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Nov 30, 2009: Last day to file petition for inclusion of voters in the local list of voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:13:48 -0700

Last day to file petition for inclusion of voters in the local list of voters

Dec 4, 2009: Last day to file petition for exclusion of voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:16:11 -0700

Last day to file petition for exclusion of voters from the local list of voters

Dec 11, 2009: Last day to publish Absentee Voters list at Comelec website at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:21:10 -0700

Last day to publish the Absentee Voters (NROAV) at the website of the Comelec

Dec 15, 2009: Last day to file petition for exclusion of registered overseas absentee voters from list at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:26:20 -0700

Last day to file petition for exclusion of a registered overseas absentee voter from the National Registry of Overseas Absentee Voter (NROAV)

Dec 31, 2009: Last day for omitted overseas absentee voters to file application for reinstatement at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:28:52 -0700

Last day for overseas absentee voters whose name has been inadvertently omitted in the NROAV to file an application for reinstatement in the NROAV

Dec 31, 2009: Last day for overseas absentee voters to file an application for correction of entries in the NROAV, CLOAV and voters ID at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:33:51 -0700

Last day for an overseas absentee voter to file an application for correction of entries in the NROAV, CLOAV and voters ID resulting from encoding error

Jan 8, 2010: Last day to appoint Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) members at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:51:22 -0700

Last day to appoint members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs), subject to changes on account of shortage of teachers and disqualifications due to relationships to candidates

Jan 8, 2010: Last day to constitute members of SBRCGs, SBEIs and SBOCs at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:53:34 -0700

Last day to constitute members of SBRCGs, SBEIs and SBOCs

Jan 10, 2010: Last day to prepare and update the CLOAV at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:55:30 -0700

Last day to prepare and update the CLOAV and furnish copies to the Philippine embassies, consulates and other foreign service establishments abroad

Jan 10, 2010: Alteration of territory and establishment of new precints at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:59:20 -0700

Alteration of territory of a precinct or establishment of a new precinct

Jan 10, 2010: Election gun ban at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:03:52 -0700

Bearing, carrying or transporting firearms or other deadly weapons in public places. Building, street, park, private vehicle or public conveyance, even if licensed to possess or carry the same, unless authorized in writing by the Commission

Jan 10, 2010: Suspension of elective local officials at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:06:54 -0700

Suspension of elective local officials

Jan 10, 2010: Transfer of officers and employees in the civil service at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:09:52 -0700

Transfer of officers and employees in the civil service

Jan 10, 2010: Organization or maintenance of reaction, strike or similar forces at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:11:55 -0700

Organization or maintenance of reaction forces, strike forces or other similar forces

Jan 10, 2010: Ban on use of security personnel from AFP or other agencies by candidates at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:17:08 -0700

Use of security personnel or bodyguards by candidates, whether or not such bodyguards are regular members of the AFP or other law enforcement agency

Feb 9, 2010: Posting of the Certified List of Voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:23:47 -0700

Posting of the Certified List of Voters (Local Registry)

Feb 9, 2010: Campaign period for national positions and party-list representatives at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:28:29 -0700

Campaign period for candidates for President, Vice-President, Senators and party-list groups participating in the party-list system of representation

Feb 9, 2010: Prohibited donations by candidates, treasurers of parties or their agents at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:32:42 -0700

Ban on candidates to give donations or gifts in cash or in kind

Feb 9, 2010: Use of armored landcraft, watercraft or aircraft at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:38:59 -0700

Banking or financial institutions and all business firms may use not more than two armored vehicles strictly for, and limited to, the purpose of transporting cash, gold bullion or other valuables in connection with their business from and to their place of business, upon previous authority of the Commission

(Sec. 261 (r), OEC)

Feb 9, 2010: Appointment or use of special policemen, confidential agents or the like at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:44:45 -0700

During the campaign period, on the day before and on election day, any appointing authority who appoints or any person who utilizes the services of special policemen, special agents, confidential agents or persons performing similar functions; persons previously appointed as special policemen, special agents, confidential agents or persons performing similar functions who continue acting as such, and those who fail to turn over their firearms, uniforms, insignias and other badges of authority to the proper officer who issued the same is guilty of an election offense.

(Sec. 261 (m), OEC)

Mar 11, 2010: Issuance and sending of notices of precint book voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:46:33 -0700

Issuance and sending of notices of inspection and verification of completeness of precinct book of voters

Mar 11, 2010: Illegal release of prisoners at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:51:58 -0700

It is considered an electoral offense if the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, any provincial warden, the keeper of the jail or the person or persons required by law to keep prisoners in their custody illegally orders or allows any prisoner detained in the national penitentiary, or the provincial, city or municipal jail to leave the premises thereof sixty days before and thirty days after the election. The municipal or city warden, the provincial warden, the keeper of the jail or the person or persons required by law to keep prisoners in their custody shall post in three conspicuous public places a list of the prisoners or detention prisoners under their care. Detention prisoners must be categorized as such.

(Sec. 261 (n), OEC)

Mar 26, 2010: Last day for party-list groups to submit names of party nominees at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:55:59 -0700

Last day for party-list groups to submit names of party nominees

Mar 26, 2010: Inspection, verification and sealing of the precint book of voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:59:01 -0700

Inspection, verification and sealing of the precinct book of voters

Mar 26, 2010: Campaign period for local positions at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:01:14 -0700

Campaign period for candidates for Members of House of Representatives and elective provincial, city and municipal officials

Mar 26, 2010: Appointment or hiring of new employees at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:06:16 -0700

Any head, official or appointing officer of a government office, agency or instrumentality, whether national or local, including government-owned or controlled corporations, shall not appoint or hire any new employee, whether provisional, temporary or casual, or create and fill any new position, except upon prior authority of the Commission.

(Sec. 261 (g), OEC)

Mar 26, 2010: Ban on construction of public works and delivery of materials chargeable against public funds at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:11:17 -0700

During the period of forty-five days preceding a regular election and thirty days before a special election, any person who engages in the following shall be guilty of electoral offense:

1. undertakes the construction of any public works, except for projects or works exempted in the preceding paragraph; or

2. issues, uses or avails of treasury warrants or any device undertaking future delivery of money, goods or other things of value chargeable against public funds.

(Sec. 261 (w), OEC)

Mar 26, 2010: Ban on release, disbursement or expenditure of public funds at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:28:54 -0700

Any public official or employee including barangay officials and those of government-owned or controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, shall not, during forty-five days before a regular election and thirty days before a special election, release, disburse or expend any public funds for:

1. Any and all kinds of public works, except the following:

1. Maintenance of existing and/or completed public works project: Provided, That not more than the average number of laborers or employees already employed therein during the six-month period immediately prior to the beginning of the forty-five day period before election day shall be permitted to work during such time: Provided, further, That no additional laborers shall be employed for maintenance work within the said period of forty-five days;

2. Work undertaken by contract through public bidding held, or by negotiated contract awarded, before the forty-five day period before election: Provided, That work for the purpose of this section undertaken under the so-called "takay" or "paquiao" system shall not be considered as work by contract;

3. Payment for the usual cost of preparation for working drawings, specifications, bills of materials, estimates, and other procedures preparatory to actual construction including the purchase of materials and equipment, and all incidental expenses for wages of watchmen and other laborers employed for such work in the central office and field storehouses before the beginning of such period: Provided, That the number of such laborers shall not be increased over the number hired when the project or projects were commenced; and

4. Emergency work necessitated by the occurrence of a public calamity, but such work shall be limited to the restoration of the damaged facility.

No payment shall be made within five days before the date of election to laborers who have rendered services in projects or works except those falling under subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d), of this paragraph.

This prohibition shall not apply to ongoing public works projects commenced before the campaign period or similar projects under foreign agreements. For purposes of this provision, it shall be the duty of the government officials or agencies concerned to report to the Commission the list of all such projects being undertaken by them.

2. The Ministry of Social Services and Development and any other office in other ministries of the government performing functions similar to said ministry, except for salaries of personnel, and for such other routine and normal expenses, and for such other expenses as the Commission may authorize after due notice and hearing. Should a calamity or disaster occur, all releases normally or usually coursed through the said ministries and offices of other ministries shall be turned over to, and administered and disbursed by, the Philippine National Red Cross, subject to the supervision of the Commission on Audit or its representatives, and no candidate or his or her spouse or member of his family within the second civil degree of affinity or consanguinity shall participate, directly or indirectly, in the distribution of any relief or other goods to the victims of the calamity or disaster; and

3. The Ministry of Human Settlements and any other office in any other ministry of the government performing functions similar to said ministry, except for salaries of personnel and for such other necessary administrative or other expenses as the Commission may authorize after due notice and hearing.

(Sec. 261 (v), OEC)

Apr 10, 2010: Constitution of Boards of Canvassers at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:32:26 -0700

Constitution of Municipal / City /District, and Provincial Boards of Canvassers

Apr 10, 2010: Last day to furnish Voter's Information Sheet at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:34:39 -0700

Last day to furnish every registered voter with a Voter's Information Sheet

May 7, 2010: Last day for testing and sealing of PCOS at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:36:04 -0700

Last day for testing and sealing of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS)

Apr 10, 2010: Voting period for overseas absentee voters at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:38:14 -0700

Casting of votes by overseas absentee voters (On any day starting from April 10, 2010 to 3:00 p.m. of Monday, May 10, 2010 (Philippine time)

May 9, 2010: Eve of Election Day at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:26 -0700

Election and Campaign Period - The campaign periods are hereby fixed as follows:

1. For President, Vice-President and Senators, ninety (90) days before the day of the election; and

2. For Members of the House of Representatives and elective provincial, city and municipal officials, forty-five (45) days before the day of the election.

However, in the preparation of the election calendar, the Commission may exclude the day before the day of the election itself, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

(Sec. 5, RA 7166)

Other prohibitions - Any person who sells, furnishes, offers, buys, serves or takes intoxicating liquor on the days fixed by law for the registration of voters in the polling place, or on the day before the election or on election day: Provided, That hotels and other establishments duly certified by the Ministry of Tourism as tourist oriented and habitually in the business of catering to foreign tourists may be exempted for justifiable reasons upon prior authority of the Commission: Provided, further, That foreign tourists taking intoxicating liquor in said authorized hotels or establishments are exempted from the provisions of this subparagraph.

(Sec. 261 (dd) (11, OEC)

Transportation, food and drinks - It shall be unlawful for any candidate, political party, organization, or any person to give or accept, free of charge, directly or indirectly, transportation, food or drinks or things of value during the five hours before and after a public meeting, on the day preceding the election, and on the day of the election; or to give or contribute, directly or indirectly, money or things of value for such purpose.

(Sec. 89, OEC)

May 10, 2010: Election Day - Casting of Votes at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:55:33 -0700

A. Election and Campaign Period - The campaign periods are hereby fixed as follows:

1. For President, Vice-President and Senators, ninety (90) days before the day of the election; and

2. For Members of the House of Representatives and elective provincial, city and municipal officials, forty-five (45) days before the day of the election.

However, in the preparation of the election calendar, the Commission may exclude the day before the day of the election itself, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

(Sec. 5, RA 7166)

B. Other prohibitions - Any person who sells, furnishes, offers, buys, serves or takes intoxicating liquor on the days fixed by law for the registration of voters in the polling place, or on the day before the election or on election day: Provided, That hotels and other establishments duly certified by the Ministry of Tourism as tourist oriented and habitually in the business of catering to foreign tourists may be exempted for justifiable reasons upon prior authority of the Commission: Provided, further, That foreign tourists taking intoxicating liquor in said authorized hotels or establishments are exempted from the provisions of this subparagraph.

(Sec. 261 (dd) (11, OEC)

C. Transportation, food and drinks - It shall be unlawful for any candidate, political party, organization, or any person to give or accept, free of charge, directly or indirectly, transportation, food or drinks or things of value during the five hours before and after a public meeting, on the day preceding the election, and on the day of the election; or to give or contribute, directly or indirectly, money or things of value for such purpose.

(Sec. 89, OEC)

D. On candidacy and campaign - The following shall be guilty of an electoral offense:

1. Any political party which holds political conventions or meetings to nominate its official candidates earlier that the period fixed in this Code.

2. Any person who abstracts, destroys or cancels any certificate of candidacy duly filed and which has not been cancelled upon order of the Commission.

3. Any person who misleads the board of election inspectors by submitting any false or spurious certificate of candidacy or document to the prejudice of a candidate.

4. Any person who, being authorized to receive certificates of candidacy, receives any certificate of candidacy outside the period for filing the same and makes it appear that said certificate of candidacy was filed on time; or any person who, by means of fraud, threat, intimidation, terrorism or coercion, causes or compels the commission of said act.

5. Any person who, by any device or means, jams, obstructs or interferes with a radio or television broadcast of any lawful political program.

6. Any person who solicits votes or undertakes any propaganda, on the day of election, for or against any candidate or any political party within the polling place or within a radius of thirty meters thereof.

(Sec. 261 (cc), OEC)

E. Voting more than once or in substitution of another

(Sec. 261 (z) (2) and 3, OEC)

F. Holding of fairs, cockfights, boxing, horse races or other any other similar sports (Sec. 261 (dd) (3) OEC)

G. Opening of booths or stalls for the sale, etc. of merchandise, or refreshments within a radius of thirty meters from the polling place (Sec. 261 (dd) (2), OEC)

May 10, 2010: Conveninf of the Board of Canvassers at Comelec

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:56:57 -0700

Convening of the Municipal/City/District and Provincial Boards of Canvassers and Special Boards of Canvassers.

Sep 2, 2010: MANILACON 2010 Construction Show Manila at SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Philippines

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:13:58 -0700

Launched successfully in September 2008, MANILACON reflects fresh approach in the construction trade show execution and management in the Philippines...

Dec 6, 2009: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Holiday Run) at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium Podium 4

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:14:06 -0700

Get ready for the
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Manila!

Atlantis Productions continues its 10th Anniversary Season with the Tony Award winning musical comedy THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE which runs at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati.

Tickets for the DECEMBER 6 (Sunday), 8 p.m. show now available!

Ticket prices:
- Center orchestra - Php 1300
- Side orchestra - Php 1100
- Upper Loge - Php 900
- Loge - Php 700
- Balcony - Php 500

For reservations, call Jasmin Beato (0927 6513458) or
Charisse San Ramon (0917 9555010) or email best.productions.09@gmail.com.

Visit http://spellingbee4dbest.weebly.com for more details, photos, and videos.

For SPELLING BEE, Atlantis has gathered a stellar cast of some of the country’s finest musical theatre performers including Joel Trinidad, Cathy Azanza, Carla Guevarra-Laforteza, Felix Rivera, Lorenz Martinez, Noel Rayos, hiela Valderrama-Martinez, Johann dela Fuente and Pheona Baranda.

SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst that chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Through the course of the competition, they learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

Each night SPELLING BEE will also feature two audience volunteers who will join two surprise celebrity guests who will join the cast as on-stage guest spellers. Each new foursome guarantees a new set of hilarious and unexpected experiences – making each night a truly unique and unforgettable experience.256256256

Nov 14, 2009: EXCLUSIVE PARTY 4 WOMEN: "PAPARAZZI PARTY"... GLITZ, GLAMOUR and FAME at Generator Bar

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:47:10 -0700

4 COMPLETE PARTY & TICKETS DETAILS
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invite you to

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the PAPARAZZI PARTY!
"The Glitz... The Glamour... The Fame."
EXCLUSIVELY for WOMEN

on NOVEMBER. 14, SATURDAY
9PM ONWARDS

@
GENERATOR BAR
DANARRA HOTEL, Panay Ave. cor. Sgt. Esguerra , QC
(near ABS-CBN infront of GERARDO’S GRILL)
PARKING SPACE available at DANARRA HOTEL

FEATURING:

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Dec 12, 2009: PinoyMTBiker.org Xmas Party 2009 at Tiendesitas, Delicacies Village Lobby

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:39:57 -0700

The PMTB Christmas Party is happening on December 12, 2009!

4:00PM-12MN, Tiendesitas @ Delicacies Village Lobby

Fun games and lots of raffle prizes await!

Proceeds from the raffle tickets will go to: Redeemer's Home and other projects that support bike commuting and environmental preservation.

Last Year's Xmas Party:
http://www.pinoymtbiker.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12072

Discussion Thread:
http://www.pinoymtbiker.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33047256

Dec 4, 2009: Bloggers Christmas Party with Firefox at Mam Bebs Bakeshop

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:08:30 -0700

Party with fellow bloggers in this Christmas extravaganza. Overflowing food, drinks, all-night karaoke, kris kringles and an awesome Firefox theme, this is the event you could not miss!

Date: December 4, 2009
Venue: Mam Bebs Bakeshop, 1/F CVA Building, CM Recto Street, Davao City
Fee: P200/head (Gcash) P206/head (Paypal)
Method of Payment: Gcash or Paypal
Accommodation: Up to 50 bloggers
Kris Kringle Participation: Bring a wrapped gift worth at least P100

If you wish to join this event, please fill out the registration form on this page:

http://www.avatar.ph/bloggers-christmas-party-signup/