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Chuck Mathay seeks QC top post with 'pro people' programs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 10:30 PM

Former congressman Ismael "Chuck" Mathay III wants to continue his father's legacy, as he vowed to hear out residents of Quezon City if he wins the mayoralty race in the midterm elections. Read more »

'Put out all the data': Watchdog calls for more transparency in midterm polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 01:03 AM

MANILA - An election watchdog has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide open election data for the 2019 midterm polls. Read more »

'I don't think she's endorsing all', says Kiko Pangilinan on Kris Aquino

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 10:04 PM

MANILA – Kris Aquino may not endorse all Otso Diretso candidates after recently coming out to defend her brother, former president Benigno Aquino III from senatorial bet Mar Roxas’ campaign manager. Read more »

Pangilinan says oust Duterte matrix a 'diversionary tactic'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:12 PM

Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday said a document released by Malacanang linking journalists to a purported plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte could be "a diversionary tactic and meant to sow fear."   Read more »

PH should stop issuing 'automatic' visas to Chinese, says Roxas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 04:23 PM

The Philippines should stop issuing "automatic" visas to Chinese nationals to protect the welfare of Filipino workers, opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas said Monday.  Read more »

'Truth should be weaponized': Ex-Ombudsman blasts Senate bets tagged in corruption

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 04:03 PM

MANILA - Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Monday criticized several senatorial candidates who "remain scot-free" despite being linked to corruption.  Read more »

Will Vico Sotto be Pasig's final answer?

Audrey Carpio
Updated as of Apr 22 04:48 PM

The single-term councilor wants to take Pasig from the hands of the Eusebios on his own terms: with only the faintest help from his famous folks and their dabarkads. Audrey Carpio joins the 29-year old on the campaign trail and meets a kind of Sotto we never knew existed.  Read more »

Campaign home stretch: Time for candidates to tug at heartstrings, says analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 12:00 PM

Candidates should now start appealing to the emotions of voters with just 3 weeks left until the midterm elections, a political campaign strategist said. Read more »

Ukraine comedian Zelensky becomes president-elect in landslide win

Dmytro Gorshov and Anna Smolchenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 06:32 AM

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country's political establishment. Read more »

The Last Good Senator: Rene Saguisag

Philip M. Lustre Jr.
Updated as of Apr 21 04:15 PM

While others seek the limelight and more time in public office, the former presidential spokesman promised to seek only one term in the Senate—and stuck to the promise. One journalist recalls how, in that short stint as a lawmaker, Saguisag was a workhorse, and the epitome of moral rectitude. Read more »

Pangilinan: Duterte blaming Mar for Mamasapano is 'pure politicking'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 11:41 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's remark blaming senatorial candidate Mar Roxas for an anti-terror operation that killed 44 elite policemen in 2015 is "politicking" and part of "diversionary tactics", Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said Saturday.  Read more »

Comic poised to take over presidency in Ukraine vote

Anna Smolchenko and Oleksandr Savochenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 09:48 AM

Ukrainians vote in the second round of an extraordinary election on Sunday with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment.   Read more »

Up, up and away for admin bets

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia
Posted at Apr 21 02:32 AM

Is "Duterte magic" helping pull up the administration candidates? Read more »

Mar Roxas shuns campaign frills in fresh Senate bid

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 01:21 PM

Clad in a blue shirt and well-pressed jeans, Roxas stuck to pleasant greetings and occasional pats on the back instead of carrying sacks of feeds or driving a pedicab -- two images used in his failed presidential bid that became the subject of online bashing and memes. Read more »

Indian man amputates finger after voting for wrong party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 11:51 PM

NEW DELHI, India - An Indian man chopped off his index finger in desperation after voting for the wrong party in the country's national election. Read more »

In divided America, Mueller report hardens the most strident

Letitia Stein and Tim Reid, Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 06:21 PM

The release of the report on an inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 election landed in a divided America: one side convinced Trump acted improperly, the other adamant that the investigation was a politically driven farce. Read more »

Trump declares victory on Mueller report D-Day

Paul Handley and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 11:22 PM

Trump declared himself fully vindicated Thursday in the investigation into Russian election meddling — even before the American people and lawmakers see the full probe report. Read more »

US attorney general says Mueller report finds ‘no collusion’

Peter Baker, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 18 10:38 PM

Attorney General William Barr said Mueller “found no evidence” that any member of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia in its effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Read more »

Indonesia president declares poll win as rival does too, complaining of fraud

Maikel Jefriando and Cindy Silviana
Posted at Apr 18 09:20 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday declared victory in a presidential election to lead the world's third-largest democracy but his challenger also claimed he had won and complained of widespread cheating. Read more »

As Indonesia president heads for poll win, police warn on security

Augustinus Beo Da Costa and Ed Davies, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 18 07:12 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo appeared on course on Thursday for a second term, based on unofficial vote counts and despite the objections of his rival, while police vowed firm action against any rallies that could disturb security. Read more »