Archive - Elections

  Comelec National Canvass Report Partial and Official Results of Senatorial Elections 108 out of 164 provinces reported 46,713,123 out of 57,736,801 registered voters reported *excluding Laguna and Southern Leyte Top 12 Senatorial Candidates 1. Villanueva, Joel Tesdaman (LP) – 16,282,271 2. Drilon, Frank (LP) – 16,142,524 3. Sotto, Vicente (NPC) – 15,364,872 4. Lacson,

THE Commission on Elections will hold special polls in 52 polling precincts where failure of elections was declared either due to violence, lack of official ballots or misdelivered ballots. See where they are. –Maria Feona Imperial

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections will hold special polls in 52 polling precincts where failure of elections was declared either due to violence, lack of official ballots or misdelivered ballots. Of this, 15,074 voters from Visayas and Mindanao were barred from voting due to threats, harassment and killings in areas where intense political

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FORMER Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro is being eyed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to be his foreign secretary, not as defense secretary, as some new reports say, a source close to Duterte said. In an interview before the May 9 election, the source said Teodoro has not yet responded to the

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID claims of electoral fraud, the Commission on Elections assured the public the Smartmatic-introduced script in the transparency servers was purely “cosmetic” and would not affect results. On Thursday, poll chief Andres Bautista told reporters: “I can categorically say there is no cheating going on.” This was after Smartmatic’s Marlon Garcia, who

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS CHINA is hopeful that relations  with the Philippines will be better  under the government of Rodrigo Duterte, who will succeed President Benigno Aquino III on July 1. In a regular press conference in Beijing Wednesday,  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang was asked about statements by Duterte that he is willing to talk

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL COMMISSION on Elections chief Andres Bautista says the country needs to change its election laws to keep up with the times because there is no turning back on automated elections in the Philippines. There is “disjunct” between a 30-year-old omnibus election law and the advancements that have changed Philippine elections over

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL VICE presidential aspirant Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims a “new script” was entered into the transparency servers of election returns which eroded his lead over administration bet Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo. In a press conference today, the Marcos camp said at 7:30 p.m. on May 9, a computer command was

              By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IN a democracy, where we have the freedom to choose our leaders through an election, we deserve the leaders we get. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is the clear choice of the majority of the Filipino people and whatever kind of leader he turns out to be, we deserve him.

THE Random Manual Audit (RMA) Committee has released the official list of clustered precincts selected for random manual audit Tuesday. Representatives of the RMA team will be deployed to 715 cities and municipalities nationwide to manually count the votes. The results will then be compared to the election returns prepared by the Board of Election

By VERLIE Q. RETULIN THE Random Manual Audit (RMA) Committee has released the official list of clustered precincts selected for random manual audit Tuesday. Representatives of the RMA team will be deployed to 715 cities and municipalities nationwide to manually count the votes. The results will then be compared to the election returns prepared by

HE arrived smiling but toward the end of his speech almost teared up, and right when he said, “This is not a time for tears.” On noon Tuesday, a day after the elections, administration bet and Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II conceded to Rodrigo Duterte. “Digong, I wish you success.” Roxas said,