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(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) — President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the showing of the biopic of Bureau of Corrections chief and senatorial candidate Ronald Dela Rosa that hit theaters on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to Duterte, who spoke to reporters in an interview after the premiere night of “Bato The Movie: The General Ronald Dela Rosa Story” in a Mandaluyong mall the day before, the biopic was merely a “tribute to an officer and a soldier of the […]
(Eagle News) — Detained former senator Bong Revilla is running for a Senate seat in 2019. This is according to his party, the Lakas-CMD, which issued a statement on Friday, Oct. 5. “This decision was reached after a series of consultations with his family, close friends, constituents and political leaders,” former Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, Lakas-CMD president, said. According to Romualdez, Revilla’s “passion and dedication to serve the people will bring positive change and help […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe is likely to top the senatorial elections should they be held around this time, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. According to the survey conducted from Sept. 1 to 7, Poe garnered a voter preference of 70.1 percent, making her the only individual in the top spot. In second to third place was Senator Cynthia Villar, who got a voter preference of 57.7 percent. Rep. Pia Cayetano occupies the second to […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Ronald Dela Rosa would win if he ran for a Senate seat from June 15 to June 21. A Pulse Asia survey conducted in that period of time noted that apart from Dela Rosa, who had a statistical ranking of fifth to twelfth place, other probable winners were Senator Grace Poe, who ranked first based on the survey, with a voter preference of 67.4%; Taguig City Rep. Pia Cayetano’s, […]
(Eagle News) — Reelectionist senators are still included in the “long list” of names being considered to be part of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan senatorial ticket in 2019. “Napakalayo pa natin sa final 12 but at least they are included in the long list. Wala pang nagbago,” Pimentel, president of PDP-Laban, told reporters. President Rodrigo Duterte is PDP-Laban chair. Pimentel made the disclosure even if some of the reelectionists—JV Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, Juan […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, April 23, admitted the Liberal Party was urging former presidential candidate Mar Roxas to run for senator in 2019. He said, however, that Roxas, who has since moved away from the public eye since losing the 2016 presidential elections to then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, has not yet decided. “He is also enjoying his private life,” he said. He said that so far, they were still […]
(Eagle News) — More than half of Filipinos already have 12 preferred candidates for the next senatorial elections, even with the polls still far away. This is according to results of a survey conducted by Pulse Asia, and which were released on Friday, April 20. Results of the survey conducted from March 23 to 28 showed that 57 percent of the 1,200 adult respondents have chosen their candidates for the May 2019 senatorial elections. According to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and his long-time aide Bong Go have discussed calls for the latter to run for senator in the 2019 elections. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation in a press conference on Monday. “I understand the President has broached it to SAP (Special Assistant to the President) Go and it is something that they are discussing between the two of them,” he said. Roque, however, did not elaborate. Go […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson said she has no plans of running for senator as of this time. Uson made the statement after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced during a mass oath-taking of new PDP-Laban members that she was included in the party’s slate in the next elections. “Una po sa lahat, we attended the oath-taking of the new PDP-Laban members upon the invitation of presidential assistant for the Visayas Martin Dino, Walang […]
