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  • MANILA, July 15 -- Candidates seeking national and local positions in next year's polls are given only 11 days to file their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

    This as the poll body released on Wednesday the calendar of activities for the May 10, 2010 national and local elections.

    In a nine-page resolution, the Comelec said the candidates can file their COCs for all elective positions, whether national or local, from Nov. 20 to Nov. 30, this year.

  • MANILA, May 15 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) resumed on Friday the opening of the bids for the 2010 poll computerization project after granting on Wednesday the motions for reconsideration filed by four automation companies.

    Atty. Ferdinand Rafanan, head of the Comelec's Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC), said they would try to finish the deliberations on the eligibility documents so that they can proceed immediately with the technical and financial documentations.