People’s Television Network (PTV4), in partnership with the country’s premiere Information Technology solutions company, STI; the Commission on Elections (Comelec); and the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), will air “Hatol ng Bayan 2022,” touted as the biggest, most comprehensive and c
FINAL TESTING. A Comelec staff inventories vote-counting machines (VCMs) in this undated photo during their shipment to Negros Oriental last April. The Comelec in the province announced that the May 5 final testing and sealing of these VCMs will be centralized due to security concerns. (PNA photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Just a week before the May 9 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental announced Monday that the final testing and sealing of vote-counting machines (VCMs) will be held at centralized venues instead of the polling precincts due to security concerns. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate, told the Philippine News Agency the decision was made upon the recommendations of the municipal and city election officers. Originally, the final testing of the VCMs, set on May 5, would have been held at the individual polling precincts where these automated machines are assigned to ensure
Comelec Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Diocesan Electoral Board convenor Msgr. Julius Heruela, and Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia (l-r) attend
APPEAL. (From left to right) Comelec Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Diocesan Electoral Board convenor Msgr. Julius Heruela, and Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia attend a peace covenant signing in Negros Oriental on Monday (April 25, 2022). Garcia appealed for public understanding of the glitches encountered by some users of Comelec's recently activated online precinct finder. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday appealed for understanding from the electorate on the poll body's recently activated online precinct finder for registered voters which showed glitches for some users. Commissioner George Erwin Garcia made the appeal during a peace covenant signing here prior to the final meeting of the Central Visayas Regional Joint Security Control Center (RJSCC). "The precinct finder was just activated last Friday but due to scores of people immediately using it, certain problems were detected but