Valenzuela City first District Rep. and Deputy Speaker Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian was proclaimed as the new mayor of Valenzuela City on Tuesday morning, May 10, becoming the third Gatchalian to win the city's top post. Gatchalian, who ran under Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) and Team Tuloy...
As partial and unofficial counts were released on election night on May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it is expecting to exceed the voter turnout it garnered back in the May 2016 elections. Voters lining up at a precinct in Iloilo City on Monday, May 9, for the national and...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The last few days were anxiety-filled as the campaign season drew to a close. Everyone I spoke to had sleepless nights and so did I. Our fears were well-founded. The future is at stake. But we have done everything we could: organized Viber groups, raised...
Even without extending the voting hours, a group of education workers on Monday, May 9 urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to pay for the extra hours the teachers spent while serving as poll workers for the 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
Actor Robin Padilla is so far the top choice for senator, based on the partial and unofficial count from the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Manila Bulletin dashboard. Manila Bulletin Photo Padilla garnered 22,925,977 votes while three-term...
The shooting of a teacher, who was set to serve in the 2022 National and Local Elections, was strongly condemned by the Department of Education (DepEd) and fellow teachers on Monday, May 9. (Photo from Unsplash) “Violence is not and should not be part of the process of democracy,” DepEd said in...
(NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) University of the Philippines (UP) Political Science professor Ranjit Rye said the unofficial count of votes mirrored the results of pre-election surveys. “So far sa tingin ko, based on the partial and unofficial results na nakikita natin, tama yung...
Partial and unofficial data from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) showed that Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte are leading the presidential and vice presidential race. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) As of 9:01 p.m. on Monday evening, May...
ILOILO CITY -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) considered the national and local elections here and the whole Ilolilo province to be generally peaceful. “No major incident happened today,” uttered Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, acting Comelec supervisor. Ananoria told Manila Bulletin that none...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running-mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are leading the partial and unofficial count of the presidential and vice presidential race, respectively, based on the data provided by the transparency server of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
A poll watchdog on Monday, May 9, noted that the 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE) has one of the “worst” vote-counting machine (VCM) failures by far. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Yung aberya sa VCM matagal na po nating namomonitor yan pero masasabi namin na ang taon na itong 2022...
Reelectionist Governor Daniel Fernando cast his vote for the national and local elections at Tabang Elementary School in Tabang, Guiguinto, Bulacan on Monday, May 9. Reelectionist Governor Daniel R. Fernando joined the long queue of Bulakenyo voters ready to fill up their ballots at Tabang...
