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2019 midterm elections

Manila News 

Ex-presidential bet, Poe ‘tormentor’ on ‘new mission’ in 2019 polls

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REMEMBER Rizalito David, the former Senate employee who ran for President in 2016 and gained prominence when he filed a disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) for not being a natural-born citizen? David on Tuesday filed his certificate for candidacy (CoC) for senator, together with Alberto Alba, his running mate in 2016. […]

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Junjun Binay files candidacy for Makati mayor, sets up head-to-head with ‘ate’

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FORMER Makati mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for Makati mayor, accompanied by his sister Sen. Nancy Binay. This means that Junjun Binay will go head-to-head with incumbent and older sister Mar-Len Abigail who previously asked him not to run. In a television interview aired on Monday […]

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Roxas back in political arena, files candidacy for senator

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FORMER senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd was the first individual to file his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for senator on Tuesday, more than two years after he lost in the presidential elections to then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Running under the opposition Liberal Party (LP), Roxas said that he decided to try to regain […]

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Inquirer News 

Comelec sees no reason to extend COC filing — Jimenez

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sees no reason yet to extend the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC), but he noted that the first two days of the filing were “quite slow.”

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3 opposition Senate bets get support of cause-oriented group for 2019 polls

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CAUSE-oriented group “Tindig Pilipinas” on Friday endorsed three opposition senatorial aspirants for the 2019 elections. They are Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano, Marawi civic leader Samira “Sam” Gutoc-Tomawis, and Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno, former Dean of the College of Law of De La Salle University. “We have decided to engage in the 2019 elections. But we […]

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Women’s group, de la Rosa supporters face off at Comelec

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MEMBERS of the Gabriela Women’s Party and supporters of Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa faced off on Friday as the Bureau of Corrections chief filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for senator at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila. It started when a Gabriela Women’s Party member heckled de la Rosa when he arrived […]

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Inquirer News 

Pampanga vice mayoral bet dies in hospital after Saturday morning attack

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A municipal councilor, who was all set to run for vice mayor of Sasmuan town in Pampanga province, died in a hospital where he was treated after two men stabbed and shot him on Saturday morning.

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Diokno: There will be 2019 elections

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THERE will be midterm elections in 2019, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Tuesday. “We’re not discussing no-el (no election) scenario,” Diokno said, answering queries from Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on the first day of the 2019 budget deliberations at the House of Representatives. “There will be an election next year,” Diokno said. Diokno […]

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