Tag: Senate elections

Bam Aquino: I’m OK but please continue praying for me, better yet, for our country

(Eagle News)–“I’m OK!” Bam Aquino issued this statement on Friday, May 17, the fourth day he figured still outside the Senate winning circle based on partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency server. In a Facebook post, Aquino, the highest-ranking Otso Diretso bet in the Senate race so far in 14th place, said he had wanted to issue the statement after the official end of the counting of votes, but changed his […]

Manicad accepts defeat in 2019 Senate polls

(Eagle News)–Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial candidate Jiggy Manicad has conceded defeat in the midterm elections. In a video uploaded on his Facebook account, Manicad, a former broadcast journalist, thanked all his supporters for their sacrifice. “Pero ganyan talaga ang eleksyon. Siyempre parang karera yan, may nananalo, may natatalo,” he said. He also thanked the people he said he became friends with during the campaign period: Senator Cynthia Villar, Bato dela Rosa, Bong Go, Pia Cayetano, […]