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JOURNALIST Desiree Caluza bagged the “Gawad Agong Para Sa Pamamahayag” award for her story on a human rights leader in the Cordilleras. The feature entitled, “Bontoc woman is a human rights icon,” published on March 30, 2016 by VERA Files, won first prize in the print and online category. The Gawad Agong award recognizes excellence in
BY MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections Campaign Finance Office (CFO) has started looking into campaign finance records of President Rodrigo Duterte after it found that he had not declared Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos as a campaign donor in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). In a speech on Oct. 4, Duterte announced
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte believes he was destined for the presidency, having won despite little financial backing from politicians–if at all. If his campaign had a saving grace, it was Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, he said. STATEMENT: Speaking before Luzon local chief executives on Oct. 4 during the Sulong Pilipinas Convention – Local Governance
Text and photos by BRYAN EZRA GONZALES VICE President Leni Robredo has just assumed office and already an expert is saying she will have a tough term ahead with an election controversy hounding her. University of the Philippines Manila Political Science program head Professor Cleve Arguelles said it may take years before the electoral protest of
FOR Ferdinand Marcos, failing to gain official recognition for Maharlika and subsequent war claims did not seem to matter. By 1947, he was already an economic advisor to President Manuel Roxas. By 1949, he was representative of the second district of Ilocos Norte.
(Second of three parts) WHAT is striking about File No. 60 is the number of key Ang Mga Maharlika officers who were relatives of Marcos.
THE U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C. is home to the Philippine Archives Collection. Within that collection is File No. 60, which documents Ferdinand E. Marcos’s claim of being a guerilla leader and founder of a guerilla unit called “Ang Manga Maharlika” with thousands of men in its roster from 1942 to 1945 in Northern Luzon. Marcos himself later changed it to “Ang Mga Maharlika.”
As of 11 pm, the PPCRV-KBP unofficial election count shows Rodrigo Duterte garnering 12,924,166 votes. Mar Roxas takes the second place with 7,533,599 votes, overtaking Grace Poe now with 7,319,008 votes. Jejomar Binay stays in fourth place with 4,372,141 votes, followed by Miriam Defensor Santiago (1,256,566 ) and Roy Señeres (19,228). In the vice presidential race, Ferdinand Marcos
As of 9:10 pm, the PPCRV-KBP unofficial election count shows Rodrigo Duterte garnering 11,435,893 votes, now with a 4.9 million lead. Grace Poe is in far second with 6,491,441 votes, followed by Mar Roxas (6,407,237). Jejomar Binay is still in fourth place with 3,872,413 votes, followed by Miriam Defensor Santiago (1,174,924) and Roy Señeres (16,344). In
As of 8:30 pm, the PPCRV-KBP unofficial election count shows Rodrigo Duterte is still on top with 11,084,850 votes, with a lead of 4.7 million votes. Grace Poe is in far second with 6,303,528 votes. Mar Roxas is catching up her with 6,177,430 votes. Jejomary Binay trails behind with 3,755,745 votes, followed by Miriam Defensor