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https://youtu.be/4lWrTXe4DKY (Eagle News) – Senator Grace Poe finally got to vote in her precinct in San Juan past noon today, Monday, May 13. Poe returned to vote in her precinct at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan after the vote counting machine earlier failed to work Monday morning. She first arrived at the polling precinct at 9:15 a.m. and waited for around 15 minutes. The Commission on Elections then decided to replace […]
(Eagle News)–At least five people were reported hurt in a shooting incident in a polling center in Sulu. A Net 25 report by Eagle News reporter Mar Gabriel, citing information from the Philippine National Police, said the shooting took place at Titipan Elementary School in Panglima Estino past 6 a.m. Earlier, the PNP said two explosions occurred in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao. The first blast took place past 1 a.m. while the second one happened […]
(Eagle News)—In these pictures, other political figures are seen casting their votes in their respective polling precincts on Monday, May 13. Senator Koko Pimentel cast his vote with his wife Kathryna Yu-Pimentel in Cagayan de Oro. Vice President Leni Robredo for her part voted at the Tabuco Central School in Naga. Senator Grace Poe cast her vote at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan, but her ballot was rejected several times. She is […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo came to vote in Naga City on Monday morning, May 13, 2019, around 9:30 a.m., together with her daughters, Aika and Janine Patricia. She went to precinct no. 112 in Tabuco elementary school in the city. She waited for about an hour before she got her turn to vote. Robredo urged the public to go out and vote.
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, May 13, said vote buying in the May 13 elections has been “massive.” “Nakikita natin is massive talaga yung vote-buying incidents, talagang kaliwa’t kanan,” he said in a press conference in Camp Crame. According to Albayalde the 79 incidents of vote buying recorded so far involved 240 violators. Of the 240, 213 were arrested while 10 are at large. It was unclear if the figure included […]
(Eagle News) – Quezon City mayoralty candidate Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo cried foul over his and his son’s arrest Sunday night, saying that he was not even informed why he was being arrested. He said he and his son, lawyer Edrix Crisologo, were arrested without any explanation, and disputed claims that they were involved in any votebuying. He said that the policemen who entered their headquarters in Bgy. Bahay Toro in Quezon City arrested them, […]
(Eagle News)– Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the country on Monday, May 13, election day. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and Cagayan will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to a frontal system affecting Northern Luzon. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]
Comelec urges public to report incidents of vote-buying (Eagle News) – Some 61.8 million Filipinos are expected to troop to polling precincts nationwide for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections which starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged voters to go out and vote and report incidents of vote-buying. There are 43,554 national and local candidates vying for 18,071 positions for this elections — from senator to […]
(Eagle News)—Filipinos began to troop to polling precincts today, May 13, to cast their votes for their preferred candidates as the midterm elections are held. Several national and local posts are up for grabs–24 senators, 243 district representatives, 59 partylist representatives, among others—during the polls, which started once polling precincts opened at 6 a.m. The Commission on Elections has said voting hours will be longer this 2019 midterm elections, and will last until 6 p.m. […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte paid tribute to all mothers on Sunday, May 12. In his Mothers Day message in a video uploaded on his former aide Bong Go’s Facebook page, Duterte wished mothers “a very happy and contented life.” “I know how is it to be a mother because may nanay ako at nakita ko ang hirap at ginhawang ginawa niya para sa pamilya niya. Pero mabuhay kayong lahat mga nanay,” he said. He was referring […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, blamed Senator Grace Poe for the continuing congestion problems on Edsa. In a speech in a campaign rally in Davao, Duterte said Poe had refused to grant the money to fund projects that would bring about solutions. This is the first time Duterte publicly named Poe, even as the chief executive already hinted at a senator who he said was to blame for Edsa’s traffic woes in previous speeches […]
