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Bam Aquino: Liberal Party has to 'start fresh' after Senate race wipeout

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 10:52 AM

The Liberal Party has to "start fresh" after the May elections that shut the Senate to opposition candidates, outgoing Sen. Bam Aquino said Monday.  Read more »

Pangilinan presses Comelec to explain poll glitches

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Posted at Jun 06 03:02 PM

Pangilinan, who led the dismal campaign of the Liberal Party-backed Otso Diretso senatorial slate, said the poll body has yet to respond to their requests for an explanation. Read more »

Comelec says 'hands tied' over Duterte order against Smartmatic

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Updated as of Jun 06 09:41 AM

A spokesperson of the Commission on Elections on Thursday said its hands were tied over President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to refrain from tapping firm Smartmatic as technology provider in the next polls.    Read more »

Legislative solution needed vs 'stand-in' party-list nominees: Comelec

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Updated as of Jun 06 09:30 AM

It is up to lawmakers to prevent party-list groups from fielding "stand-in" nominees that can later be replaced with their real candidates, a spokesperson of the Commission on Elections said Thursday, as it weighed a substitution plea by the Duterte Youth group.    Read more »

Comelec must decide, act swiftly on poll tech change: ex-commissioner

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Updated as of Jun 03 10:30 AM

The Commission on Elections should start looking for a new technology provider for the 2022 polls by this year if it decides to heed President Rodrigo Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic, a former commissioner said Monday. Read more »

Imee Marcos: Presidency 'not in my mind,' says Sara Duterte 'strongest' 2022 bet

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Updated as of May 30 10:29 AM

Senator-elect Imee Marcos on Thursday said she was not thinking of running for president and that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will be the "strongest" candidate in the 2022 race.    Read more »

'I've answered it a gazillion times,' says Imee Marcos on school records

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Updated as of May 30 09:29 AM

Senator-elect Imee Marcos on Thursday urged her detractors to "focus on work" as she was pressed to clarify her educational attainment, an issue that hounded her candidacy after 2 prestigious universities denied that she was their alumna.    Read more »

Sotto: Senators must reach 'consensus' on chairmanship rows

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Updated as of May 29 02:01 PM

Several senators covet the chairmanship of 4 committees in the upper chamber of Congress, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said Wednesday.  Read more »

Mga campaign material sa Halalan 2019, puwedeng i-recycle

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Posted at May 29 01:50 AM

Santambak na campaign tarpaulin ang iniwan ng nagdaang halalan. Read more »

Alleged fear of Left 'irrelevant' to Cardema's party-list substitution bid: solon

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Updated as of May 28 11:59 AM

The supposed fear of left-leaning groups is "irrelevant" to the plea of former National Youth Commissioner Ronald Cardema to replace the nominees of the Duterte Youth party-list group, an outgoing lawmaker said Tuesday. Read more »

Poll bets must meet June 13 deadline for expenses report: Comelec

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Updated as of May 28 09:44 AM

All candidates and parties, regardless of whether or not they won in this month's polls, should report their campaign expenses by June 13, the Commission on Elections said Tuesday.    Read more »

Willie Ong: Better to lose polls than accept millions for campaign

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Posted at May 26 12:04 PM

Health advocate Willie Ong on Sunday said it was better that he lost his senatorial bid rather than win and be indebted to anyone who could have contributed to his campaign kitty.    Read more »

'Issue-based' Vico Sotto shuns 'dilawan, DDS' tags

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Updated as of May 26 10:24 AM

Sotto, 29, toppled the Eusebio dynasty that was roughly his age, after serving just a single term as councilor, one of politicians who defeated political families in the May 13 vote.   Read more »

Sara Duterte tells Bong Go, 'Bato': Fulfill campaign promises

Vina Araneta-Pilapil, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 08:39 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter, chair of the regional political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago, endorsed the candidacies of Dela Rosa and Go.  Read more »

Cardema: Duterte Youth nominees backed out due to Left fears

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 10:33 AM

Former youth commissioner Ronald Cardema on Thursday said nominees of the Duterte Youth party-list withdrew from the elections out of fear of left-leaning groups, which prompted him to petition being a substitute representative.    Read more »

Poll exec: Cardema substitution as Duterte Youth rep 'not yet decided'

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Posted at May 23 08:00 AM

Former youth commissioner Ronald Cardema's plea to be a substitute nominee of the Duterte Youth party-list is "not yet decided," a Commission on Elections official said Thursday, contrary to some media reports. Read more »

ACT-CIS, Bayan Muna get 3 party-list seats as Comelec proclaims winners

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 11:36 PM

The Commission on Elections proclaimed Tuesday winning party-lists entitled to seats in the House of Representatives. Read more »

Billionaires for the marginalized? Comelec to ‘lobby’ for party-list law amendment

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 05:56 PM

The Commission on Elections would ask the Congress to amend the party-list law to ensure that it would strictly cater to marginalized groups, the poll body’s chief said Wednesday.   Read more »

Mar Roxas says to 'learn, work, love some more' after election loss

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Posted at May 22 03:13 PM

Opposition candidate Mar Roxas on Wednesday conceded defeat in the Senate race, saying he will learn, work and love some more for now.    Read more »

After Senate win, Imee Marcos insists family not looking for vindication

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 02:05 PM

Senator-elect Imee Marcos on Wednesday said her family was not seeking vindication when she was fielded to run for senator in the midterm polls.  Read more »