Five of the attacks happened after Kodao uploaded a news report on false claims by the Philippine National Police and Army reservists that Makabayan parties have been disqualified by the Commission on Elections.
Elections in Davao Region generally peaceful
The conduct of the election in Davao Region was in general orderly and peaceful.
Cops campaign against Makabayan party list groups
Elements of Philippine National Police (PNP) were seen distributing copies of Pulis Serbis Balita, the official newsletter of the PNP, inside the Geronimo Elementary School, Sampaloc, Manila, according to Kontra Daya-Metro Manila.
The banner story, “Kabataan, nanguna sa pagkondena sa legal fronts at political parties na sumusuporta sa CPP/NPA” tags Bayan Muna, Kabataan, Gabriela Women’s Party, Anakpawis and ACT Teachers Partylist as communist fronts.
Kontra Daya maintained that electioneering is prohibited inside precincts under the Omnibus Election Code. “This is blatant disregard of non-partisan role of state forces during elections, ” Giovanni Tapang, Kontra Daya convenor, said.
Yesterday, fake reports of alleged disqualification of Makabayan partylist groups were circulated in the social media.
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Website of alternative media outfit under DDoS amid election coverage
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Kodao’s website Kodao.org is currently suffering from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack amid its 2019 midterm elections coverage.
DDoS monitoring website DDoSMon reported that Kodao experienced 11 attacks since 10:58 Sunday night.
The other attacks happened at 11.23 and 11:56 Sunday evening, and 12:49, 7:40, 7:56, 9:07, 9:24, 9:47, and 10:52 Monday morning.
The latest attack was registered at 11 am.
Five of the attacks happened after Kodao uploaded a news report on false claims by the Philippine National Police and Army reservists that Makabayan parties have been disqualified by the Commission on Elections.
The attacks briefly prevented administrators from accessing Kodao’s website.
Visitors also reported difficulties in accessing Kodao.org.
Website administrators have requested digital rights groups to identify the source of the current attacks.
Kodao is among four alternative news sites that filed complaints against information technology companies IP Converge and Suniway that Sweden-based digital rights group Quirium identified as sources of DDoS attacks it suffered since December.
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EARLY BIRD
Among those who went early to vote is this 69-year-old resident of Matina, Davao City who immediately scanned the list of voters posted near her polling precint at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School on Monday, May 13, 2019. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Technical glitches mar elections
Originally posted 11:42 a.m.
Updated 1:20 p.m.
Kontra Daya has called for the suspension of pilot testing of the Voter’s Registration Verification Machine (VRVM), saying it has caused delays in the voting.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Anti-fraud watchdog Kontra Daya has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend the pilot testing of the Voter’s Registration Verification Machine (VRVM), saying it has caused delays in the voting.
The Comelec identified 10 vote-rich areas for the use of 25,000 VCRMs. These include Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Caloocan City, Quezon City, Manila City, Cavite, Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Davao del Sur and the new Bangsamoro Region.
Kontra Daya recorded seven incidents of malfunctioning Voter’s Registration Verification Machines (VRVMs) in Quezon City and at least 31 cases of errors or failures resulting from malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) nationwide.
Here are some of the reports:
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- 4 VRVMs not functioning in Roxas High School in Quezon City. BEI said machines did not recognize log-in details of BEI Chair.
- VRVM not functioning in T. Paez Integrated School in Manila. Comelec Technical Team cannot troubleshoot the problem.
- 4 VRVMs in Judge Juan Luna High School in QC are not working properly. Electoral board switch to manual verification of voters’ in the EDCVL.
- VRVM in precint cluster 326 in Dasmariñas East Integrated National High school, Cavite not working
- All VRVMs in Mabolo Elementary School, Cebu City are not working. Teachers resorted to manual finding of voters’ names in the list.
- VRVMs in 3 precincts in East Bagong Barrio Elementary School, Caloocan City not working. Teachers resort to manual search on EDCVL
- VRVMs in Silangan Elementary School, Caloocan City
- VRVMs in Cielito ES Caloocan City
- Pedro Remoto Elementary School, Negros Oriental
Long queue here at Tondo High School since 7am. VCMs not working. @kontradaya #Halalan2019 #Eleksyon2019 #ProtectYourVote pic.twitter.com/IdyGQI1kuN
— #14Anakpawis Partylist (@AnakpawisPL) May 13, 2019
Danny Arao, Kontra Daya spokesperson, said the VRVM must be suspended as it causes unnecessary delays in the voting process. “We can afford to have it suspended because it is just pilot testing phase,” he said.
Kontra Daya also monitored malfunctioning of vote counting machines in the following:
- Precinct 1332 Ismael Mathay Senior HS
- Precinct 001A Sto Nino Elementary School, Lumban, Laguna.
- Precinct No. 1289A , Cielito High School, Caloocan City
- Precinct No. 451B, Tondo High School, Manila
- Precinct 3A-3B, 4A, 4B San Manuel, Tarlac
- Precinct No. 25, Ruperto Zubia Elementary School, Baler, Aurora
- Precinct No. 43B Brgy. Bagong Buhay, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
- Jose Fabella Memorial School in Mandaluyong City
- Maypajo ES, Maypajo HS, Silangan ES, Caloocan City
- Pitogo Elementary School, Makati
Nationwide
In Northern Luzon, VCM shutdowns were reported in the following areas so far: Bambang East Elementary School in Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan Valley and Tumaini, Isabela.
In Central Luzon, VCM problems were reported in the following areas: Brgy. Libsong, West Lingayen, Pangasinan; San Miguel, Tarlac; Minuyan, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan; Talavera Elementary School, Nueva Ecija; and Ruperto Zubia Elementary School in Baler, Aurora.
In Southern Luzon, VCM problems were reported in the Ibalon Elementary School, Legazpi City. In the Visayas, VCM errors were reported in the precincts of Lawaan, Eastern Samar; Mabolo Elementary School in Cebu City.
In Mindanao, manual voting due to VCM malfunctions were reported along with incidents of vote-buying in the precincts in Malabang, Lanao del Sur and Nuro, Upi, Maguindanao.
Other reported errors included machines shutting down, stopping, or refusing to start, stuck up ballots and/or voters’ receipts, and discrepancies in receipts generated. Some precincts resorted to manual voting.
Kontra Daya said the malfunctioning of machines resulted in long queues, with some voters opting to go home.
Kontra Daya pointed out that although this is the fourth round of nationally-automated elections since 2010, the problem of VCM malfunctions continue plague each round.
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Comelec officials ‘disturbed’ over fake DQ order against Oro mayor
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expressed concern over a disqualification order against a mayoral candidate allegedly issued by the poll body which it said it did not issue.
Police and Army reservists lie about Makabayan’s disqualification, fact check group reports
The Facebook page of the Iloilo City Police Office and multiple Facebook accounts of Army reservists in Mindanao shared May 12 a post that falsely reported that the Commission on Elections has disqualified six partylist groups under the Makabayan bloc— Bayan Muna, Anakbayan, Anakpawis, ACT-Teachers, Gabriela and Anakbayan, poll fact checker Tsek.ph reported early Monday morning.