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                    [Title] => Girl Scouts join Comelec’s biometrics campaign
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An election watchdog has defended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the automated election system (AES) amid never-ending allegations hounding the conduct of the last two national polls.

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and electoral watchdog Democracy Watch oppose a return to manual polls in 2016.

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They simply won’t give up.

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Academicians and researchers who reviewed the national elections last May called for the continued use of automated elections in the country, saying the system “provides more accountable and transparent polls.”

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Democracy Watch Philippines, a social initiative of advisory and research consultancy group Stratbase Research Institute (SRI), has formed alliances with student groups and non-government organizations to push for institutional reforms in the country in the wake of the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scandal that highlighted the degree of corruption in government.

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Not even the best written slogan can mask the growing perception that the Philippines and its leaders are so corrupt that a massive public uprising has become inevitable, if not necessary, to reform the system.

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An election watchdog has defended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the automated election system (AES) amid never-ending allegations hounding the conduct of the last two national polls.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150125/pcos-machine-9.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391164 [Title] => Comelec bucks return to manual polls [Summary] =>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and electoral watchdog Democracy Watch oppose a return to manual polls in 2016.

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They simply won’t give up.

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Academicians and researchers who reviewed the national elections last May called for the continued use of automated elections in the country, saying the system “provides more accountable and transparent polls.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1253938 [Title] => New watchdog pushes for political reforms [Summary] =>

Democracy Watch Philippines, a social initiative of advisory and research consultancy group Stratbase Research Institute (SRI), has formed alliances with student groups and non-government organizations to push for institutional reforms in the country in the wake of the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scandal that highlighted the degree of corruption in government.

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Not even the best written slogan can mask the growing perception that the Philippines and its leaders are so corrupt that a massive public uprising has become inevitable, if not necessary, to reform the system.

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