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UNLESS there was widespread cheating and fraud on May 13, the Philippine electorate has apparently elected to the Senate enough Duterte candidates for that body to be fully under administration control. Former Duterte Special Assistant Christopher “Bong” Go, former...
The proclamation by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of the winners in the senatorial and partylist elections held on May 13 may have been generally accepted by the public. However, many questions persist on the conduct of the electoral campaign (massive vote...
Political pundits generally view the mid-term national (legislative) and local (executive-legislative) elections on Monday, May 13, as a referendum on the performance of the Duterte administration in the first half of its six-year term. More than that, however, the...
Despite relentless harassment and vilification by the military and police throughout the campaign period up to election day last May 13, the progressive parties obtained a total of 2,236,155 votes which qualify them for six seats in the 18th Congress.
A political analyst credited the "victory" of administration bets to fraudulent elections and the “unusual combination of Duterte’s popularity, systematic use of government resources, use of fear, and black propaganda and disinformation against progressive partylist groups.”
“The COMELEC had senselessly put the lives and safety of thousands of public school teachers in grave danger by sending them to battle with defective armaments.”
Maruming halalan, pagkapanalo ng administration candidates, at mga aral ng #Eleksyon2019 - ano ang pagtingin dito ng tumakbong senador na si Neri Colmenares?
“They are wrong if they think that we will lose hope. More and more people will come to the streets again and call for the ouster of a puppet and fascist president." By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “We will not concede!” These were the words that...
Walang bobo, walang matalino. Pero may walang pakialam at may patuloy na lumalaban. Posibleng mataas ang iyong pinag-aralan pero komportable kang patuloy na inaapi ang maraming mamamayan. Puwede namang hindi ka nakatuntong sa anumang pamantasan pero nasa utak at...
While some said they got depressed and others wanting to migrate, there are others who believe that the fight is not yet over.
"Not only did they have to be resourceful in troubleshooting the machines and in exhausting all possible means to ensure that the voting process continues immediately, but they also had to endure voters’ irk and disappointment in the resulting chaos and long lines in polling precincts."
Voter counting machine errors worsened in today’s polls, bucking the lowering trend set in the 2013 and 2016 national and local elections, watchdog Kontra Daya revealed.
The group in its mid-afternoon report said it has received allegations of vote buying in the provinces of La Union, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Camarines Norte, Negros Occidental, Aklan, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, Davao, Agusan del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur.
“Red baiting is a different level of negative campaigning. It poses risks to those who are red-tagged and might result in extrajudicial killings.”
MANILA -- Elements of Philippine National Police (PNP) were seen distributing copies of Pulis Serbis Balita, the official newsletter of the PNP, inside the Geronimo Elementary School, Sampaloc, Manila, according to Kontra Daya-Metro Manila. The banner story,...
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions Kodao’s website Kodao.org is currently suffering from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack amid its 2019 midterm elections coverage. DDoS monitoring website DDoSMon reported that Kodao experienced 11 attacks since...
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