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(Photo courtesy of Comelec) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said the start of the printing of the official ballots for this year's elections was "way earlier" than the schedule followed for the similar procedure during the 2019 polls. "We are happy that we started in the second half of January much earlier than in 2019 when the printing started sometime in February. We are hoping with this early start or timely start, we could have a buffer for probable contingencies," Comelec printing committee vice chair Helen Aguila-Flores said during the livestreamed printing activities at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City. At the same time, she reiterated that they are looking to finish the printing of the more than 67 million ballots third week of April. "But our target is to finish the printing of all official ballots on April 21," Flores said. The poll body started the printing process last Thursday, wherein they printed
QUARANTINE FACILITY. The vacant beds inside one of the nursery stations of the Manila Covid-19 Field Hospital that will be used as a quarantine facility by returning overseas Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers.The Department of Health on Monday (Jan. 24, 2022) reported 35,461 recoveries and 24,938 new coronavirus infections.(PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported 35,461 recoveries and 24,938 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 262,997 active cases while total recoveries rose to 3,125,540, or 90.8 percent of 3,442,056 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 250,235 are mild, 3,010 are moderate, 7,944 are asymptomatic, 1,499 are severe, and 309 are critical. "Of the 24,938 reported cases today, 24,239 (97 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 11 to Jan. 24, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the rec
(File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reset the start of the printing of the official ballots for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections on Thursday due to various technical factors. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the start of the printing has been rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday. "The printing committee, taking into consideration various technical factors, has moved the start of printing to a date yet to be announced," he said in a statement. "Tentative start of ballot printing is tomorrow, January 20, 2022." He made assurances that the rescheduling won't affect the preparations for this year's polls. "The committee assures the public that this later start will not negatively impact the Comelec's preparations for the elections," he said. Jimenez also said, "the ballot faces will be released as soon as the finalization process has been completed". A total of 67,442,714 ballots will be pr
(Screengrab from Comelec ballot printing virtual walk-through at National Printing Office) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to start this week the printing of the more than 67 million official ballots to be used in the May 9 national and local elections. In a presentation shown during the virtual walk-through of the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City on Tuesday, Comelec printing committee vice chairperson Helen Aguila said a total of 67,442,714 ballots will be printed 65,745,512 ballots for local voting and 1,697,202 ballots for overseas voting. Aguila said the printing of the ballots is expected to be finished in April, including the buffer period. "The buffer period is incorporated there because if we are to compute based on the peak performance of the printers of NPO accumulative capacity is 1,100,000 per day if it is working in peak performance. We are realistic in anticipating contingencies including the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) su