Press Relations

PCOS CF Card card contains very important data for the election

"The misconfiguration of CF cards is a serious error of SMARMARTIC and COMELEC which can disenfranchise millions of voters," said Mr. Rick Bahague, National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals' Union. "These are very important data thus any misconfiguration is unacceptable," added Mr. Bahague.

ICT Community to Hold National Conference on Election Monitoring

In the objective of tapping the collective knowledge and actions of the ICT community for the monitoring of the 2010 automated elections, the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) will be organizing a National Conference on Citizen Electoral Monitoring this Saturday, April 24 from 1:00-5:00PM at the University Hotel in UP Diliman.

Cellphone jammers should not excuse the COMELEC for its lack of readiness

“COMELEC is just using the recent shipment of cell phone jammers as an excuse for its lack of readiness for the Automated Elections in 2010,” said Mr. Rick Bahague, the National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU).

With time running out, COMELEC has been attempting to find different excuses for its failure to adhere to its schedules as well as for the technical glitches of its contracted partner Smartmatic.

Techies Stand For Democracy In 2010 Elections Amid Early Election Violence

“The Ampatuan Massacre is but a preview of the chaos in the upcoming elections, one that not only speaks of heightened violence, but also of confusion with the hasty implementation of the automated el

Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009

Software Freedom Day (SFD), the largest ever grassroots event promoting and educating the public about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Philippines, will be held on September 19, 2009 with