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Over 55 million voters trooped to polling precincts to cast their votes last Monday, the highest ever recorded in the country for a midterm electoral exercise, according to the Commission on Elections ...
Hit by successive electoral defeats, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan felt the 2025 midterm election was his final shot at ...
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Duterte influence still strong in Cebu
Despite being detained in The Hague and sidelined from active politics, former president Rodrigo Duterte's influence remains strong in Cebu, where his endorsed senatorial candidates dominated the ...
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De Lima acquittal overturned by CA
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has overturned the 2023 acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan ...
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Hate against Marcoses got Bam, Kiko to win
By any political calculus, Bam and Kiko were certified losers. Bam lost his bid for reelection for a Senate seat in 2019, ...
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A tale of two elections
WE just witnessed two extraordinary elections. They had nothing to do with each other. One looked like the antithesis of the ...
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'Duterte poll win doesn't erase crimes'
FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte's resounding election victory in Davao City carries no weight in the eyes of international ...
THE campaign manager of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas said the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte was the main ...
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Court orders arrest of Roque, Ong
THE Angeles City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of former presidential spokesman Harry Roque and ...
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Post-election: Life goes on as usual
THE election fever is not yet over. From being campaign strategists and propagandists for months, we have become political ...
The mid-term Senate results suggest a clear mandate: move the country forward through cooperation, not confrontation” The storm from the midterm ...