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Pacquiao ‘posturing’ early for 2022 bid with new war movie roles, strategist says

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 04:31 PM

But if the senator, boxing’s only 8-division titlist, is indeed eyeing Malacañang, giving himself a head start of 31 months before elections also has its risks, said veteran campaign strategist Alan German. Read more »

Supreme Court defers action on Marcos poll protest vs Robredo

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Updated as of Oct 01 01:04 PM

Deliberation on the case was reset to Oct. 8, a Supreme Court source told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Huling araw ng voter's registration dinagsa kahit halalan balak ipagpaliban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 04:54 PM

Dumagsa sa mga tanggapan ng Commission on Elections ngayong Lunes ang mga taong nais magparehistro bilang botante para sa barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections sa Mayo 2020. Read more »

Otso Diretso, ABS-CBN News 'most targeted' by disinformation in 2019 elections – UP journ analysis

Che de los Reyes, ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group
Updated as of Sep 13 07:47 PM

Otso Diretso candidates, particularly Mar Roxas and Bam Aquino, were targeted the most by disinformation in the May 2019 elections, an analysis done by University of the Philippines professors showed. Read more »

Court dismisses election protest vs Negros Occidental mayor

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Updated as of Aug 26 01:24 PM

A court here has dismissed an election protest case lodged against Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo, saying allegations of election fraud were not established given the wide vote margins between the elected official and her political rival. Read more »

4 out of 5 Filipinos satisfied with conduct, results of May 2019 elections: SWS

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Updated as of Aug 07 12:19 PM

MANILA – Majority of Filipinos were satisfied with the conduct, as well as the results of the May 2019 elections, according to the latest survey released by Social Weather Stations (SWS) Tuesday. Read more »

Comelec cancels Cardema's Duterte Youth nomination

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Updated as of Aug 05 06:43 PM

MANILA -- (UPDATE) The Commission on Elections’ First Division has granted the petitions seeking the cancellation of the nomination of Ronald Gian Cardema as the first nominee of the Duterte Youth Party-List. Read more »

Unang araw ng voter's registration para sa 2020 polls dinagsa

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Updated as of Aug 01 08:14 PM

Nagsimula na ang voter's registration para 2020 barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Read more »

Duterte wants to extend terms of incumbent barangay, SK officials - Nograles

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Posted at Jul 23 03:14 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte is calling for the postponement of the May 2020 elections to extend the terms of incumbent village and youth leaders, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday.   Read more »

Mga bagong halal na opisyal nanumpa bago umpisahan ang termino

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Posted at Jun 30 06:09 PM

Naumpa na sa kani-kanilang lugar ang mga bagong halal na alkalde at iba pang lokal na opisyal. Read more »

Sara Duterte's Hugpong throws party after big election win

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 11:12 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE)—The biggest names in Philippine politics, led by President Rodrigo Duterte, gathered Monday evening as the administration-backed slate Hugpong ng Pagbabago threw a thanksgiving party following its big victory in the recently held senatorial elections. Read more »

Duterte credits critic Trillanes for ex-aide Bong Go's senatorial win

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 08:12 PM

Duterte said Go was elected senator because Trillanes kept on summoning him to the Senate for different issues. Read more »

Voter registration for barangay, SK polls to start in August

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Posted at Jun 21 01:26 PM

Voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections would resume next month, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday. Read more »

No proclamation certificate for Duterte Youth yet: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 02:47 PM

MANILA- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not issue a certificate of proclamation to Duterte Youth party-list just yet amid questions on the eligibility of former youth commissioner Ronald Cardema to be its nominee. Read more »

OPINION: What we can learn from Asia’s elections season

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Jun 17 02:12 PM

It would appear—with notable exceptions—that the strongmen have prevailed in Asia.   Read more »

Bong Go, nangakong hindi papaboran ang mga tumulong sa kaniyang kampanya

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Updated as of Jun 16 07:04 PM

Sinagot ni Senator-elect Christopher "Bong" Go ang ilang batikos sa kaniya sa social media matapos niyang pumangalawa sa mga kandidatong may pinakamalaking nagastos sa kampanya sa katatapos na halalan. Read more »

Imee Marcos says no personal money spent in Senate bid

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 07:01 PM

Her mother, former first lady and outgoing Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos had ranked as the third richest lawmaker in 2018. Read more »

'Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic shows his frustration on poll irregularities'

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Posted at Jun 12 12:37 AM

A Philippine election official believes President Rodrigo Duterte's call to replace Smartmatic, the country's vote-counting machine provider, is a reflection of his frustration over the perceived irregularities in the midterm polls. Read more »

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 »

Duterte: I told Sara not to run for president, any national office

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Posted at Jun 08 05:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he discouraged his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio from running for president or any national post as the job comes with a lot of "suffering."   Read more »