2Go completes delivery of VCMs, ballots

2GO Express on Saturday announced that it has deployed all vote counting machines (VCMs), official ballots and non-accountable forms within schedule and based on agreed timelines with Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials nationwide.

Delivering by air, land and sea, thousands of 2GO Express drivers and delivery personnel worked round-the-clock to ensure that all election paraphernalia are delivered to more than 92,000 precincts nationwide before Filipinos troop to their respective polling places on Monday, the company said in a statment.

Still being shipped are contingency (back-up) VCMs and BGANs (Broadband Global Area Network satellite communications kits), additional thermal paper and Comelec election shirts.

“The management and staff of 2GO Express are honored to be partners of Comelec in this historic national elections. We’re also proud of our patriotic contribution in deploying election materials to ensure that Filipinos can exercise their sovereign right to choose the country’s leaders,” 2GO Express general manager Randolph Arroyo said.

The joint venture of 2GO Express and 2GO Logistics was awarded the contract as Comelec’s logistics provider for the 2016 polls. The contract covers the country’s 17 regions. During the 2013 elections, the firm also won the logistics contract for the Visayas. — APG, GMA News