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Lente 'confident' in new role as Comelec's manual audit partner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 03:55 PM

The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) on Sunday said it was "confident" that it can guard the May 13 midterm polls as the new random manual audit partner of the Commission on Elections.  Read more »

Lente replaces Namfrel in manual audit for midterm polls

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 11:15 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has tapped poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) to help conduct a random manual audit of the automated election system on Monday. Read more »

Lower voter turnout expected in midterm polls: watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 02:13 PM

MANILA — Fewer voters are expected to participate in the upcoming midterm elections compared to the 2016 presidential polls, a watchdog said Saturday. Read more »

Discount on political ads won't benefit poorer candidates - poll watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 03:19 PM

A law giving election candidates additional discounts on political ads will only benefit those with a substantial campaign kitty, poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) said Sunday.   Read more »

Voters urged to reject early campaigners in 2019 polls

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 10:00 AM

Voters should not support for candidates engaging in premature campaigning for the 2019 midterm polls, an election watchdog said Monday. Read more »

Martial law worked vs loose guns but no extension needed: poll watchdog

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 04:47 PM

Martial law helped maintain peace during the village and youth elections in parts of Mindanao last May, a poll watchdog conceded Thursday, but said this did not mean it should be extended. Read more »

Comelec within its powers to ask controversial COC question 22: LENTE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 08:19 PM

Election watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) said the controversial question in the certificate of candidacy will make it easier for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to vet candidates. Read more »

OPINION: Comelec's Jimenez wants social media included in campaign finance

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 18 12:31 AM

At the seminar workshop conducted by the Legal Network for Truthful Elections last month James Jimenez, spokesperson of the Commission on Elections proposed something that makes a lot of sense and like many sensible things, may not sit well with some people who would be directly affected by it. Read more »

Mga estudyante ng ABS-CBN University, ibinida ang mga obrang short films

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 05:43 AM

Ibinida ng mga estudyante ng ABS-CBN University ang kanilang mga obrang short films sa Lente Film Festival. Read more »

LENTE: Candidates should specify donors in SOCE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 02:03 AM

An investigative media report has raised questions over how candidates should identify the sources of their campaign funding. Read more »

Fundraisers scooped P383M for Binay from secret donors

Karol Ilagan, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Updated as of Dec 08 11:32 AM

Germelina I. Taylor, Wilbert T. Lee, Danilo E. Suarez, and Teddie E. Rivera were among the 10 biggest donors of then presidential candidate Jejomar C. Binay. The four alone gave Binay P172.3 million altogether – except the money wasn’t really theirs. Read more »