Archive - PHL Vote 2022

Several hours after polling precincts closed on May 9, a fabricated screenshot of an alleged report from GMA News went viral and showed Vice President Leni Robredo in a head-to-head race with Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the presidential seat. Robredo was shown with 19,706,564 votes from a partial and unofficial tally, while the latter

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Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, appointed just two months ago, described the political exercise as “quite peaceful” even as scattered violent incidents were reported in Lanao del Sur province. 

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For the first time I am voting in my father’s hometown. And as I write this I am inside the Alaminos Central Elementary School, one in over a few hundreds of registered residents who have come out to exercise our most sacred right to vote.

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The Commission on Elections reported over 1,800 incidents involving problems with the automated vote-counting machines (VCM), stalling lines in several polling centers.

Political wounds may take time to heal completely, but the process should begin slowly soon after the votes are counted.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured that COVID-19 marshals and safety officers are deployed in polling precincts to make sure that minimum public health standards, such as physical distancing and wearing of masks, are followed.

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According to Commissioner Garcia, around seven million first-time voters will be the “game changers” in today’s elections.

The Makabayan bloc and senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares have not been disqualified from the 2022 national elections.

An altered graphic showing presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. gaining 99.9% of the voter share in a survey has resurfaced days before the election. This is a satire. 

The 1986 political campaign of Cory Aquino was propelled by widespread indignation at the assassination of her husband, Ninoy, and the belief that a clique within the Marcos government had planned it.

The baseless claims, which started circulating on April 28 and continued to be shared a few days before the polls get underway.

A misleading graphic claims Aksyon Demokratiko and PDP-Laban are “party-lists” endorsing Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid.

Peddling the lies about deuterium have served the purpose of the Marcos family which has been clawing their way back into power over the last three decades.

The fact checks since February saw the proliferation of information that tends to sow confusion in the conduct of voting which could undermine the results of the election.

This same heart of a fighter, which turned Pacquiao into a beloved Filipino sports icon, kept him in the presidential race to the very end, even when most thought he should never have forayed into politics, much less seek the highest position in the land.

A satirical Facebook page claiming presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. promised to lower the country’s unemployment rate to zero is misleading netizens into believing it to be true.

Maribojoc, Bohol – With the lifting of the two–and-a-half-year ban on fiestas due to the Covid 19 pandemic, local folks are back to enjoying this much-loved celebration this month.

The original showed rows of stacked graves and did not feature the two political figures or their campaign posters.

For the indigenous women, this election is a battle for life, dignity, and the defense of the land.

Unopposed candidates need only at least one vote to win, according to the Comelec.

Retired ICC Judge Raul Pangalangan: “The Marcos dictatorship killed democracy by jailing journalists, shutting down newspapers, and installing government spies and watchdogs in newsrooms. Today, democracy is in peril without having to resort to such brutal measures. All it takes is to devalue the truth and displace reason from public discourse.”