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by Mynardo Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The election of Rodrigo Duterte as Philippine president marks the latest victory for populist politics, as voters around the world reward candidates offering simple solutions to complex problems. In a country beset by crime, poverty and corruption, Duterte promised voters a raft of quick fixes that many analysts believe will remain empty promises. One of his main campaign pledges was to completely eradicate crime within six months. […]
(Eagle News) — The lead of Liberal Party vice-presidential candidate Leni Robredo widened on Tuesday morning, May 10, as votes counted for her totalled 13,286,907 compared to the previous frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has 13,144,856 votes. As of the 9:20 a.m. latest partial and unofficial quick count of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) based on the election returns from the Commission on Elections, Robredo’s lead over Marcos is now 142,051 votes. Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, […]
(Eagle News) — The May 9, 2016 elections would define the direction that the Philippines would take as the ASEAN community becomes a force to reckon with in the global community. The complex issues facing the next president would need somebody tough, intelligent, and clear on his direction that would make the Philippines as a lead nation in the ASEAN community. In this part 4 of the May 7 episode of ASEAN in […]
Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was heading Monday for a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced threats to kill criminals. (Courtesy AFPTV)
Why is presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor such a phenomenon in the May 9 elections. In this part 3 of the May 7, 2016 episode of ASEAN in Focus weekend, two political experts tackle this and the importance of the having good foreign relations with the international community, particularly the United States. ASEAN in Focus resident resource person Dr. Carlos Tabunda Jr., an executive fellow of the Development Academy of the Philippines, interviews […]
In this first part of the May 7 episode of ASEAN in Focus weekend edition, the Philippine elections on May 9 is analyzed in the context of the ASEAN community. The May 9 elections is a very crucial event, with the next Philippine president steering the country in this era of the ASEAN community. The most powerful posts of president and vice-president will be voted for, with the winners serving one six-year term. Also […]
by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte stormed to a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to poll monitor data released Tuesday, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals. Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, hypnotised millions with his vows of brutal but quick solutions to the nation’s twin plagues of crime and poverty, which many believed had worsened despite […]
(Eagle News) — Previous vice-presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., narrowly hangs by a margin of just over 50,000 as his lead over the administration’s vice-presidential candidate Leni Robredo continued to nosedive as of 2 a.m. On the wee hours of Tuesday, May 10, Marcos’ lead continued to go down dramatically as the Commission on Elections’ partial and unoffial returns reported by the Kapisanan ng Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ quick count came in. The latest tally […]
(Eagle News) — The previously wide almost 1 million-vote lead of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., over Liberal Party vice-presidential bet Leni Robredo dwindled to just over 100,00 votes in just four hours as the latest unofficial and partial quick count based on election returns of the Commission on Elections came in. The quick count provided by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) showed Marcos with 12,593,119 votes compared with Robredo’s 12,476,529 votes as of 1:20 a.m. […]
(Eagle News) — The May 9 Philippine elections is a very crucial event, with the next Philippine president steering the country in this era of the ASEAN community. On May 9, and the period after that the world will focus on this Southeast Asian country, and the next President’s moves would be under a microscope. In this excerpt from Asean in Focus weekend edition aired on May 7, two prominent figures in the scene of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday night conceded to Davao City Mayor and presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte as unofficial partial quick counts of election returns from the Commission on Elections showed Duterte at an early lead. As of 10:40 p.m., Duterte leads with 12,606,829 votes based on the partial unofficial quick count of election returns received by the COMELEC. Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II comes in at second with […]
