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Buhay may seek SC help on third seat

By Sheila Crisostomo | June 12, 2013 - 12:00am

Party-list topnotcher Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (Buhay) is not ruling out the possibility of going to the Supreme Court (SC) if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) withholds its third seat at the House of Represe...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Comelec: No one can be trusted with a gun

January 10, 2013 - 12:00am

As part of its announcement regarding the January 13 start of the election gun ban, the Comelec went out of its way to stress...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - Why not a special voting booth for seniors?

July 7, 2012 - 12:00am

There is now a lobby by certain groups to grant senior citizens their own voting booth in polling precincts.

Freeman Opinion

Supreme Court asked to reconsider ruling on P1.8-billion PCOS machine deal

By Edu Punay | July 5, 2012 - 12:00am

The Automated Election System Watch (AESW) yesterday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its ruling last month allowing government to proceed with its P1.8-billion deal for the purchase of precinct count optical...

Headlines

Gwen: Don't blame me for delay

May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

Governor Gwendolyn Garcia described the statement of Compostela councilor-elect Tessa Cang blaming her for not intervening in the case of Compostela as “distasteful and unbecoming”.

Cebu News

Clearing the smoke by Dilaab

By Bobit S. Avila | May 28, 2010 - 12:00am

If there is anything the Filipino people ought to know, it is that the Comelec has been dubbed for many decades as one of the most notoriously corrupt government agencies.

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - No sweeping under the rug

May 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Not too long ago, the Commission on Elections faced a string of scandals, with one of them not even related to the conduct of elections.

Opinion

Election Post Mortem

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | May 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Gauged by the Constitutional criteria of "free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections", the May 10, 2010 elections could have passed, except for "orderly"; and, "honest"...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - Forget the side issues. Focus on poll automation

March 18, 2010 - 12:00am

The Comelec has identified two presidential candidates who it said could be disqualified for having oversized posters placed in undesignated areas. These presidential candidates are Richard Gordon and Eddie Vil...

Freeman Opinion

Suspicious move

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | February 5, 2010 - 12:00am

COMELEC Chairman Jose Melo may really be correct in saying that there is no way jamming devices could disrupt the holding of elections this coming May 10, 2010.

Opinion