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(Eagle News)–Four out of five Filipinos are satisfied with the conduct of the May 2019 elections, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The second quarter 2019 survey conducted from June 22 to 26 found 80% satisfied, 7% undecided, and 12% dissatisfied. This gives a net satisfaction rating of +68, classified by SWS as very good, 5 points below the record-high excellent +73 in June 2016, the pollster said. The SWS survey also found that […]
(Eagle News) – Newly elected local government officials should file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) by June 13 with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) or they will not be able to assume office. This was the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which stressed that the filing of the SOCE is the “first legal obligation” of the candidates who won local posts. “We are reminding the winners to […]
(Eagle News)–Opposition senator Leila de Lima has expressed disappointment over the loss of Otso Diretso Senate bets in the recently concluded polls. “I could not understand how the objectively undeserving – those who are known to have committed crimes against the nation, who presented no concrete plans of action, who could show no accomplishment except their ‘loyalty’ to one man, and those who are fencesitters- could win the votes of the Filipino people,” De Lima, […]
(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) — The Manila City Board of Canvassers on Tuesday night, May 14, formally proclaimed Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso as the new mayor of Manila garnering 357,925 votes. Moreno beat incumbent mayor former President Joseph Estrada who had earlier conceded defeat, and another former Manila mayor, Alfredo Lim who got 138,923 votes. Moreno had a lead of 147,000 votes over Estrada who got 210,605 votes. Moreno’s running mate, incumbent vice-mayor Honey Lacuna who […]
(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) — 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 […]
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) — 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.
