Ampatuans still win in Maguindanao
Despite the Ampatuans’ perceived unpopularity because of several of its members’ involvement in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, six clan members went on to win elections in the province.
Despite the Ampatuans’ perceived unpopularity because of several of its members’ involvement in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, six clan members went on to win elections in the province.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc on May 14 ruled with finality to disqualify Liberal Party candidate for legislator Regina Ongsiako Reyes but this did not stop local election officials from proceeding with a controversial proclamation of Reyes and two other LP candidates even if canvassing is not over yet.
A policeman who swore he did not see explosives in the ancestral house of a Negros Occidental mayor that was raided for guns and bombs is now suffering from harassment and intimidation, the mayor’s lawyer said in a statement.
Actor Richard Gomez’s political ambition ran into a brick wall again when he failed to clinch the mayoral position in Ormoc City, Leyte.
Only two of five members of the influential Garcia political clan made it in the 2013 elections. Suspended Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and brother, Nelson, won the third district congressional race and the mayoral contest in Dumanjug town, Cebu.
It is sweet victory for the man who battled the titans and kingmakers in Negros Occidental. Gov. Alfredo Maranon Jr. received a fresh mandate in a landslide victory against Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez, who had the support of business tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco and Rep. Alfredo Benitez, one of the richest men in Congress.
On the eve of the May 10 elections in 2010, four supporters of a candidate for mayor were killed while five others were wounded when policemen opened fire at their vehicles in Tibiao town, Antique.
On May 13, John Michael Serenio woke up early and was beaming with excitement. He wheeled his wheelchair to Lopez Jaena Elementary School in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, about 250 meters away from his house, so he could start his duties.
Agitated by the long wait for the results of the elections in the fourth congressional district of Camarines Sur, supporters of Aga Muhlach vandalized the municipal hall of Tigaon just hours before the actor’s opponent, Felix William “Wimpy” Fuentebella, was proclaimed winner at the provincial Capitol in Pili, Camarines Sur on Thursday evening.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pampanga and the provincial chapters of two poll watchdogs have agreed to investigate the alleged use of preshaded ballots in two towns in the province in Monday’s elections.
Old political families maintained their grip on Eastern Visayas with the exception of the Dazas in Northern Samar.
Upsets scored by candidates against established names will usher in new faces in the political landscape of Nueva Ecija, long dominated by political dynasties.
After two days of tense wait, the Camarines Sur provincial board of canvassers finally declared William “Wimpy” Fuentebella the winner in the hotly contested fourth district congressional race.
