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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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Mga bagong halal na opisyal nanumpa bago umpisahan ang termino

ABS-CBN News
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 »

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

ABS-CBN News
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'

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Halalan 2019 pinakatumpak ang VCM, ayon sa audit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 08:39 PM

Sa 4 automated na halalan, ang sa 2019 daw ang may pinakamataas na accuracy rate ng vote counting machines. Read more »

Pangilinan presses Comelec to explain poll glitches

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

The writings on the wall: Why political parties?

Edmund S. Tayao
Updated as of Jun 07 04:57 PM

There is no such thing as bobotante or stupid voters; voters ever since have been making the most out of the limited information they have to vote wisely. Read more »

Lone dissenter Guanzon: Duterte Youth's substitution bid 'irregular, illegal'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 06:42 PM

The last-minute substitution bid of the Duterte Youth party-list members is "irregular," "illegal" and "'attended by glaring procedural anomalies," Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon said. Read more »

Gov't eyes digital signatures to better secure 2022 polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 02:40 PM

Digital signatures are personal identification numbers assigned to members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) to identify who among them is operating a vote-counting machine. Read more »