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....
Potential winning senators in the May 9 polls take note. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be limiting the number of companions of the winning senators when they are proclaimed at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent in Pasay City. "We have to remind...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has affirmed its ruling that dismissed a petition against presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. which sought to declare him as a nuisance candidate. Comelec/MB In a four-page resolution dated May 11, the COMELEC en banc denied the Dec. 22...
Malacañang has named the members of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) that will ensure the smooth transition of power to the next administration. File photos Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (center), the chair of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) with members (L-R)...
As the dust settles after the elections on Monday, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III called on Filipinos to come together, saying a united citizenry can do wonders for the country and bring prosperity for all. MB UPLIFT's awardee for Public Service, Presidential...
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...
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has congratulated presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his victory in the recent 2022 elections, saying the US is willing to work with Marcos to strengthen the alliance between the two countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and...
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...
Hours after the start of the partial and unofficial tally of votes for last Monday’s national and local elections began, the top two presidential candidates issued their respective statements. Former Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr., who has emerged as the clear frontrunner with a...
ILOILO CITY -- Cong. Raul “Boboy” Tupas has once again defeated his older brother Niel “Junjun” Tupas Jr. to remain the representative of Iloilo province’s Fifth District. Iloilo 5th District Rep. Raul Tupas (right) and brother Niel “Junjun” Tupas Jr. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin)...
BACOLOD CITY -- “Mysterious and unbelievable.” This was how Mayor Evelio Leonardia described the results of the local elections here where his challenger, former Negros Occidental Congressman Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, was proclaimed by the Commission on Elections’ Board of Canvassers as...
