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Cardema eyeing impeachment, extortion raps vs Guanzon

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:46:20 +0000

Cardema eyeing impeachment, extortion raps vs Guanzon

MANILA, Philippines – Former National Youth Commission chief and embattled Duterte Youth party-list nominee Ronald Cardema on Monday said he is eyeing impeachment and extortion complaints against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon. “Sa impeachment complaint, kung may tutulong samin, sa tingin ko meron pang mga inagrabyado ‘to, di lang naman kami, sa tagal-tagal […]

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Biden is still the Democrat to beat, but rivals see weakness

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:25:13 +0000

Biden is still the Democrat to beat, but rivals see weakness

DES MOINES, Iowa  — In a barn down a gravel road in Iowa, Joe Biden tore into President Donald Trump’s moral character, declaring in one of the fiercest speeches of his campaign that the words of the American president matter.

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Comelec: Public satisfaction confirms May elections’ success

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:05:16 +0000

Comelec: Public satisfaction confirms May elections' success

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the recent survey showing that majority of Filipinos were satisfied with the conduct of the recent May 13 elections attest to the poll body’s declaration that the midterm elections were a success.

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Marcos eyes barangay and SK polls in January or February 2023

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:11:24 +0000

The May 2020 barangay and SK elections could be postponed and instead be held either January or February 2023, a senator said.

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Otso Diretso’s defeat in polls ‘not a total loss’ — Robredo

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:22:34 +0000

Otso Diretso's defeat in polls ‘not a total loss' — Robredo

Vice President Leni Robredo described the defeat of the Otso Diretso senatorial candidates in the midterm polls as “not a total loss.”

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Audit results differ from Duterte rant vs automated polls

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:30:48 +0000

Comelec to conduct separate assessment of replaced VCMs

The committee that conducted a random manual audit of results of the last elections reported a nearly 100 percent accuracy rate of vote counting machines (VCMs) used in the May voting.

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Palace: May 13 polls ‘credible’ despite Duterte’s wish to junk Smartmatic

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 08:17:05 +0000

Palace: May 13 polls 'credible' despite Duterte's wish to junk Smartmatic

Malacañang said Friday that the May 13 midterm election was credible despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks that he wanted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop using Smartmatic.

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Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 16:17:23 +0000

JAKARTA, Indonesia  – The defeated candidate in Indonesia’s presidential election filed a challenge Friday against the result in the country’s top court just days after seven people died in rioting by his supporters in the capital.

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