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(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Monday, May 13, lauded the peaceful conduct of the local and midterm elections. In a statement, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said there was “no reported major untoward incident that affected the overall turnout of the electoral exercise” as polling centers closed at 6 p.m. He said voting in the 36,831 centers nationwide also went ahead, even if there were brief […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 13, acknowledged the midterm elections could be seen as a referendum on his administration. “Could be taken as one referendum, so that if you agree with me, then you can vote for my candidates or the people I’m supporting these elections. If I am repudiated by the loss of all candidates coming from the Hugpong (ng Pagbabago) slate, that could indicate majority of people ayaw nila ako, madali […]
(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 […]
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) — Vice President Leni Robredo expressed support for the passage of a law against premature campaigning, with the 2019 elections just around the corner. “Nanawagan ako sa ating Kongreso na dinggin ang panawagan ng Comelec at muling ibalik ang batas laban sa maagang pangangampanya,” Robredo said in a statement. According to Robredo, following the passage of RA 9369, or the Automated Election law, the Supreme Court declared in Penera vs Comelec that there […]
