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Belmonte proclaimed Quezon City mayor

May 14, 2019

Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte defeated incumbent Congressman Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo in the mayoral race on Tuesday.  Belmonte, daughter of former mayor and congressman Feliciano Belmonte and Philippine Star founder Betty Go Belmonte, was officially proclaimed as the new

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PPCRV distances itself from problematic transparency server

May 13, 2019

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting ( PPCRV) distanced itself from the problem being encountered by the transparency server where the poll watchdog has been relying its quick count for Monday’s elections. Since the first transmission of the unofficial

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Alleged private armed group member killed, six others nabbed in Zamboanga del Sur

May 13, 2019

An alleged member of a private armed group was killed while six others were apprehended after an encounter with Zamboanga del Sur on Sunday night. Lt. Angel Manglapus, public affairs officer of the 1st Infantry Division, said their soldiers deployed

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Three suspects in grenade explosion in Lanao del Sur arrested

May 13, 2019

Three suspects were apprehended after a grenade explosion in Lanao del Sur Monday afternoon. Col. Romeo Brawner, commander of 103rd Brigade, failed to give further details about the incident but noted that based on initial report a grenade exploded inside

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Military says 2019 elections peaceful and successful

May 13, 2019

Despite explosions and other election-related incidents, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) declared that the conduct of 2019 mid-term polls is peaceful and successful. “The AFP congratulates the Filipino people for the successful conduct of the National and Local

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Massive vote buying reports challenge for PNP: Albayalde

May 13, 2019

Philippine National Police ( PNP) General Oscar Albayalde on Monday said massive reports of vote buying nationwide has been a challenge for them. “A total of 332 incidents were recorded with 297 persons arrested and three minors rescued,” Albayalde said

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PPCRV receives initial unofficial results of senatorial race at 6:05pm; Villar leading

May 13, 2019

Election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting ( PPCRV) has started to receive the partial unofficial results of the senatorial elections five minutes after the polling precincts in the country closed at 6pm on Monday. Based on the PPCRV-Kapisanan

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PNP says 2019 midterm ”generally peaceful” but will not lower guard

May 13, 2019

As voting precincts closed, the Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Monday said the 2019 midterm election is “generally peaceful”. “The 2019 national and local elections turned out to generally peaceful nationwide with no reported major untoward incident that affected

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