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Category: Editor’s Pick

  • Categories Editor's Pick NED FC PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can presumptive VP Sara Duterte be sworn in before June 30?

    By VERA FILES  |  May 21, 2022 12:43 AM

    While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”

    2022 Election, Sara Duterte-Carpio

  • Marcos Jr
    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick PHL Vote 2022

    To whom much is given, much is required

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 16, 2022 12:27 PM

    When he assumes the presidency, Marcos Jr. and his spokesperson cannot simply turn away or completely ignore questions that demand transparency and accountability.

    bongbong marcos, Elections 2022

  • Strong, caring arms to help a grandmother to vote. Photo by Luis Liwanag.
    Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022 PWD Vote

    Heartwarming images of the 2022 elections

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  May 15, 2022 12:12 PM

    The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.

    Elderly, Elections 2022, persons with disabilities, PWD

  • Bongbong Marcos
    Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022

    Comelec en banc upholds no-disqualification for Marcos Jr. in presidential race

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  May 10, 2022 4:00 PM

    Petitioners have five days to file a temporary restraining order before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declares as “final and executory” the en banc decision to uphold the non-disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., lawyer and Clerk of the Commission Genesis Gatdula said.

    bongbong marcos, comelec, disqualification case

  • The long, long queue. Photo by Vincent Go.
    Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022

    Memorable scenes of the 2022 Election day

    By VERA Files  |  May 10, 2022 2:54 PM

    Just like in past elections, Filipinos trooped to the polls in huge numbers and lined up for hours enduring the summer heat and the disorganization of poll officers, to exercise their duty to choose their leaders.

    Election 2022

  • Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022

    Comelec: Elections ‘quite peaceful’ despite glitches, violent incidents

    By Theresa Martelino-Reyes  |  May 09, 2022 11:29 PM

    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. 

    2022 elections, PHLVOTE2022

  • Three voters fill out their ballots during the 2019 elections. (File photo/Luis Liwanag)
    Categories Banner Editor's Pick PHL Vote 2022

    Voters to decide country’s fate through the ballots

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 09, 2022 6:56 AM

    From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 9, nearly 66 million Filipino voters will decide where the country is headed, at least in the next six years under a […]

    2022 elections, PHLVOTE2022

  • Bongbong Marcos kissing mother Imelda July 2 2016
    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick Marcos Files PHL Vote 2022

    The Bongbong and Imelda Marcos deuterium dud

    By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes and Joel F. Ariate Jr.  |  May 07, 2022 10:03 PM

    If surveys on the fast-approaching elections hold, the Philippines will soon have a president who has difficulty discerning fact from pseudoscience — the way his mother also does.

    bongbong marcos, deuterium, Imelda Marcos

  • From boxing to politics: Pacquiao a fighter to the end
    Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022

    From boxing to politics: Pacquiao a fighter to the end

    By IVEL JOHN SANTOS  |  May 07, 2022 11:48 AM

    Whether in boxing or politics, Manny Pacquiao never throws in the towel.

    Manny Pacquiao

  • President Ferdinand E. Marcos attends a political rally druing the 1986 snap election.
    Categories Editor's Pick Marcos Files News

    Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s last election campaign (Part 2)

    By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes, Larah Vinda Del Mundo, and Joel F. Ariate Jr.  |  May 01, 2022 7:50 AM

    Cracks in the Marcos political machine started to show in the 1984 Batasan election. And the dictator’s last campaign ended in a popular revolt that forced him, his family, and his cabal into exile.

    1986 snap election, Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

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