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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections’ partial and unofficial results showed reelectionist senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe still leading the senatorial race as 96.23 percent of total election returns had already come in Wednesday morning. The top 12 is still dominated by administration candidates, with Senator Bam Aquino of the Liberal Party, the closest opposition senator to the magic circle, managing to land only in the 14th slot. Based on the Comelec’s partial […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections convened as the National Board of Canvassers on Tuesday where reelectionist senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe took the lead in its official partial count. In the canvassing that started at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, and ended at 9:23 p.m., opposition senator Bam Aquino was also listed on the 12th spot. The partial and official count or canvass of votes already counted ballots from 34 out […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe continued to top the senatorial race, followed by former Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go in the latest unofficial and partial returns of the Commission on Elections. Still, no one from the Liberal party’s “Otso Diretso” senatorial slate managed to get in as of the partial Comelec results of 2:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2018. Villar got 24,463,539 votes topping the list, […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections said that it found around a thousand SD cards submitted to them to be defective, while 450 vote counting machines had malfunctioned. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that the 1,000 defective SD cards were higher in number than the previous 120 SD cards which were found to be defective in the previous 2016 elections. In the monitoring done by the Comelec, Guanzon said that the 1,000 defective […]
(Eagle News)–Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday, May 13, said there was no failure of elections anywhere in the country. Jimenez made the declaration even as 400 to 600 vote-counting machines were reported to have malfunctioned. Earlier, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said all 36,831 polling centers in the country opened for the conduct of the midterm elections after all. He said the six polling centers in Lanao del Sur, which he […]
(Eagle News) — The partial and unofficial results on the just concluded May 13 national and local elections showed two lady sentors, Senator Cynthia Villar and Senator Grace Poe, leading the senatorial race, while no one from the Liberal Party’s “Otso Diretso” senatorial bets managed to get in the top 12. This partial and unofficial results from the Comelec were as of 6:15 p.m., Monday, May 13. Villar got 93,660 votes while Poe got 83,258 […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sees no reason to extend voting hours for the May 13 midterm elections despite reports of polling precincts which opened late, or delays in the voting due to defective vote counting machines. “Extension is not necessary because the voting hours by design is already flexible,” according to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez. Jimenez explained that voters who are within the vicinity of the polling precincts would still […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections said that around 400 to 600 vote counting machines had problems out of the around 85,000 machines being used for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. In a press briefing, Comelec said that the ballot machines which were defective had to be replaced. “We understand that the perception is that there are a lot of VCMs that have malfunctioned. Right now, I can tell you that the […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections is expected to convene as the National Board of Canvassers today, May 13. But the NBOC will be adjourned right after since no elections returns are expected today with voting hours expected to last until 6 p.m., the Comelec said. According to the poll watchdog, the NBOC will reconvene on Tuesday, May 14. The board’s official opening marks the start of the canvassing of votes. The results to be counted […]
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. […]
