Voters endured sweltering heat as they lined up for hours to cast their votes at Nagpayong Elementary School in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. Photo courtesy of Khriscielle Yalao / MANILA BULLETIN Nagpayong Elementary School is the largest polling precinct in Pasig City with about 43,910...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voting hours due to reports of "vote counting machine (VCM) breakdowns." The closing time of the election is set at 7 p.m. today. "With the volume of reports coming in to Kontra Daya regarding vote...
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has called for an “honest, orderly, and peaceful” election. Mayor Sara Duterte (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) This, amid rampant cases of defective vote-counting machines (VCMs) and reports of election day violence. “We...
Presidential contender Vice President Leni Robredo cast her vote on Monday, May 9, at the Carangcang Elementary School in Magarao town in Camarines Sur, more than two hours after she arrived at her polling precinct. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo casts her vote in Carancang...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero and his wife, social media celebrity and actress Heart Evangelista-Escudero were among the early voters in Sorsogon City. chiz, heart Escudero the only incumbent provincial chief executive who is running for senator. He and his...
After casting his vote in his native Imus, Cavite hometown today, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson feels relieved and expressed hopes that the bitter memories and animosities in the past campaign should be buried. Like all other candidates, Lacson said he expects the numbers in...
The number of local absentee voting accomplished ballots received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reached nearly more than 74,000. Comelec/MB The partial report of the Comelec showed that as of May 8, the number of LAV accomplished ballots received by the Reception and Custody Units...
Since there was no more room for cheating in the electoral process with the introduction of the Automated Election System (AES), politicians opted to exploit the human factor or the vulnerability of candidates through vote buying. Voters cast their votes at Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc,...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 9 said the Senate and House of Representatives are ready to receive the first few copies of election returns and certificates of canvass (COCs) that would be sent to Congress itself. According to Sotto, some of these...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has casted his vote in San Juan together with his mother, former San Juan City Mayor Guia Gomez. media Ejercito arrived at Xavier School in San Juan City around 9:15 a.m. to cast his vote. In an interview afterwards, Ejercito said he is more...
Even this Election Day, some parties have still not desisted from circulating fake news claiming independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘’Ping’' Lacson has withdrawn from the race. ‘’That is simply not true,’' Ashley Acedillo, spokesman of Lacson, said. Independent...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan personally observed the opening of voting in Pasay City on Monday, May 9. Photo courtesy Office of Chairman Pangarungan The poll chief went to the Andres Bonifacio Elementary School in Pasay City at 6 a.m. in time for the start of...
