14 party-lists win seats
By Philip C. TubezaA controversial group representing overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and another formed by former military mutineers on Friday made it to the first batch of winners of the party-list election.
A controversial group representing overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and another formed by former military mutineers on Friday made it to the first batch of winners of the party-list election.
Buhay Hayaang Yumabong (Buhay) 1. Mariano Michael M. Velarde Jr. 2. Jose L. Atienza Jr. 3. William Irwin C. Tieng
All six reelectionist senators got a fresh mandate from the electorate in the just concluded midterm elections but it was Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who gained most in terms of political capital after the recent campaign, a political science professor told the Inquirer on Friday.
Instead of telling the opposition to concede defeat in the senatorial election, the administration should ask the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the supposed “60-30-10” pattern in the returns so the public will know what really happened, the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) said on Friday.
Defense lawyers in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre are asking a Quezon City court to throw out the prosecution’s objection to the petition for bail of former Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., one of the primary suspects in the crime.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro reminded public school officials that there should be no collection of any kind of fees, even on a “voluntary” basis, when schools reopen on June 3.
Will a new law scheduled to take effect on June 1 finally put an end to the Filipino habit of tardiness?
Some 18,000 automated machines failed to transmit results to the transparency server of the Commission on Elections, Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Thursday.
The country’s political dynasties delivered the votes for their favored party-list groups, an official of an election watchdog said Thursday.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized P12 million worth of allegedly smuggled rice and cars of still undetermined value at the Port of Davao.
The man touted to be the next Senate President on Thursday announced that outgoing Sen. Manny Villar had assured him of the continued support of the Nacionalista Party (NP).
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Thursday rebutted the so-called “60-30-10” theory, saying he was willing to have all the ballot boxes in the country opened to show that there was no fraud.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is poised to proclaim the results in the party-list balloting.
