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(Eagle News) – Around 280 power outages have been reported since Sunday evening, May 8, with at least 20 power outages recorded on election day itself, May 9, 2022. The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), the largest power distributor in the country, reported on the 20 power outages that happened on election day, while the National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported a total of 262 power interruptions since Sunday evening, from 7 p.m. of May 8 until […]
by Andrew Beatty with Mikhail Flores in Magarao Agence France-Presse BATAC CITY, Philippines (AFP) — Millions of Filipinos thronged primary schools and other polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes election. Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt and the family chased into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Junior looks set to complete their remarkable comeback from […]
(Eagle News) — On May 9, 2022, the first national and local elections in the country that will happen amid the Covid-19 pandemic, begins. Here are the steps to follow for voters who will troop to the polls to exercise their right to vote. It would help for the voter to check his precinct number before going to the voting center, by checking the Commission on Elections’ precinct finder (See link here: https://voterverifier.comelec.gov.ph/voter_precinct) Click […]
Temperature checks, face masks required in voting that starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m. (Eagle News) – The first-ever national and local elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic opens today, Monday, May 9, with 10 candidates vying for the presidency, and nine bets vying for the vice-presidency. There are 12 senate seats up for grabs, as well as 316 seats to the House of Representatives, 81 seats for governor and vice governor, […]
(Eagle News) — No “serious” threats in connection with the elections on Monday, May 9, have been detected so far, Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Vicente Danao Jr. has said. According to Danao, the PNP was still monitoring security preparations, with the entire PNP “ready to secure the electoral process for the national and local elections.” He said the PNP will use the “full force of the law” against anyone who attempts to […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Caraga and Davao Region, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will experience the same […]
(Eagle News) – Running as an independent candidate in the presidential race may have its disadvantages, one of which is that the candidate would not be given an official copy of election returns, based on Commission on Elections rules. Running as an independent would also mean the candidate’s poll watchers would be placed at a disadvantage during election day and vote counting, vis a vis the poll watchers of those running under a major […]
(Eagle News) — The operations of all Department of Foreign Affairs consular offices will be suspended on May 9, election day. According to the DFA, this was in line with Presidential Proclamation No. 1357, which declared the day as a special non-working holiday. “The Department further informs the public that walk-in applicants for Passport and Authentication or Apostille will not be accommodated on the said date,” the DFA said. It said consular operations will resume […]
Testing and sealing of VCMs to end Saturday, May 7, 2022, says Comelec commissioner Garcia (Eagle News) – At least 355 vote counting machines have been found to have some problems as the Commission on Elections finished the distribution of these machines as well as the ballots to be used in the national and local elections on Monday, May 9. Comelec commissioner George Garcia said that in the course of the testing and sealing […]
Jimenez, who had served as Comelec spox since 2006, on the hot seat amid “PiliPinas Debates 2022 fiasco” (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has designated the poll body’s law department director, John Rex Laudiangco, as acting spokesperson amid an ongoing probe on James Jimenez regarding the PiliPinas Debates “fiasco.” This was the first time in 16 years that Jimenez, the longest serving Comelec spokesperson, has been relieved albeit temporarily from the duty […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine employment rate grew in March 2022 at 94.2, the highest since April 2020 or a month after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. “In terms of magnitude, an increase of 1.50 million employed persons was accounted from February 2022 (45.48 million) to March 2022 (46.98 million),” the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. A total 1.64 million employed individuals were also added to the employed population of 45.33 […]
