AKO-Bicol and Gabriela affirmed their dominance among the 115 partylist groups by garnering three seats each in the May 9 elections. 1PACMAN, endorsed by boxing champ and presumptive senator Manny Pacquiao, won two seats. Its first nominee is businessman Mikee Romero, whose family is into ports and brokerage business. KABAYAN, with lawyer Harry Roque as
Senate President re-electionist Franklin Drilon takes the lead in the senatorial race with results of the May 9 elections from 121 out of 164 provinces. Coming close at second place is newcomer Joel Villanueva, Director-General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, followed by re-electionist Tito Sotto. Holding on to the the last slot is
By LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City — Just hours away from the opening of the May 9 elections, teachers assigned at a polling place here were informed they need to instantly set up an emergency accessible polling place (EAPP). In this video, find out how they still managed to assist persons with disabilities (PWDs) exercise their
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,
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 ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS, MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL, VERLIE RETULIN WITH almost 65 per cent of the results of the voting for the 2016 Elections in, Sen. Grace Poe of Partido Galing at Puso conceded the election to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of PDP-Laban. In a statement which Poe read in her past midnight press conference,
By VERA FILES TEN people were killed and three wounded Monday in what police and the military described as “generally safe” elections. The Armed Forces of the Philippines recorded 22 election-related violent incidents (ERVIs) on election day, ranging from ambush, indiscriminate firing to arson and explosion, throughout the country, with most cases occurring in Mindanao.
By COOPER RESABAL MARIBOJOC, Bohol—The shower of cash for votes came early in May in the island province of Bohol, ahead of Monday’s polls both for the country and the province’s executive positions. “I was just standing in the purok hut here (barangay Toril) when men in a motorcycle stopped and distributed some cash from
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
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL ELECTION inspectors will now know whether or not to issue replacement ballots to voters whose ballots would be rejected by vote-counting machines (VCMs). Provided, it is not the voter’s fault. Five days before polls, the Commission on Elections amended its rules on rejected ballots to include contingency procedures through Resolution
