Locsin all out for Smartmatic/TIM

Dares ‘idiots’ in Congress against automated polls to hack ballot-counting machines
Makati City Rep. Teodoro Locsin has very high confidence level in the Smartmatic/TIM automated poll machines that would be used in the 2010 elections.
Locsin has also dared critics saying the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines can be manipulated to rig the coming polls.

LOCSIN. These ‘idiots’ can’t even hack into [...]

SMARTMATIC/TIM: Last bidder standing in Comelec P11.2 billion poll automation contract

AMA backs out; Comelec to award contract  next week
AMA Group Holdings and Election Systems and Software Inc. (ES&S) on Saturday chickened out of the competition to bag the Comelec P11.2 billion poll automation contract, leaving as the lone bidder the consortium of Smartmatic International and Total Information Management Corp. (TIM).

The Filipino-American joint venture, the last and remaining competitor in [...]

SMARTMATIC MACHINES IN FINAL TEST TODAY

COMELEC TO AWARD P11.2 BILLION AUTOMATED POLL CONTRACT THIS WEEK
The Comelec’s Technical Working Group (TWG) will conduct today its final and last test for the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) poll machines of lone qualifying bidder Smartmatic and Total Information Management.
In addition, the TWG will repeat two of the tests earlier performed due to some [...]

A WAKE UP CALL: Philippines with highest number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the world

Mindanao Peoples Caucus Statement
May 11, 2009
TWO years back, the Philippines has been named one of the most corrupt countries in the world by Transparency International.  In 2008, the Philippines hit a new world record and like the most corrupt record, this new record brings only shame and international concern.  According to Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre [...]

Comelec impressed by Smartmatic machines

SMARTMATIC/TIM HURDLED 19, NOT 6, OF 26 COMELEC CRITERIA
The tandem of Smartmatic and Total Information Management pole-vaulted with a perfectly clean leap 19, and not six as earlier reported, of the 26 criteria as the the Commission on Election’ set its machines in a demonstration yesterday.
The Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) said [...]

Smartmatic passes demo with flying colors

The Smartmatic/Total Information Management Consortium yesterday hurdled tests for the first 6 of 26 criteria at the Comelec-initiated demonstration of its machines that would handle the full automation of the 2010 elections.
The consortium—the lone qualified bidder  which put up a bid of P4 billion lower than the P11.2 billion contract price—will continue to demonstrate its [...]

COMELEC CAN DECLARE SMARTMATIC/TIM AS AUTOMATED POLL BID WINNER

The Commission on Elections said the poll body could declare Smartmatic/Total Information Management as the “single complying calculated bid” if no other bidder complied with requirements for the evaluation of their eligibility, technical and financial proposals.
Comelec Advisory Council member and lawyer Ivan Uy made this observation, citing government bidding procedures, as the Comelec Special Bids and Awards Committee [...]

Smartmatic/TIM machines to undergo technical evaluation today

The precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines of Smartmatic and Total Information Management Corp., the first consortium to be declared as a complying bidder for the full automation of next year’s elections, will pass through a technical performance test at the Commission on Elections today.

 The Comelec’s special bids and awards committee (SBAC) Monday night declared [...]

COMELEC AUTOMATED POLL BIDDING ON FINAL STAGE

WINNING BIDDER TO GO THROUGH 26-STEP TECHNICAL EVALUATION
The consortium of Smartmatic and Total Information Management would be asked to demonstrate its capability to manage the 2010 automated polls, as the Commission on Election’s special bids and awards committee (SBAC) Monday night declared that the consortium is the lone complying bidder for the P11.2 billion contract.

The SBAC is [...]

SMARTMATIC A STEP AWAY FROM BAGGING P11.2-BILLION COMELEC AUTOMATION POLL PROJECT

FIRM BID P4-BILLION LESS
At the homestretch, Smartmatic and partner Total Information Management (TIM) are letting rival bidders eat dust in the race to bag the P11.2 billion Commission on Elections (Comelec) bidding for its project that would fully automate the 2010 elections. 
This developed as Comelec on Monday said the Smartmatic/TIM consortium is the lone qualifier for the final [...]