The private firm tapped by the Commission on Elections to supervise the logistical and technical requirements for its presidential and vice presidential debates yesterday said its failure to pay P14 million to debate venue Sofitel Plaza stemmed from “some misunderstandings” and “miscommunication.”
The Commission on Elections and its automated election system provider, Smartmatic, have made a “very dangerous” change in their protocols, which apparently prevents the tracing of the actual source of transmission of votes from precincts that can potentially be used to tamper with the results, Senate President Vicente Sotto III warned yesterday.
ABRA VISIT. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan visits Abra province on Thursday (April 21, 2022) for a peace covenant signing and a meeting with the provincial police officials as shown in this photo. Several incidents that may be considered election-related have earlier been reported in Abra. (Photo from Chelet Belmes' FB page) BAGUIO CITY - The Abra Provincial Police Office (APPO) on Thursday said additional policemen have been deployed to the capital town of Bangued due to a brewing tension between mayoral candidates. "We deployed troops to the area because of the tension between the group of Ryan Luna and Vice Mayor (Mila) Valera to avoid a clash that could lead to violence)," Col. Maly Cula, APPO director, said in a message sent to the media. Luna, the former mayor of Bangued, and incumbent vice mayor Valera are both running for mayor of the capital town. Valera is the wife of incumbent mayor Dominic Valera who is running for governor. They are parents of the incu
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 19 told a Senate committee that it has decided to withhold a P90-million payment for the services to Smartmatic, its automated elections technology provider, whose data were allegedly breached as the May 9, 2022 election approaches. Appearing