Neophyte senators would do their countrymen a favor by going back to school and not making the mistake of entering the Senate with guns a-blazing (“huwag magpasiklab agad”).
Amid allegations of massive poll cheating in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), President Aquino’s anointed candidates, now the region’s governor-elect and vice governor-elect, welcomed scrutiny with sobriety.
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez on Thursday assumed the post of acting mayor of this city following the announcement of Mayor Benjamin Lim’s son that his father suffered a stroke and was being treated in a hospital in Metro Manila.
The United Nationalist Alliance will not rest easy even after the proclamation of all 12 senators.
A Malacañang official on Sunday backed the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of winning senatorial candidates ahead of the full count of votes, but said anybody could hale the elections body to court.
Americans by the droves plunked down their cash Saturday for a chance at fulfilling a feverish dream: winning an estimated $600 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
The Liberal Party’s quest to become the ruling party for the 2016 presidential election is going to be a much longer and harder journey, as far as central and northern Luzon are concerned.
Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) whose premium payments are not up to date would no longer have their access to benefits and privileges suspended, especially since the fault was not theirs but the agencies they work for.
Former North Cotabato Gov. Emmanuel Piñol, who had earlier announced that he was conceding to reelectionist Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, has reversed himself, saying that massive fraud has forced him to protest the results of the balloting.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) went on its merry course Saturday night, proclaiming the final three senatorial winners even as criticisms and questions continued to come its way over its controversial decision to declare the victors in last Monday’s senatorial elections even before all the votes could be counted.
“It’s finally starting to sink in, little by little,” Senator-elect Nancy Binay told the Inquirer, aware of the tough job that lies ahead after her victory in Monday’s elections.
It’s 9-3 in favor of the administration coalition as the final three winning senators—Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Gregorio Honasan—were finally proclaimed Saturday night as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) completed the canvassing of all locally cast votes in the senatorial race.
In the mission to protect the people’s vote, there is no generation gap. From a first-time voter to an election veteran, spirited volunteers continue to power the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in the tedious task of watching over the nationwide vote—a mandate unenviable amid technical glitches, resource constraints and criticisms from many, often unseen, corners.
