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Cheating in STL or via OMR is still cheating

By Bobit S. Avila | November 12, 2015 - 9:00am

The elections in Myanmar (Burma) is over and done with and it seems that the opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy (NLD), is headed for a massive landslide victory and much like...

Freeman Opinion

OMRs hack-proof?

October 12, 2015 - 10:00am

I read with interest the above item posted last October 9 by Sheila Crisostomo which quoted Smartmatic International Corp. giving assurance that “ the Optical Mark Readers (OMRs) to be used in 2016 elections...

Letters to the Editor

Will our votes be counted?

By Boo Chanco | October 11, 2015 - 10:00am

I just found out last week that when one of the more reputable survey groups asked Comelec for the final tally of the 2013 senatorial election, they were told Comelec is still encoding it.

Business

EDITORIAL - Crunch time

August 4, 2015 - 10:00am

The two leading contenders for the 2016 presidential race are already known.

Opinion

Too blessed

July 23, 2015 - 10:00am

Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! — Psalm 107:8

Daily Bread

Take a teeny break with Jack ‘n Jill Mintini

March 12, 2015 - 12:00am

Stay on-the-go and make short breaks count with the refreshing Mintini Sweet Mint Soft Candy, the first mint-flavored soft...

Food and Leisure

Poland opens probe into electoral hacking

November 21, 2014 - 5:01am

Prosecutors are investigating a hacking attack on the website of Poland's voting commission, while a top official has resigned...

World

Turkey's PM Erdogan seen winning presidential vote

By Elena Becatoros and Suzan Frazer | August 11, 2014 - 5:53am

An unofficial vote count indicates Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to win the country's first ever direct presidential election in the first round, cementing his position as Turkey's all-powerful...

World

Praise comes naturally when you count your blessings.

February 24, 2014 - 12:00am

Word of the day

Snowy owls invade US 'south' as cold has effect

By Mary Esch | February 19, 2014 - 8:32am

Reports from tens of thousands of bird-counting volunteers show a southern invasion of Arctic-dwelling snowy owls has spread to 25 U.S. states, and frigid cold is causing unusual movements of waterfowl.

World