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Duterte wins Philippine presidential election: monitor

  by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte stormed to a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to poll monitor data released Tuesday, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals. Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, hypnotised millions with his vows of brutal but quick solutions to the nation’s twin plagues of crime and poverty, which many believed had worsened despite […]

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UPDATED: Robredo now on the lead in Vice Presidential race

  MANILA, Philippines (EAGLE NEWS) — Based on the partial and unofficial election results provided by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), Liberal Party vice-presidential candidate and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo has overtaken rival Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. As of 5:29 a.m., Tuesday, May 10, Robredo has 13,050,115 votes, while Marcos has 13,000,419 votes. Robredo started taking the lead from Marcos as of the 3 am. count of the KBP. Below is the latest […]

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As of 2 a.m., Marcos lead over Robredo just over 50,000

  (Eagle News) — Previous vice-presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., narrowly hangs by a margin of just over 50,000 as his lead over the administration’s vice-presidential candidate Leni Robredo continued to nosedive as of 2 a.m. On the wee hours of Tuesday, May 10, Marcos’ lead continued to go down dramatically as the Commission on Elections’ partial and unoffial returns reported by the Kapisanan ng Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ quick count came in. The latest tally […]

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After four hours: Marcos lead over Robredo dramatically narrows down to just 100,000

  (Eagle News) — The previously wide almost 1 million-vote lead of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., over Liberal Party vice-presidential bet Leni Robredo dwindled to just over 100,00 votes in just four hours as the latest unofficial and partial quick count based on election returns of the Commission on Elections came in. The quick count provided by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) showed Marcos with 12,593,119 votes compared with Robredo’s 12,476,529 votes as of 1:20 a.m.   […]

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ASEAN in FOCUS: The next President should focus on Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The May 9 Philippine elections is a very crucial event, with the next Philippine president steering the country in this era of the ASEAN community. On May 9, and the period after that the world will focus on this Southeast Asian country, and the next President’s moves would be under a microscope. In this excerpt from Asean in Focus weekend edition aired on May 7, two prominent figures in the scene of […]

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Senator Grace Poe concedes to Davao City mayor Duterte

  (Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday night conceded to Davao City Mayor and presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte as unofficial partial quick counts of election returns from the Commission on Elections showed Duterte at an early lead.  As of 10:40 p.m., Duterte leads with 12,606,829 votes based on the partial unofficial quick count of election returns received by the COMELEC. Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II comes in at second with […]

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UPDATED: KBP-EBC unofficial quick count see Duterte, Marcos in the lead

  (EAGLE NEWS) — As of the latest Kapisanan ng Broadcaster of the Philippines-Eagle Broadcasting Corporation partial unofficial quick count of election returns from the Comelec, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte took an early lead with 11,659,213 votes , while Ferdinand Marcos Jr., led in the vice-presidential tally (10,715,468 votes) with the administration’s bet Leni Rodredo coming in close (9,838,033 votes). Former TESDA director general Joel Villanueva, meanwhile led in the senatorial count, followed by senator […]

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UPDATED: Comelec starts counting of ballots; Duterte, Marcos pose early lead

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has started the canvassing of votes for the May 9, 2016 elections as polling precincts closed at 5 p.m, with some closing at 6 p.m., because of the delayed start of voting due to malfunctioning vote-counting machines. As of the latest Kapisanan ng Broadcaster of the Philippines-Eagle Broadcasting Corporation partial unofficial quick count of election returns from the Comelec, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte took an early lead […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Comelec allows voting until 6 p.m. in some precincts; Nat’l Board of Canvassers convenes at PICC

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has passed a resolution allowing the extension of voting until 6 p.m. for precincts where voting had started at 9 a.m. or even later. This was contained in a tweet by the Comelec, and also by Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Guanzon said that the Comelec resolution made en banc was passed upon her motion. There had been several reports of delayed voting in some precincts because of malfunctioning […]

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Free ride for voters in Taguig

QUEZON City, Philippines – Despite the shortage of public transport due to the elections, a free ride program was implemented in Taguig City, which encouraged many to exercise their right to vote. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/lBRm4BKGS4s

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Machine malfunction incidents spoil election day

  Vote Counting Machines or VCMs in some areas marred the early casting of votes by registered voters during election day. 93,000 VCMs were deployed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in precincts around the country. Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) Correspondent Jeffrey Datuin reported the malfunction of VCM in  Lapu-lapu Elementary School in Tondo. “May mga machine po na nasira dito sa Sapang Maragul Elementary School, Tarlac City. Ang ginawa po nila pinaboto po yung mga tao […]

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UPDATED: Comelec replaces 150 vote counting machines as of 2 p.m.

  (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has replaced at least 150 vote counting machines as of 2 p.m. on Monday, May 9 as reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines marred the controversial Philippine national elections. In a tweet by Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon, he said that the 150 vote counting machines that were replaced were fewer compared to the VCMs which malfunctioned in 2013 which were 1,300. Earlier,  Guanson also tweeted that […]

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