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(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, May 13, backed Senator Koko Pimentel’s calls for a probe into the glitches that marred the voting process. “Anything that will be for the betterment of this country, we always support. Siguro marami nang nagrereklamo sa Smartmatic, e di let’s have the probe then by the Senate or by the House of Representatives,” Presidential pokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo also called on the Commission on Elections to review the contract […]
(Eagle News)—Bong Go, who is poised to win a seat in the Senate, thanked all his supporters and President Rodrigo Duterte and his family for their trust. In a statement, Go admitted he never expected to win, and attributed his and his fellow Hugpong ng Pagbabago candidates’ impending victory to the Duterte’ administration’s “major accomplishments” and the President’s high rating. “Dalawampu’t isang taon akong naging isang trabahante. Isang assistant na walang hinangad na kapalit pero […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit Japan by the end of May. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was so he could attend the annual Future of Asia conference upon the invitation of a representative of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “..According to what I heard also is that when the President accepted that, the representative of the prime minister came here to thank (President Duterte),” Panelo said. Panelo did not say when exactly […]
(Eagle News)–Labor leader Leody de Guzman on Tuesday, May 14, conceded defeat in the senatorial elections. “Hindi tayo pinalad na makapasok sa winning circle pero pumasok naman tayo sa puso ng mga kabataang estudyante at organisadong seksyon ng mga manggagawa,” De Guzman said in a statement. According to De Guzman, even if he did not make it to the winning circle, “ikinatuwa ito ng maraming manggagawa na nakaalam ng makasaysayang pagkakaisa ng mga pambansang samahang […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the public to remain vigilant as they await the final results of the canvassing of senatorial votes. “May pitong porsyento pa ng boto o mga 3 milyong boto na hindi pa nabibilang sa unofficial tally,” Pangilinan, who is also campaign manager of the Otso Diretso candidates, said. According to Pangilinan, “baka sakaling sa nasabing nalalabing pitong porsyento ay maipanalo pa ng isa o dalawa nating mga kandidato ang kanilang kandidatura.” […]
(Eagle News)–Otso Diretso senatorial bet Romulo Macalintal has conceded defeat. Macalintal announced the concession in a statement issued on Tuesday, a day after the May 13 elections. Macalintal who, as of Tuesday morning, based on partial unofficial results, was in 26th place in the senatorial race, is the first senatorial bet to wave the white flag. “From the results coming from all the clustered precincts, it is clear that a great majority of our voters […]
(Eagle News)–Incumbent Rep. Emi Calixto-Rubiano is poised to win the mayoralty race in Pasay. Calixto-Rubiano is ahead of her closest rival Cesar “Chet” Cuneta by as much as 85126 votes, with 99.48 percent of election returns already transmitted. Cuneta is the brother of singer Sharon Cuneta. Boyet del Rosario is also poised for victory in the vice mayoralty race with 116,013 votes so far, followed by Richard Advincula’s 49525. Incumbent Mayor Antonino Calixto is set […]
(Eagle News)—–Outgoing Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte is the next mayor of Quezon City. Belmonte, daughter of Sonny Belmonte who served as mayor and congressman himself, got 469,480 votes vis à vis her closest rival 1st district Rep. Bingbong Crisologo’s 366,215, at a 100 percent election returns transmission rate. Former congressman Ismael Mathay III was a far third, with 19106 votes. Independent candidate Emma Orozco got 3588 votes and Henry Samonte 2810. The vice mayoralty contest […]
(Eagle News)—Reelectionist Rex Gatchalian won a third term as mayor of Valenzuela City by a landslide, getting ahead of his closest rival by more than 240,000 votes. Gatchalian’s 248,911 votes were a far cry from Lakas candidate Bong Go’s 6226, with already 99.76 percent of election returns transmitted. Rex’s brother, Wes, who was unopposed, also won reelection as the city’s representative in the first district, and their longtime ally Eric Martinez was elected representative of […]
(Eagle News)—Reelectionist Jaime Fresnedi is poised to win another term as mayor of Muntinlupa, as he led the race by more than 100,000 votes over his closest rival. With 99.73 percent of election returns transmitted, Fresnedi continues to lead tbe pack of mayoral hopefuls with 163,696 votes. His closest rival, Red Mariñas, so far has 51,988 votes, followed by Baby Aguilar with 1064 and Rudy Victa with 441. Celso Dioko appears headed for a failed […]
(Eagle News)–The Cayetanos are poised to win in Taguig anew, with partial results showing they are slated to win local and congressional races. Lino Cayetano, brother of former Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, is ahead of his closest rival, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Arnel Cerafica, by over 60,000 votes, with 94.21 percent of election returns transmitted. Alan is also slated to beat former barangay chair Allan Cerafica by a wide margin in the congressional race in the first […]
(Eagle News)—- Vico Sotto is the new mayor of Pasig. The former councilor and son of actor Vic Sotto ended the decades-long rule of the Eusebio family in Pasig politics after beating his closest rival to the post, reelectionist Mayor Bobby Eusebio. Sotto had 188321 votes, vis à vis Eusebio’s 109245, with a 90 percent transmittal from the vote-counting machines. The remaining 10 percent translates to only 45 precincts. Bobby is the son of Vicente […]
