Staff unload the automated counting machines and different election paraphenalia at F2 Logistics hub in Pala-o, Iligan Metropolis. — Photograph by Elnathan Brant Ermac
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines — 5 vans loaded with automated counting machines (ACMs), automated election system and different election paraphernalia meant for the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Misamis Occidental lastly arrived at a hub owned by F2 Logistics in Pala-o right here on Wednesday, April 9, officers stated.
Police Main Zandrex Panolong, spokesperson of the Iligan metropolis police workplace, stated the cargoes which handed by Philippine Ports Authority in Cagayan de Oro Metropolis earlier than these have been transported right here had been closely secured by the police till they are going to attain their locations within the barangays and polling precincts.
Lawyer Joseph Hamilton Cuevas, provincial election supervisor in Lanao del Norte, stated the Fee on Elections (Comelec) would conduct the ultimate testing and sealing of the ACMs within the respective provinces in direction of the third week of April earlier than these, together with different election paraphernalia, can be dispatched to the municipalities and barangays of the three provinces.
Cuevas, nevertheless, stated the schedule of the ultimate testing nonetheless needed to be finalized and can be introduced by the respective provincial election workplaces later.
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Earlier in Davao Metropolis, Comelec dispatched a complete of 340 Starlink kits, composed of satellite tv for pc gadgets and photo voltaic panels for use within the Might 12 polls to completely different workplaces of election officers within the Davao area after their discovery inside an unsecured home in Buhangin district right here created a stir.
Comelec, nevertheless, allayed fears of any irregularities because the transmission gadgets and photo voltaic panels being saved by the Comelec service supplier iOne Sources Joint Enterprise with Ardent Networks (iOneJV) have been merely for energy and transmission of the election outcomes and didn’t have something to do with the counting of votes.
As early as 5 a.m. on Sunday, April 6, the election gadgets have been already loaded on a number of wing vans secured by the police as these have been ordered transported to the completely different election workplaces within the area.
Of the 340 Starlink kits dispatched to completely different elements of the area, 88 went to Davao Occidental; 77 went to Davao del Sur, together with the 35 in Digos Metropolis; 64 to Davao Oriental; 56 to Davao del Norte; 38 to Davao de Oro and 37 to Davao Metropolis. — With a report from Germelina Lacorte
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