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...
CAGAYAN – Governor Manuel Mamba has promised to continue achieving the goals of his administration's Cagayan Development Agenda and good governance after he was reelected for a third term in this province. Photo courtesy of the CPIO via Liezle Inigo Mamba was officially proclaimed on Wednesday...
There has been a popular thing going around social media as soon as the partial and unofficial count of the May 2022 polls was released -- the so-called 68:32 ratio. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and rival, Vice President Leni Robredo (MANILA BULLETIN) Due to this, the Parish...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya believes that Smartmatic should be blacklisted following reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) during the election day last May 9. Kontra Daya Convenor Professor Danilo Arao said they received several reports of glitches in VCMs as well as...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday night, May 11 conveyed the gratitude of the Marcos family to the more than 30 million Filipinos who made possible the victory of her younger brother, former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr., in the May 9, 2022 presidential election. Marcos said she was...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. told Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, May 11, to yield to leading presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and seek other ways to help the country. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. (File photo/ MANILA...
Failure of elections has been declared in 14 barangays in the municipalities of Butig, Binadayan, and Tubaran in Lanao del Sur. Comelec/MB The Comelec en banc decided to adopt the recommendation of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Regional Election Director Ray Sumalipao to...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said Wednesday, May 11, that he wants to look into the “connections” of J.P. Morgan (JPM) Global Research, an American financial services giant, to determine if there are businesses that are hostile to leading Philippine presidential candidate...
More than 80 certificates of canvass (COC) have so far been canvassed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Philippine International Convention Center Forum Tent in Pasay City as of Wednesday, May 11. Comelec/MB The Comelec en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, is...
Local disruptions in the counting could delay the proclamations of the winning senatorial candidates and party-lists, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said. Comelec/MB “What will hinder perhaps only certain local problems especially local politics,” said COMELEC Commissioner George Garcia...
