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(Eagle News)—-The Aguilar-Villar tandem continues its hold over Las Piñas after winning electoral races at the city and congressional levels. Imelda Aguilar won a second term as mayor of Las Piñas, while her daughter April clinched the post of vice mayor. Reelectionist senator Cynthia Villar’s daughter, Camille, on the other hand, is now the representative of the lone district of the city in the House of Representatives. The Villars and the Aguilars have dominated […]
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is behind in the race for the post of Makati 1st district representative, based on partial and unofficial results. Binay has so far 62754 votes, 5360 less than his closest rival, Romulo “Kid” Peña as of 9 p.m. In the 2nd district, incumbent Rep. Luis Campos was still leading with 88528 votes as compared to his closest challenger King Yabut’s 61885. Campos is the husband of Binay’s daughter Abby, […]
(Eagle News)–Isko Moreno is poised to win the mayoralty race in Manila, as he continued to lead by a wide margin his closest rival, reelectionist Mayor Joseph Estrada, based on partial results. As of 10 p.m., Moreno had 331,409 votes vis à vis Estrada’s 193,773, a whopping 137,636 lead with more than 80 percent of precinct results coming in. Former Mayor Alfredo Lim was a far third, with 127,920 votes. Based on the partial results, […]
(Eagle News)–PDP-Laban bet Francis Zamora is the new mayor of San Juan. Zamora beat Janella Ejercito Estrada, who was hoping to continue the Ejercito-Estrada family’s almost-five-decade rule of the city. Janella Estrada is the daughter of Jinggoy Estrada, son of reelectionist Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. An ecstatic Zamora faced the media after learning of the results. “Tandaan niyo, ang kalaban natin, ang pamilya nila 50 taon na andito sa San Juan. Dating pangulo ng Pilipinas, […]
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay and another voter were given replacement ballots after an electoral board ruled it was not their fault their first ballots became dirty. The Commission on Elections had said this was the reason why their first ballots were rejected by the VCM in the first place. “Dito sa case ni former VP Binay, ‘yung balota niya nalaglag dahil dinumog ng tao ‘yung electoral board nung ayaw tanggapin ng machine so […]
(Eagle News)—-Quezon City representative and mayoral candidate Vicente Crisologo has been released pending further investigation. Crisologo was ordered released by the Quezon City Prosecutors Office a day after he was nabbed for allegedly trying to stop the arrest of his supporters who were supposed to be engaged in vote-buying in Barangay Bahay Toro. Apart from Crisologo, his son Edrix and over 40 others were arrested. The younger Crisologo had said in a television interview that […]
(Eagle News) — Police confiscated sample ballots and flyers being distributed at the Sauyo Elementary School in Quezon City on Monday, May 13. In this video taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Ian Jasper Eleazar, the various sample ballots can be seen piled up on a table as policemen secured the voting premises. They also confiscated several bags of the illegal campaign materials. Police Capt. Dennis Fajardo of the Quezon City Police District’s Station 4 […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Maliban sa mga nagkaaberyang vote counting machines, hindi gumana ang VRVM o Voter Registration Verification Machines sa ilang polling precincts sa Maynila. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang Rosauro Almario Elementary School, Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School at Magat Elementary School. Ang lungsod ng Maynila na pangalawa sa may pinakamaraming botante sa buong bansa na mahigit 1 milyon ay isa sa mga napiling pilot areas ng Commission on Elections para sa […]
(Eagle News)–Several candidates went early to their respective polling precincts on Monday, May 13, to cast their votes in the midterm elections. Senator JV Ejercito was with his wife Cindy when he cast his ballot at the Xavier school in San Juan. Isko Moreno, who is running for mayor of Manila, was wearing a white T-shirt when he arrived at the Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School in Manila to cast his ballot. Ronald Dela Rosa, […]
(Eagle News) — A vote counting machine in one precinct in Caloocan City, particularly at the Tandang Sora Integrated School, reportedly stopped working as of 7 a.m. after a ballot with a reported overvoting of senators was fed into the machine. The IT person of the Commission on Elections who reportedly went to check on the VCM, advised voters to just wait as they try to resolve the problem. An Eagle News correspondent said that […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City mayoralty bet Vicente “Bingbong” Crisologo was arrested on Sunday night for being implicated in an alleged vote-buying incident. The police said also arrested were his son, Edrix, and several other individuals in Barangay Bahay Toro. ” Ang report sa akin ng pulis ay dumating si Crisologo, minura ang lahat ng pulis at tinakot na kakasuhan,” Quezon City Police District chief Police Brigadier General Joselito Esquivel Jr. said in a report over radio […]
(Eagle News)–Around 16,000 policemen will be deployed in Metro Manila to secure the May 13 polls. In a statement, National Capital Region Police Office director Guillermo Eleazar said more are also on standby for any eventualities. “The highest level of readiness is expected in all police offices and units,” he said. He said he has “guided all NCRPO police officers to act in accordance with their mandate and conscience – to be above political affairs, […]
