million new voters trooped to the various Comelec offices to register.


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                    [Title] => Poll canvassing opens, adjourns
                    [Summary] => All dressed up with nowhere to go.


This was how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc appeared yesterday as it convened as the National Board of Canvassers only to find out there was nothing to canvass.


Smarting from criticism that it was conducting a slow vote count, the seven Comelec commissioners met at 11:28 a.m. at the Philippine International Convention Center on Roxas Boulevard to canvass the results of the senatorial and party-list elections.


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COMELEC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAMASAPUNOD AGUAM

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The money was supposed to be used by the Comelec for their seminar training for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) registration in Region Nine in Zamboanga.


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Borra said Commissioners Luzviminda Tancangco, Mehol Sadain, Ralph Lantion and Rufino Javier have expressed their dissent with some provisions of a resolution which had already been signed by himself, Chairman Alfredo Benipayo and Commissioner Florentino Tuason Jr. last March 14.


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Comelec Executive Director Mamasapunod Aguam said they have no choice but to seek additional appropriation since local government units (LGUs) do not have the budget to fund elections in their respective districts.  


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Dec. 26 was the deadline for the registration of new voters, who will elect members of the Sangguniang Kabataan on May 6 and barangay officials on May 13.


A Comelec official, who sought anonymity, said only eight million forms were printed while 11 million new voters trooped to the various Comelec offices to register.


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Smarting from criticism that it was conducting a slow vote count, the seven Comelec commissioners met at 11:28 a.m. at the Philippine International Convention Center on Roxas Boulevard to canvass the results of the senatorial and party-list elections.


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Comelec execs robbed in Pasay; P1.15-M taken

May 3, 2002 - 12:00am

Armed men held up Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials in a daring highway robbery in the early Wednesday morning in Pasay City and carted away some P1.15 million in cash, officials said. The money was supposed...

Metro

Comelec exec blames colleagues for delay in SK poll registration

By Sandy Araneta | April 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Commissioner Resurreccion Borra of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) accused yesterday four other commissioners appointed by ousted President Joseph Estrada of delaying the issuance of guidelines for today’s...

Headlines

Comelec to use cartons in lieu of ballot boxes

March 26, 2002 - 12:00am

Carton boxes as ballot boxes. This could be the option of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if only to push through with the scheduled synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on July 15. Comelec...

Nation

‘Still no funding for SK, barangay polls’

December 29, 2001 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to receive funding of some P1.9 billion for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled in May next year, a ranking official of the poll body said...

Headlines

3 M new voters fail to register due to lack of Comelec forms

By Sandy Araneta | December 28, 2001 - 12:00am

About three million new voters nationwide were not able to register on the last day of the list-up the other day because the Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed to print enough forms. Dec. 26 was the deadline...

Headlines

Poll canvassing opens, adjourns

By Pia Lee-Brago | May 17, 2001 - 12:00am

All dressed up with nowhere to go. This was how the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc appeared yesterday as it convened as the National Board of Canvassers only to find out there was nothing to canvass. Smarting...

Headlines