Archive - PHL Vote 2016

By ELLEN T.TORDESILLAS IF the pre-election surveys are confirmed by Election Day votes, then it would be Rodrigo Duterte as president and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. as vice president. It would be slap in the face of President Aquino who refuses to see that the Filipino people’s attraction to the tough- talking Duterte is an

Text by: EMMANUEL CAGAYAN Video by: AMIEL CAGAYAN TACURONG CITY – The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) reminded its volunteers of their role to secure the vote of Filipinos today. Over 300 volunteers attended the final briefing at the Nuestra Sra. dela Candelaria Parish on Saturday. The volunteers will be deployed in 24 polling

By LUCILLE SODIPE [metaslider id=35664] CORDOVA, Cebu — “Remain faithful to your commitment to protect the votes of the people of Cordova. Good luck and God bless.” With these words, Fr. Roman Alaan blessed and sent off the election volunteers of Cebu-Citizens Involvement and Maturation in People’s Empowerment and Liberation (C-CIMPEL). The political action arm

By ALLAN YVES BRIONES IT was supposedly the Daang Matuwid Coalition’s last hurrah, the Liberal Party’s final appeal to convince the people that they are the right people to move the country forward come election day. Instead, those who attended the miting de avance at the Quezon City Memorial Circle Saturday, estimated to be between

Text and Photos by ALANAH TORRALBA AS he ended his campaign, Vice President Jejomar Binay called on President Benigno Aquino III to keep the May 9 elections orderly and honest. During the United Nationalist Alliance’s miting de avance in Barangay West Rembo in Makati on Saturday, supporters came in droves as catchy jingles played on

Photos by MARIO IGNACIO Video by JOHN FRANCES FUENTES CROWDS estimated at hundreds of thousands swelled the Luneta Park in Manila, as well as the Crocodile Park grounds in Davao City yesterday, in support of the final campaign day of presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte, in Luneta for his miting de avance, stuck with his

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews MARAWI City — Fearing for their lives, 200 teachers from five municipalities in Lanao del Sur are boycotting their poll duty on Monday, prompting the Commission on Elections to deploy policemen to replace them. Senior Insp. Barlowe Espiga said they are fielding 200 policemen to replace the teachers who will not

By ARIANNE CHRISTIAN G. TAPAO Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, whose meme-worthy pickup lines had made her popular with the youth, ended her presidential campaign last night by gracing a street party on West Fourth Street in West Triangle, Quezon City. Her running mate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who held his miting de avance in Mandaluyong

Text by AVIGAIL OLARTE Photos by LUIS LIWANAG SHE was back to where it all began. There in the historic Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, presidential candidate Grace Poe retold her story as a baby found on the footsteps of a church in Jaro. And on a solemn Saturday evening, just as the bells of Quiapo church

By FREDERIC LORENZO UPI, Maguindanao – Sixty-year-old Herminio Lacave will walk two kilometers to cast his vote tomorrow. Born with a smaller left leg, Lacave calls on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to make it easy for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to vote. “Bilang isang PWD, nanawagan ako sa Comelec na bigyan kami ng isang

  Second of two parts (See Part 1: Like Arroyo, Aquino gov’t releases billions to LGUs before elections) ALCALA, Pangasinan — At the end of the newly opened section of the Tarlac-Pangasinan La Union Expressway, the one that exits at Rosales town, is a huge monstrosity of a structure, appearing empty and abandoned. It is supposed

First of two parts THE Aquino government has distributed some P10 billion pesos to select local government units mostly in Northern Luzon on the eve of the 2016 elections, repeating a practice employed by the Arroyo administration which President Aquino has repeatedly called a corrupt government. The funds represent the LGUs’ share from excise taxes

By LUZ RIMBAN SHARIFF Aguak, Maguindanao—Inside the vast Ampatuan estate here in Barangay Poblacion, behind the private mosque and posh homes of family members, and next to what used to be a stable for the family’s horses, rests Andal Ampatuan Sr., late patriarch of the clan that has ruled this town for the past 52

ON May 9, persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and heavily pregnant women may choose to vote in emergency accessible polling places (EAPPs) in case their precinct is located on the higher floors of voting centers. EAPPs are makeshift tents located at the ground floor of multi-level voting centers, intended to make the voting process easier

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections has unveiled a new plan to make voting more accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens: emergency accessible polling places (EAPPs) in the form of makeshift tents. This after the poll body has canceled voting in malls due to practical and legal restrictions. (See Disability

By YANG AMING Podcast By BABYLYN KANO-OMAR BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Ten of the 11 island municipalities here appear set for the presidential elections Monday, save for Mapun, where vote-counting machines (VCMs) are yet to be tested. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday tested 81 machines in the capital Bongao, and found only one did not print

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews MADALUM, Lanao del Sur — Locking their arms and using their sandals to hit the soldiers on their heads, female supporters of a mayoral candidate here thwarted attempts by the Commission on Elections to bring the vote counting machines (VCM) from the covered gym in front of the fire station to the