Japan joined the foreign community in commending the Philippines for its conduct of the recently-concluded 2022 national elections, saying it was an "incredible exercise of democracy." Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines...
DAVAO CITY -- As his presidency is soon to end, President Duterte bade farewell to a huge crowd at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School (DRANHS) in Barangay Matina on Monday (May 9) afternoon. “Ako mutalikoray na sa akong pagka-presidente puhon. Gusto lang ko na makadungog mo sa akong...
DAVAO CITY – Presumptive Vice President former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte clarified what she wrote on the armchair she used when she cast her vote at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School (DRANHS) in Barangay Matina this city during the May 9 national and local elections. “I wrote...
ILIGAN CITY -- The City Board of Canvassers here formally proclaimed the new set of winners of the just concluded national and local election at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Session Hall on May 10. Solid 15 winning-candidates pose with the Iligan City Board of Canvassers. (Photo courtesy: Angelo...
BANGUED, Abra -- The local political clans of the Someras in Pilar town, Abra crumbled and lost grip of their strongholds in the small town of more or less 10,000 inhabitants in the last election. Incumbent mayor Maro Somera lost miserably to a virtually unknown opponent in the mayoralty race,...
Comelec/MB Candidates who are unsatisfied with the results of the recent general elections have the freedom to lodge their complaints, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, May 12. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said that they respect the sentiments of every...
Lente The Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the 2022 general elections is expected to finish in 45 days, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) said. “It will last for 45 days kasi medyo marami po yung positions na i-audit and kasama pa po doon yung partylist na marami po talagang kandidato...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- The Marcos clan has secured key political posts in Ilocos Norte after the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Joining re-elected Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc are First District Congressman-elect Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos, who got 108,423 votes, and...
PANGASINAN -- The Commission on Elections has proclaimed on Wednesday the winner in the Pangasinan gubernatorial race and other winning candidates. Outgoing fifth district representative Ramon Guico III was proclaimed winner in the Pangasinan gubernatorial race and will serve for three years....
BACOLOD CITY - Most of the top officials in Negros Occidental won their re-election bids. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has once again been given the chance to serve the province for second term after garnering 933,572 votes against former Bacolod City administrator John Orola, who only got 57,701...
What comes after the election is trash, literally. In an Opinion piece by the Manila Bulletin , it is reported that 59,846 tons of solid waste per day were generated around the country, according to the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). That’s prior to the 2022 election’s campaign...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza The biggest voter turnout, 88 percent. Fastest vote count. By 6:30 p.m. on May 10, a total of 98 percent of votes counted, unofficially. More peaceful, with fewer election-related crimes reported than in previous exercises. The biggest margin won by a presidential...
