Tag: presidential elections

Some lawmakers slam Arroyo’s election as Speaker

(Eagle News) — Several lawmakers on Tuesday, July 24, slammed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s election as Speaker, with some calling her a “sham Speaker” and “corrupt.” “Hindi porke babae na nasa poder ay susuportahan na ng kababaihan. Hindi pwedeng i-recycle ang mga abusado sa kapangyarihan,” Gabriela Women’s Party Reps. Arlene Brosas and Emmi De Jesus said in a statement. According to the militant lawmakers, “Gabriela Women’s Party will never forget the 1,206 victims of extrajudicial killing, 206 […]

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Duterte appoints lawyer who sought his disqualification from 2016 presidential race to PACC

(Eagle News) — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has a new commissioner. This time, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the same lawyer who sought his disqualification from the presidential race in 2016. The appointment paper of Manuelito Luna Jr. of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption signed by President Duterte was dated April 17. The copy, however, was only made available to the media on Thursday, April 19. Luna represented Rizalito David when he sought for the […]

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President Duterte extends “warmest congratulations” to Putin for his re-election

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended his “warmest congratulations” to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his re-election. “As he resumes performance of his duties, President Duterte wishes President Putin more success in leading Russia to greater progress and in advancing the cause of peace and security in our region and in the larger international community,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement issued shortly after he arrived from Sydney where he […]

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Poe, muling nanguna sa survey

(Eagle News) — Muling nanguna si Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares sa pinakahuling “Bilang Pilipino SWS (Social Weather Stations) Mobile Survey” na isinagawa ilang araw matapos ang ikalawang leg ng “Pilipinas Debates 2016”. Ayon sa SWS, nakakuha ng 35% si Poe na sinundan ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte na nakakuha naman ng 26%. Habang parehong nakakuha ng 18% sina dating Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel Roxas II at Vice President Jejomar Binay, […]

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MR ng Comelec vs. Poe, inihain na sa SC

Pormal nang hiniling ng Commission on Elections sa Korte Suprema na baligtarin ang desisyong nagpapahintulot kay Senadora Grace Poe-Llamanzares na tumakbo sa pagka-pangulo sa May elections. Sa mahigit 50 pahinang motion for reconsideration ng Comelec, nanawagan ito na pairalin ng Supreme Court ang section 2 ng rule 12 ng Internal Rules ng High Court na nagsasaad na walong boto ang majority vote sa isang desisyon ng may 15-mahistrado. Iginiit ng Comelec na ang botohan sa […]

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Poe at Duterte, statistically tied sa latest Pulse Asia survey

(Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng isang puntong agwat, itinuturing na “statistically tied’ o parehong nangunguna sina Senadora Grace Poe-Llamanzares at Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa pinakabagong presidential survey ng Pulse Asia. Nakakuha ng 26 percent si Poe habang 25 percent naman ang nakuha ni Duterte sa naturang survey. Matatandaang sa nakaraang linggo, nasa ikalawang pwesto pa lamang si Duterte na may 24 percent habang nasa unang pwesto naman si Poe na may 28 percent. […]

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Korte Suprema, pinabulaanan ang alegasyon ng panunuhol

(Eagle News) — Mariing pinabulaanan ng Korte Suprema ang alegasyon ng panunuhol sa mga mahistrado kaugnay ng desisyong pabor sa pagtakbo ni Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares sa 2016 presidential elections. Sa 21st annual convention ng Philippine Women Judges Association, mismong si Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno ang nagsabing ispekulasyon lang ang lumabas na report sa pahayagan kaya hindi na aniya pa dapat pagtuunan ng pansin. “Some matters are best disregarded and ignored. Some matters are just […]

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Dating Senador Tatad, at law dean Valdez, i-aapela ang SC decision kay Poe

(Eagle News) — Maghahain ng motion for reconsideration ang kampo ng mga pribadong petitioners laban sa naging desisyon ng Korte Suprema na payagan kumandidato sa pagka- pangulo si Senadora Grace Poe. Ayon kay Atty.  Manuelito Luna, abogado ng petitioner na si dating senador Francisco “Kit” Tatad, ia-apela nila sa lalong madaling panahon ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema. Iginiit ni Luna na hindi mas mataas sa konstitusyon ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema.   Binatikos din […]

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Trump, Clinton capture key wins on Super Tuesday

  Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton rolled up a series of wins on Tuesday, as the two presidential front-runners took a step toward capturing their parties’ nominations on the 2016 campaign’s biggest day of state-by-state primary contests. Trump and Clinton turned their sights on each other after their Super Tuesday wins, with Trump promising to “go after” Clinton and the former secretary of state decrying what she called Trump’s divisive rhetoric. U.S. networks […]

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Poe, hindi sikretong kandidato ni PNoy – Malacañang

Mariing pinabulaanan ng malakanyang ang usap-usapan na sikretong kandidato ni Pangulong Aquino sa May 9 presidential elections, si Sen. Grace Poe. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, ang pagpapalutang ng mga kandidatong mamanukin ng Pangulo ay kahayagan lamang na malakas ang endorsement power ni PNoy. Aniya, iisa lang ang pambato ng Daang Matuwid team at ito ay si dating Sec. Mar Roxas. Inihayag ni Lacierda na kita naman ng publiko kung papaano ikinakampanya ng Pangulo […]

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NGCP assures no brownout in Mindanao during presidential elections

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines or NGCP gave its assurance that there will be no problems with the power supply in Mindanao during the presidential elections this coming May. This statement was made in spite of the successive bombings conducted against NGCP towers in Mindanao. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Rol2kDCR6jQ

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