(Eagle News)–Almost 400 local government officials are facing criminal charges over anomalies in the distribution of cash aid, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. According to the Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 397, which included barangay officials, was as of April 1 to June 16. “Marami pang kasunod ito,” Año said. Año said the DILG was also probing 663 individuals. Of this figure, he said 267 were elected barangay and local government […]
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SWS says there have been fewer witness reports of irregularities in 2019 polls
(Eagle News)–There have been fewer witness reports of irregularities in the 2019 elections, results of a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the Second Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey conducted from June 22 to 26, compared to June 2016, the proportion of those who personally witnessed vote-buying fell from 19% to 10%. The SWS said those who read or heard this from reliable sources on the other hand fell from 23% to 15%. […]
Court of Appeals: Junjun Binay can still run for public office
(Eagle News)—-Former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay can still run for government office. This was after the Court of Appeals, in a May 3 ruling, nullified the Ombudsman order that prohibited him from doing so following alleged irregularities in the construction of the P2.3-billion Makati City Hall Building II. According to the CA, the Aguinaldo doctrine that says that public officials can no longer be held to task for administrative liabilities after reelection applied to Binay’s case. Although the […]
Sotto calls for probe into alleged irregularities in 2016 polls
(Eagle News) — Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto on Tuesday called for a Senate investigation into what he said were irregularities in the 2016 elections. In a privilege speech, Sotto noted for instance, that based on information from an “impeccable source,” election results were transmitted as early as May 8, 2016, or a day before the polls. “The transmission is being done by IP Address 10.11.5.5 to 0507.ccs.pili2016pinas.net as seen in logs of SRVCNTADNS01 server,” he said. He […]





