Comelec Official list of Presidential candidates in 2010 elections

Here’s the official list: Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi CMD) Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party) Manuel B. Villar Jr. (Nacionalista Party) Richard J. Gordon (Bagumbayan) Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino – UNO) John Carlos “JC” Delos Reyes (Ang Kapatiran) Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” A.S. Madrigal (independent) Eddie C. Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas) Nicanor Perlas [...]

SWS survey says People Power if elections fail

The automated election system is built with redundant security features and back up systems that is intended to counter any possibility of sabotage.

More PCOS Machines delivered today as Comelec sees delays in ballot printing

This morning, some 10,400 PCOS or Automated Counting Machines will be delivered at the door step of the Commission on Elections at the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila. This brings up the total number of voting machines delivered to 15,320.

Another 8,000 machines is due to arrive at one of Manila’s ports and around 17,000 have left the manufacturing plant in Shanghai. Added together, a total of 40,320 will have been delivered before January ends and this is about half of the total 82,000 PCOS machines that will be supplied to the Comelec for the 2010 automated polls.

Philippine government website hacking, advertisement for new racket by “hacking syndicate”?

What is shocking is that Gregorio said that their security experts have tipped them off that hacking syndicates are using news of the government website hackings to claim that they can hack the automated polling system.

PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scan) Machines – Unboxed

We took on the invitation of Smartmatic to see how the voting machines worked. But I went one step further. Being a self-professed geek, I asked the Smartmatic demo people if I could do an “unboxing” article in  the spirit of Gizmodo and other gadget publications out there. After some friendly persuasion and assurances that [...]