Pinoy Buzz: Leni Robredo

Mocha Uson comes under fire after allegedly spreading hate vibes against VP Robredo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Sexy star and social media personality Mocha Uson is once again embroiled in a new controversy after a post on her Facebook page earned the ire of netizens.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOu7jIk5lL0HhAI-51yZQx3MnS2Sn-uECgtvgd-sntQIE8aewxiLaAq9jC4gLRmN50lJWL8cS10wFoJfF5yjM9AHwJG0H_D0r7-YIc5RK1uDYe_e5CfSOzXXXjIQU6_AUmQabCEVEXkrZ/s1600/mocha-uson-facebook-post.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mocha Uson comes under fire after allegedly spreading hate vibes against VP Robredo" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOu7jIk5lL0HhAI-51yZQx3MnS2Sn-uECgtvgd-sntQIE8aewxiLaAq9jC4gLRmN50lJWL8cS10wFoJfF5yjM9AHwJG0H_D0r7-YIc5RK1uDYe_e5CfSOzXXXjIQU6_AUmQabCEVEXkrZ/s1600/mocha-uson-facebook-post.jpg" title="Mocha Uson comes under fire after allegedly spreading hate vibes against VP Robredo" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What’s wrong with Mocha Uson’s Facebook post?</td></tr></tbody></table>A well-known follower of President Rodrigo Duterte, Uson is known for expressing her support to the country’s first leader from Mindanao through her Facebook page Mocha Uson Blog. Moreover, Uson is also known for criticizing Liberal Party’s Roxas-Robredo tandem in many of her posts in the said Facebook page.<br /><br />On Friday, July 1, Uson’s post about netizen’s reactions on Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo’s inaugural speech via FB live streaming earned negative reactions. Netizens accused Uson of spreading hate vibes after posting a photo that shows Duterte’s live streaming video got likes and heart emoticons, while Robredo’s video received angry emoticons.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="“true" frameborder="0" height="589" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FMochablogger%2Fposts%2F10154356629731522%3A0&width=500" style="border: currentColor; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center><br />Uson’s post, which has amassed almost 7,000 shares as of this writing, has quickly become a trending topic on social media particularly on Twitter. <br /><br />Here are some of reactions of netizens on Uson’s controversial post.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">How to achieve unity when you have Mocha Uson? Lol</div>— Justine Ferrer (@JustineFerrer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustineFerrer/status/748794804054597632" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">The only time I ever liked Mocha Uson was probably when she got dragged by Angel Locsin in Four Sisters & a Wedding <a href="https://t.co/jMkIAE4piz" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/jMkIAE4piz</a></div>— LA (@socallmelady) <a href="https://twitter.com/socallmelady/status/748794724660580352" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Mocha Uson is the "kanser ng lipunan" that Rizal was talking about. The more you read from her page, the more brain cells you'll lose.</div>— Matt Ramos (@mattramos77) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattramos77/status/748792095364624384" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Change?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#Change</a> must start with Mocha Uson</div>— MD_baybayac (@lokomoko28) <a href="https://twitter.com/lokomoko28/status/748790440225189888" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">When I hear someone citing Mocha Uson as an information source. <a href="https://t.co/I6cfqFDHXr" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/I6cfqFDHXr</a></div>— Clyden Kho (@ClydeJayvy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClydeJayvy/status/748789103894736897" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">"How to make Mocha Uson shut up"<br /><br />There, I fixed Mocha Uson for all of you. <a href="https://t.co/ioesVyMW4T" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/ioesVyMW4T</a></div>— 5th of July (@SayHeyAce) <a href="https://twitter.com/SayHeyAce/status/748788422748180481" rel="nofollow">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="“utf-8”" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />In defense, Uson said she was only airing the sentiments of Filipino Facebook users and her post wasn’t meant to bash Robredo.<br /><br />“Kailangang lang mailabas ang katotohanan. Dahil sa mainstream media hindi lumalabas ang totoo. Dito lang sa FB nalalaman ang totoong damdamin ng Pilipino at kung pipigilan pa natin paano na malalaman ang katotohanan?” she wrote in her post.<br /><br /><strong>--Mini, The Summit Express</strong></div>

Mocha Uson comes under fire after allegedly spreading hate vibes against VP Robredo

MANILA, Philippines - Sexy star and social media personality Mocha Uson is once again embroiled in a new controversy after a post on her Fac...

Ultimate Guide to Our New Leaders: President Rodrigo Duterte, VP Leni Robredo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - After a year of electoral campaigns, a day of voting and weeks of ballot counting, the Filipino people have finally spoken. We have now elected former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and former Camarines Sur’s Third District Representative, Leni Robredo as the new President and Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYygPWyZ3RfRSBgBoBuGv5dyAeEdSYwrioDmvhtm1Y6Q71cOVvzv75HqsMeVDjn5SVsaxreFiSCGxldq9MRhUWpOPJ5idyAVxhQk56oVWQEL-uECapkdJTM4CpEM_-16dKFuoKK3N1s3p/s1600/duterte-robredo-inauguration-june-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="President Rodrigo Duterte, VP Leni Robredo" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYygPWyZ3RfRSBgBoBuGv5dyAeEdSYwrioDmvhtm1Y6Q71cOVvzv75HqsMeVDjn5SVsaxreFiSCGxldq9MRhUWpOPJ5idyAVxhQk56oVWQEL-uECapkdJTM4CpEM_-16dKFuoKK3N1s3p/s1600/duterte-robredo-inauguration-june-30.jpg" title="President Rodrigo Duterte, VP Leni Robredo" /></a></div><br />Weeks have past since the Comelec has proclaimed the two lawmaker as the new leaders of the country. So much buzz has surrounded this election. From the concession of other presidentiables to Rodrigo Duterte, to Bongbong Marcos’ filing of electoral protest against Leni Robredo, it is safe to assume that this election is one of the most buzzworthy yet. But after it all, and despite all the issues surrounding the elections, light has been shed and prayers have been answered. However, how well do we actually know our President-elect and Vice President-elect? Have we taken the time to assess what now can be considered as two of the most powerful people in the country? <br /><br />Some argue  that the tough and decisive Rodrigo Duterte can be balanced by the nurturing and motherly characteristics of  Leni Robredo, some still vote otherwise. Debates remain between the pro and the con of the upcoming government, with majority being stuck in the middle. Can the punisher truly hold his promise of alleviating crimes? And can Robredo’s “tsinelas” leadership take us to a more progressive tomorrow?<br /><br />If you haven’t made your mind up yet, don’t fret as M2.0 Communications, one of the leading <a href="http://www.m2comms.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PR agencies in the Philippines</a>, brings you an infographic that tackles the different lives of our new leaders, their potentials as the new holders of the highest seats in the government, political backgrounds and notable achievements, as well as their plans for the country in the next six years.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.m2comms.com/blog/2016/6/29/getting-to-know-your-new-leaders-president-rodrigo-duterte-and-vice-president-leni-robredo" rel="nofollow"><img alt="GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEW LEADERS: President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo" border="0" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/554acad9e4b0149371ef19bf/t/57722a09e6f2e13395d24790/1467099744839/GETTING+TO+KNOW+YOUR+NEW+LEADERS%3A+President+Rodrigo+Duterte+and+Vice+President+Leni+Robredo?format=750w" width="540" /></a></center></div>

Ultimate Guide to Our New Leaders: President Rodrigo Duterte, VP Leni Robredo

MANILA, Philippines - After a year of electoral campaigns, a day of voting and weeks of ballot counting, the Filipino people have finally sp...

Mocha Uson denies calling Leni Robredo a cheater; explains controversial Facebook post

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Sexy star Mocha Uson made some clarifications about her controversial statement about Vice President-elect Leni Robredo on her Facebook page.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ49DodNGCzmzwMXP-ARSjeWLUJ87ByAytOrYJ62zNyGf1Py4d9YKZGKsjcjaW12x8TYQQ6Xy0aCLJB1VYJxNP-FdChfXXb2OsgaZCGK4wxDy2gRGkXaWyCPQef0mcwvqEIstf6wQlS81/s1600/mocha-uson-leni-robredo.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mocha Uson" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ49DodNGCzmzwMXP-ARSjeWLUJ87ByAytOrYJ62zNyGf1Py4d9YKZGKsjcjaW12x8TYQQ6Xy0aCLJB1VYJxNP-FdChfXXb2OsgaZCGK4wxDy2gRGkXaWyCPQef0mcwvqEIstf6wQlS81/s1600/mocha-uson-leni-robredo.jpg" title="Mocha Uson" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: Mocha Uson Blog</td></tr></tbody></table>The outspoken member of girl group Mocha Girls addressed supporters of the Camarines Sur solon, whom she called “yellow warriors,” after coming under fire for a post on Facebook regarding Robredo. In the controversial Facebook post, Uson warned Robredo that they will be watching over her. <br /><br />Uson also threatened the incoming vice president that Duterte Die Hard supporters (DDS) will be forced to remove her from the office if she will not support President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="“true" frameborder="0" height="726" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FMochablogger%2Fposts%2F10154268519826522&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center><br />Because Uson was widely criticized for her statement about Robredo, the celebrity supporter of the Duterte-Cayetano tandem clarified some issues concerning her post.<br /><br />“Never ko sinabing nandaya si VP Leni. (I didn’t say that VP Leni cheated.) As a matter of fact I even said I respect the results of this election,” Uson wrote.<br /><br />Uson, who claims she doesn’t support Robredo nor her closest rival Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, repeatedly said her loyalty is with losing vice presidential aspirant Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. She also denied mentioning plan B in her statement.<br /><br />“I am not a supporter of BBM nor Leni because I still believe that Cayetano is the best VP for Pres. Duterte.”<br /><br />Although Uson respects the results of the elections, she said DDS will be watching over Robredo, who is a member of the Liberal Party.<br /><br />“Her loyalty should no longer be with Aquino, Roxas or to her Party. Her loyalty should be to our President Duterte and since you are the VP of our country, dapat ang katapatan mo ay sa bayan din (your loyalty should be to our nation).<br /><br />Towards the end of her post, Uson said that they will support Robredo if she will support Duterte.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="“true" frameborder="0" height="689" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FMochablogger%2Fposts%2F10154271510111522&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Mocha Uson denies calling Leni Robredo a cheater; explains controversial Facebook post

MANILA, Philippines - Sexy star Mocha Uson made some clarifications about her controversial statement about Vice President-elect Leni Robred...

FORECAST: Robredo wins over Marcos in vice presidential race

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Liberal Party (LP) bet Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo won the vice presidential race against Independent candidate Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. based on TheSummitExpress' total votes forecast including the remaining election returns (ERs) and results of overseas absentee voting (OAV).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNqW8SypTS8aKNfusR3FkR9XRWoqksCf-qNxj5QSPCLBbILpglktTX2zyXqX1VdyptTRHS2BpHZLgQ7tA4lEvOPRLLd7dGG3R0_vcanpEF2bYf9j2TiREgNs9nwTD6a0oTGzti0fNbVfP/s1600/robredo-marcos-vp-race.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Robredo wins over Marcos in vice presidential race" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNqW8SypTS8aKNfusR3FkR9XRWoqksCf-qNxj5QSPCLBbILpglktTX2zyXqX1VdyptTRHS2BpHZLgQ7tA4lEvOPRLLd7dGG3R0_vcanpEF2bYf9j2TiREgNs9nwTD6a0oTGzti0fNbVfP/s1600/robredo-marcos-vp-race.jpg" title="Robredo wins over Marcos in vice presidential race" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leni vs. BBM on vice presidential race. Photo Credit: Candidates' Facebook accounts</td></tr></tbody></table>In the probable vote counts (final, unofficial and giving full integrity to the results reflected on Comelec-GMA transparency server), <b>Robredo is expected to edge out Marcos by more than 200,000 votes</b>.<br /><br />As of 8:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, Robredo has 14,020,498 votes against 13,802,459 of Marcos or 218,039 lead in the race. The partial results represent 96.10-percent of the ERs (90,602 of 94,276 ) or (43,708,556 of 55,735,757 registered voters).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkQh5ptm_9I0wWLuxkoLzdQOOv-OfbWUCTqiqu7hWCIFsIUn1UUTNnar9oUjGwVMvz9GaZuNblbyXJ3i8Ldl3qttw_4Jg8f8L4WXLZi4y7p0ZqaG0Qof8VXUcFRFZNKEAdtMnO67KLMb_/s1600/vp-update15.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="VP update May 15" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkQh5ptm_9I0wWLuxkoLzdQOOv-OfbWUCTqiqu7hWCIFsIUn1UUTNnar9oUjGwVMvz9GaZuNblbyXJ3i8Ldl3qttw_4Jg8f8L4WXLZi4y7p0ZqaG0Qof8VXUcFRFZNKEAdtMnO67KLMb_/s1600/vp-update15.JPG" title="VP update May 15" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: GMA News</td></tr></tbody></table>On Saturday afternoon, results of OAV were posted online by Comelec Commissioner Rowena V. Guanzon. Marcos trounced Robredo by 86,734 votes. Overseas voting turnout set record of 31-percent (432,706 out of 1,376,067).<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">OAV votes all in but this will have to be audited yet. See pic <a href="https://t.co/abknRX0qca" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/abknRX0qca</a></div>— Rowena V. Guanzon (@commrguanzon) <a href="https://twitter.com/commrguanzon/status/731412907230146560" rel="nofollow">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Ok u spoiled kids here's the OAV breakdown.but subject to audit <a href="https://t.co/4q5Z4vEJWh" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/4q5Z4vEJWh</a></div>— Rowena V. Guanzon (@commrguanzon) <a href="https://twitter.com/commrguanzon/status/731425685852446720" rel="nofollow">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Guanzon said that OAV votes will not be in the transparency server. It will be manually uploaded [<i>to the central server]</i>. <br /><br />The combined votes (PH partial and OAV) will cut the lead of Robredo to 131,305 votes.<br /><br />While the OAV counts are crucial to decide who will be the next vice president of the country, the remaining local votes that still to be transmitted to the Comelec server will be a big factor for the race.<br /><br />Comelec Chair Juan Andres “Andy” Bautista announced that the poll body’s voter turnout for the May 9 polls reached a historic 81.62 percent. Of the 55,735,757 million registered voters, about 45 million actually exercised their right of suffrage.<br /><br />The combined data from transparency server shows that 43,708,556 of local votes already counted. This adds to the 432,706 votes from OAV. The expected remaining votes stood at around 1.3 million votes.<br /><br />Based from the data of Inquirer for the <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/785553/list-areas-provinces-countries-transmit-2016-philippine-election-results" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">precincts left</a> until 100-percent transmission (as of May 13), the grand total of registered votes is around 1.2 million or can be translated to 1 million using 81.62-percent turnout.<br /><br />The Summit Express has calculated the most probable votes per province (areas have yet to transmit election returns) using the <a href="http://ph.rappler.com/elections/2016/results/map" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">results map of Rappler</a> (Who is Winning Where?) and the percentage votes of candidates based transmitted returns. The idea is demography has direct relation to the majority of the casted votes.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zUVVOtEbVK_2rYc6LLVtFhF4zwFwJDE9u9I212q2KgBxGu2RE_aEy69KWP70cdZJcT8Z_x4u9YchtS_fK7tx05LNCEaSblVMw4mNaPhGDOQfp4BO2fuebYRJegMBMr0-RiBL_FUmjhna/s1600/results-map-rappler.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rappler results map" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zUVVOtEbVK_2rYc6LLVtFhF4zwFwJDE9u9I212q2KgBxGu2RE_aEy69KWP70cdZJcT8Z_x4u9YchtS_fK7tx05LNCEaSblVMw4mNaPhGDOQfp4BO2fuebYRJegMBMr0-RiBL_FUmjhna/s1600/results-map-rappler.JPG" title="Rappler results map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rappler.com results map: Marcos won in Northern Luzon and Metro Manila while Robredo dominated in Southern Luzon, Visayas and portion of Mindanao.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Data analysis shows Robredo might get 366,402 as compared to Marcos' 287,638 total votes in the remaining precincts nationwide. The probable vote counts (PH final, unofficial including OAV) of Robredo and Marcos will climb to 14.48 and 14.27 million respectively.<br /><center><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/SuCzcfSSkIZWYLdwaAWs" data-title="Untitled chart" data-type="interactive"></div><script>!function(e,t,n,s){var i="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName(t),d=o[0],a=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(s)&&(s=a+s),window[i]&&window[i].initialized)window[i].process&&window[i].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var r=e.createElement(t);r.async=1,r.id=n,r.src=s,d.parentNode.insertBefore(r,d)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","//e.infogr.am/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");</script><div style="border-top: 1px solid #dadada; font-family: "arial important"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0 30px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><a href="https://infogr.am/9ad086b4-8393-41ad-9be4-df82b1185ed4" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank">Leni vs. BBM VP race forecast</a><br /><a href="https://infogr.am/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank"></a></div></center><br />For transparency, here's the sample computation of votes:<br /><div style="display: block; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/312633937/Precincts-Left-Until-100-Percent-Transmission?secret_password=IurypmF6Y0ccmNN75773" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="View Precincts Left Until 100 Percent Transmission on Scribd">Precincts Left Until 100 Percent Transmission</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/137380979/TheSummitExpress" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="View TheSummitExpress's profile on Scribd">TheSummitExpress</a></div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.2941176470588236" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_66922" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/312633937/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-D1m12HH0uI7FUi28fveG&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br />Reports said that official canvassing of votes for the presidential and vice-presidential election will most likely to start on May 25. It is the sole jurisdiction of the Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, according to the poll body.<br /><br />Under the Constitution and the election law, there are two types of certificates of canvass (COCs) that Congress will use in its tally: the electronic certificates to be generated by the computerized consolidation and canvassing system and the manually accomplished COCs to be delivered by the provincial, city and special canvassing board to the Senate.<br /><br />Senate President Franklin Drilon could not give a timeframe on when the entire canvassing would be concluded, although they have until June 30 to proclaim a president and vice president.<br /><br /><i><b>Disclaimer</b>: The unofficial figures and sample computations above do not intend to create confusion, but it has a goal to give a quick analysis of the possible result of the vice presidential election.</i></div>

FORECAST: Robredo wins over Marcos in vice presidential race

MANILA, Philippines - Liberal Party (LP) bet Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo won the vice presidential race against Independent candidate Se...

President Duterte chooses his Cabinet members

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – “It aint over yet, till the fat lady sings.” But in the case of Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte, who has an insurmountable 6 million plus lead in votes over second placer former DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, it’s over, it’s done, he won the presidential race. The tough-speaking Davao City Mayor is the Republic of the Philippines’ Presumptive President.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TZRhkFg17HRl20NWE-336fGJdtOonCUnVSr0fUn0aozfUW6u-spfQHPP3gKNRvJwzzcfx9WPW_E_1hKr1jQmzEmItimuL0tC6tmy0ZxsXjAhi5Tw1tJG3J0Sso6aBW1gUFQNQ5_uRg2h/s1600/dutertes-chooses-his-cabinet-2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Presumptive President Duterte chooses his Cabinet members" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TZRhkFg17HRl20NWE-336fGJdtOonCUnVSr0fUn0aozfUW6u-spfQHPP3gKNRvJwzzcfx9WPW_E_1hKr1jQmzEmItimuL0tC6tmy0ZxsXjAhi5Tw1tJG3J0Sso6aBW1gUFQNQ5_uRg2h/s1600/dutertes-chooses-his-cabinet-2016.jpg" title="Presumptive President Duterte chooses his Cabinet members" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less than couple of months before his oath taking as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines,  Rody Duterte has already chosen his Cabinet Members.</td></tr></tbody></table>The rest of the presidentiables have already thrown in the towel, Duterte along with his board of advisors, have already started laying out their plans for his 6-year-term. One of the priorities is drafting the administration’s cabinet members. There are now few names on the Mayor’s wish list. But nothing is final as per Duterte’s camp.<br /><br />Common vision (on good governance), integrity, competence and willingness to sacrifice are just some of the major characters that Duterte is looking for his new set of government officials according to his spokesperson, Peter Lavina.<br /><br />Prior to the white listing of the cabinet members, Duterte has already formed his Transition Committee which he parted into six divisions:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Leoncio Jun Evasco - social development</li><li>Christopher Bong Go - peace and security</li><li>Carlos Dominguez - economic development</li><li>Salvador Medialdea - justice system</li><li>Loreto Ata - government-owned and controlled corporations</li><li>Peter Laviña - infrastructure development</li></ul><br />"These are the six major clusters so that we will be able to hasten the process of receiving... We are receiving lists, nominees, suggetsions of potential members of the Cabinet as well as sub-Cabinet positions and head of various agencies," Laviña said.<br /><br />Known as a brutal-law-enforcer in his turf, Duterte bared during a media interview that he will more likely considered retired military officials like former Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon to take roles in his administration. <br /><br />On one of the ambush interviews prior to the National Elections, Mayor Rody uttered that: “running a government, after all is pure commonsense.” Meaning, an official doesn’t have to have a rocket science university degree to run an effective government. In line with this, he would really love to have his long-time friend and re-known businessman Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez III to handle either Department of Transportation or Finance Department.  Dominguez served as the Agriculture secretary during the administration of late President Cory Aquino.<br /><br />His San Beda College of Law classmate, Arthur Tugade is also highly considered as the Department of Trade and Industries Department. <br /><br />For the Department of Defense, he is still uncertain who he will place in it but one thing is for sure; that he will choose an Ex-General to handle one of the major departments of his administration. <br /><br />To support his propaganda in suppressing the illegal drug trade, Duterte revealed that he himself will handle the DILG because he wants to directly supervise the PNP. He will just hire a “pure manager” as his undersecretary. He will not choose any politician or police general for this department.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ0Qfh0NOsKojBCwro4g61Zs0iew0ronSKgwlHW4-fB4S8sAEEKve5Z4aimkhoxbOiCE4Qa75qZYOCRcjiq1p0P5DDqQ5LGOb1bgUZV909IZNN6Uyfnn4lmxRfBg-w-9Jh8QP6X2nygDT/s1600/marquez-duterte.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Duterte vows to lead the PNP in busting drug-related crimes." border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ0Qfh0NOsKojBCwro4g61Zs0iew0ronSKgwlHW4-fB4S8sAEEKve5Z4aimkhoxbOiCE4Qa75qZYOCRcjiq1p0P5DDqQ5LGOb1bgUZV909IZNN6Uyfnn4lmxRfBg-w-9Jh8QP6X2nygDT/s1600/marquez-duterte.jpg" title="Duterte vows to lead the PNP in busting drug-related crimes." /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Duterte vows to lead the PNP in busting drug-related crimes. Photo Credit: politics.com.ph</td></tr></tbody></table>Known for his peace efforts in Mindanao, Mayor Rody wants someone who he can really trust. Thus, Ramos administration Press Secretary and his high school classmate will play a major role in Mindanao peace process. It was earlier reported that Duterte will continue to work out with CPP-NPA head, Joma Sison for at least a 6-year truce or to possibly end a 30-long-year of rebellion.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8GDNVXEi8MfC5Zh4R1ynaqDhL4t6mrrNbxwRLL2wu4RKsx6rCzVWkIacBrvjAo8WVE_Cya5V8AbOCgpPobGu87EAytQRCXr0cpNOSax3FMWUdzpQwjiljj8BZk1BNutOifbFKrUN1qR7/s1600/duterte-chooses-his-cabinet-members-joma.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mayor Rody talks about peace with CPP-NPA Head Joma Sison" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8GDNVXEi8MfC5Zh4R1ynaqDhL4t6mrrNbxwRLL2wu4RKsx6rCzVWkIacBrvjAo8WVE_Cya5V8AbOCgpPobGu87EAytQRCXr0cpNOSax3FMWUdzpQwjiljj8BZk1BNutOifbFKrUN1qR7/s1600/duterte-chooses-his-cabinet-members-joma.jpg" title="Mayor Rody talks about peace with CPP-NPA Head Joma Sison" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Mayor Rody talks about peace with CPP-NPA Head Joma Sison. Photo credit: Inquirer.net</td></tr></tbody></table>His vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who couple of days has conceded to Cong. Leni Robredo will surely have a post, possibly his foreign secretary. Robredo on the other hand, who is currently leading the vice-presidential race by a little less than two hundred thousand over Sen. BongBong Marcos expressed her gratitude to Duterte. Mayor Rody yesterday said that he is seriously pondering to give a cabinet position to Cong. Leni whether she wins or loses the bid.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfTs0nsitAIqHHoSFW61eyCQORM9alyRSzLI8WifqLi2dcR85k8nLE6PcJmim8OeUavnlYlcAhEMlWS1svwK-F5jV3CzRIoAsYgL1ipC-NErqqH9AD6451NukctWY6LTf0_BbISMP0wFm/s1600/cayetano-robredo.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Win or Lose, both Cayetano and Robredo will have a role in Duterte administration." border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfTs0nsitAIqHHoSFW61eyCQORM9alyRSzLI8WifqLi2dcR85k8nLE6PcJmim8OeUavnlYlcAhEMlWS1svwK-F5jV3CzRIoAsYgL1ipC-NErqqH9AD6451NukctWY6LTf0_BbISMP0wFm/s1600/cayetano-robredo.jpg" title="Win or Lose, both Cayetano and Robredo will have a role in Duterte administration." /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Win or Lose, both Cayetano and Robredo will have a role in Duterte administration.</td></tr></tbody></table>Lavina said, everything is still a wish for the presumptive president. It is still difficult to disclose everything in their raw blue print because they’re not still sure whether the names on the list would love to have the roles under his administration.<br /><br />To sum up, Mayor Duterte is not keen on hiring politicians to support him in his administration, what he really wants is someone who can execute the job well and can  manage all the departments the way it should be. After all, “running a  good government is just a pure commonsense.”<br /><br /><b>--Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

President Duterte chooses his Cabinet members

MANILA, Philippines – “It aint over yet, till the fat lady sings.” But in the case of Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte, who has an insurmountabl...

Melanie Marquez alleges cheating in vice presidential elections

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Beauty queen-actress Melanie Marquez, a known supporter of vice-presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has alleged switching in the tally of votes between frontrunner Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo and Marcos for the vice-presidential race.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOJPWIVMWlFqN1QVXadBulQ7MnjrzrlBOzaG0jXUMsyFilyWitb1Hys4ZVos2lX7TT6-kNkOFBGA9KK61VuzNBKI0oaDBjQeEcokR3d4Gia2xS2tMmTKi5mM_08JSbEFxKak7a9vcFRYV/s1600/marquez-cheating-vice-president.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Melanie Marquez alleges cheating in vice presidential elections" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOJPWIVMWlFqN1QVXadBulQ7MnjrzrlBOzaG0jXUMsyFilyWitb1Hys4ZVos2lX7TT6-kNkOFBGA9KK61VuzNBKI0oaDBjQeEcokR3d4Gia2xS2tMmTKi5mM_08JSbEFxKak7a9vcFRYV/s1600/marquez-cheating-vice-president.jpg" title="Melanie Marquez alleges cheating in vice presidential elections" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The former Miss International 1979 Melanie Marquez has claimed something fishy in the tally of votes in the vice-presidential race.</td></tr></tbody></table>The former Miss International 1979 repeatedly posted screen grabs of the tally of votes taken from elections.org.ph and GMA News website in her social media accounts. According to Marquez, the votes for Marcos and Robredo were switched in the partial and unofficial tally.<br /><br />While the tally from elections.org.ph shows that Marcos was leading with 12,999,399 votes and Robredo had 12,964,944 votes, the tally of votes from GMA News website showed that the votes for the two rivals were interchanged.<br /><br />In the caption of her Facebook post, Marquez wrote: “Itong simpleng tanong ko, na paki-explain ang pag-switch ng pangalan sa resulta at kung bakit ihahalal na Bise Presidente itong si Leni R..., e maliwanag pa sa buwan ang pandarayang ginawa nila!!”<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORIES</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/comelec-election-results-2016-vice-president-partial-unofficial.html" rel="nofollow">Comelec Election Results 2016: Vice President partial, unofficial</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/bbm-plan-b-allegation.html" rel="nofollow">Marcos supporters gather in Luneta amid Plan B allegation</a></li></ul><div><br />(Here’s a simple question. Can you explain the switching of names in the result and why we should vote Leni R as vice president when it’s very clear that cheating occurred?)<br /><br />Marquez also posted the screen grab in her Instagram account.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFTJp4zp_6V/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">SUCH A DISGUSTING & DECEITFUL BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN'S LIES OF GREED!</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Mimilanie Laurel Marquez (@melaniemarquez16) on <time datetime="2016-05-12T07:43:09+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">May 12, 2016 at 12:43am PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br />TV networks GMA News and CNN Philippines earlier apologized for mistakenly decreasing the vote count for Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero in a tally released saying it was a typographical error. However, GMA Network has not yet addressed the issue raised by Marquez as of this writing.<br /><br />The camp of Marcos has suspected poll cheating in the vice-presidential race after a change in the hash code of the transparency server coincided with the rise in Robredo’s votes. According to his lawyer, Atty. Francesca Huang, the change in the system resulted to increase in the votes for Robredo.<br /><br />However, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) quickly denied their claims saying that the “cosmetic” change in the program didn’t affect the integrity of the results.<br /><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div></div>

Melanie Marquez alleges cheating in vice presidential elections

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Marcos supporters gather in Luneta amid Plan B allegation

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Amid cheating allegations against leading vice-presidential candidate Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, supporters of vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.  have gathered at Rizal Park in Manila to express solidarity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOINrTvXvC3Cr6g1DkhCzpRtH8QWuzpJaqFhNW-tMCFy1qpiv36gdazBz1k3UXySxSffwkKZLBCKJH1ycangnVeb4v-q5tTWBa-UNpjkZKUpc3QYXqHMoPj-oQyEmZ6y8S173VprTDvfH/s1600/bbm-planb.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOINrTvXvC3Cr6g1DkhCzpRtH8QWuzpJaqFhNW-tMCFy1qpiv36gdazBz1k3UXySxSffwkKZLBCKJH1ycangnVeb4v-q5tTWBa-UNpjkZKUpc3QYXqHMoPj-oQyEmZ6y8S173VprTDvfH/s1600/bbm-planb.jpg" title="Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr" /></a></div><br />Over 100 supporters, mostly wearing red shirts, came together after a plea urging Marcos’ supporters to “occupy Luneta” beginning 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11 was posted on Facebook.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtwlOpryyu_gxg_uN8PYA4zP5Nx4D_ajlgx2mtINBikA6cPNILqtmWgDIZ8PUIZwg3vIkjs6sibnILKfnryVFh171KeABGO5QI7YNwxRxraUfLEkqnVTkCv7O3nLlmteUpIACyRHR9x75/s1600/bbm-plan-b2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="BBM supporters express solidarity as they occupy Luneta Park." border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtwlOpryyu_gxg_uN8PYA4zP5Nx4D_ajlgx2mtINBikA6cPNILqtmWgDIZ8PUIZwg3vIkjs6sibnILKfnryVFh171KeABGO5QI7YNwxRxraUfLEkqnVTkCv7O3nLlmteUpIACyRHR9x75/s1600/bbm-plan-b2.jpg" title="BBM supporters express solidarity as they occupy Luneta Park." /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">BBM supporters express solidarity as they occupy Luneta Park. PHOTO CREDIT: Inquirer</td></tr></tbody></table>On Tuesday, May 10, Marcos alleged irregularities in the partial and unofficial counting of the votes for the vice-presidential race claiming that the Aquino administration’s plan B is in full swing.<br /><br />Marcos said: “Talagang yung napapag-usapan na Plan B ay mukhang talagang itinutuloy nila dahil iniiipit ang pag-transmit ng ibang mga boto na galing sa balwarte ko parang pinapalabas na nangunguna si Cong. Robredo.”<br /><br />(They are really pushing Plan B and they are preventing the transmission of votes from my stronghold to make it appear that Cong. Robredo is leading.)<br /><br />Earlier, the Ilocano lawmaker revealed Liberal Party’s alleged Plan B to ensure that President Benigno Aquino III will not end up in jail after the National Elections.<br /><br />“The Plan B is to ensure victory for Leni Robredo and remove Duterte via impeachment. In this way, Noynoy [the President’s nickname] and his minions will avoid being jailed,” Marcos revealed in a news conference.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Marcos’ running mate and losing presidential candidate Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has also accused the administration of “manufacturing numbers” for Robredo.<br /><br /><div id="unruly_placeholder"></div>In a statement sent to reporters, Santiago said: “The roller coaster ride of vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. invites comparison with a garrison state. In such a state, the authoritarian government feels free to manufacture numbers as they are needed.”<br /><br />Political analyst Jan Robert Go, on the other hand, believes that there is no reason to doubt the vice presidential results if you trust the partial and unofficial presidential tally.<br /><br />Go explained: "When you put in the ballot, it (vote counting machine) reads the same ballot. The same machine receives the ballot ... And we have not heard of any complaints about the manifest in the receipts.”<br /><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Marcos supporters gather in Luneta amid Plan B allegation

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Roxas wishes Duterte success as he concedes in presidential race

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas has raised the white flag in the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday, May 10 in front of his supporters in his campaign headquarters in Quezon City.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce9e-K6SsQOXIsShqXml_H7t-ISRh8G_TabdqP2tsKaYb-cC2hgVbH-4aUpBb3xdYsF1zesHq8rv3OxY0oFMx_t1hyiTS5q-LzFKMwW6CM_9n6vkzHcBbRkRZalKVBNkK6i3tNNoTT1MN/s1600/mar-roxas-concede.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The administration bet has admitted defeat in the 2016 presidential race. " border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce9e-K6SsQOXIsShqXml_H7t-ISRh8G_TabdqP2tsKaYb-cC2hgVbH-4aUpBb3xdYsF1zesHq8rv3OxY0oFMx_t1hyiTS5q-LzFKMwW6CM_9n6vkzHcBbRkRZalKVBNkK6i3tNNoTT1MN/s1600/mar-roxas-concede.jpg" title="The administration bet has admitted defeat in the 2016 presidential race. " /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">The administration bet has admitted defeat in the 2016 presidential race. PHOTO CREDIT: ABS-CBN News</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Visibly emotional but calm, Roxas conceded defeat to the presumptive winner of the presidential election saying the results clearly point victory to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Although the two rivals had a series of heated exchange during the campaign period, he wished his toughest opponent success.<br /><br />In his speech, he told his supporters: “Simulan na naten ang pagbuo sa minamahal nateng bansa. Galangin natin ang pasya ng ating kababayan. Ayon sa unofficial count, malinaw sa si Rodrigo Duterte ang magiging susunod na pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas. Digong, I wish you success.”<br /><br />(Let’s start building our beloved country. Let’s respect the decision of our fellow countrymen. Based on the unofficial count, it is clear that Rodrigo Duterte will be the next president of the Republic of the Philippines.)<br /><br />Watch the video.<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FCNNPhilippines%2Fvideos%2Fvb.1515763818663512%2F1720398464866712%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="100%"></iframe> </div></center><br />Roxas was initially set to hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. but it was postponed at 1 p.m. after meeting with vice presidential frontrunner and running mate, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo.<br /><br />He also urged supporters and the public to continue monitoring the election results particularly in the vice presidential race where Robredo is engaged in a close fight with Sen. Bongbong Marcos.<br /><br />"Ngayon, hindi pa tapos ang laban ni Leni. Angat siya. Lumalaban siya. Patuloy tayong magbantay, manalig at sumuporta. Siguraduhin natin na mabibiling ng tama ang kanyang boto,” Roxas said.<br /><br />(Leni’s fight is not yet over. She’s leading. She’s fighting. Let’s continue monitoring, praying and supporting. Let’s ensure that all her votes are accounted for.)<br /><br />In what was dubbed as a supreme sacrifice, Roxas set aside his ambition of becoming the President of the country and gave way to Benigno Aquino III, who was a Senator then, in the 2010 National Elections. While Aquino won the 2010 presidency in a landslide victory, Roxas lost to then Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay in the vice presidential race.<br /><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Roxas wishes Duterte success as he concedes in presidential race

MANILA, Philippines- Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas has raised the white flag in the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday, May 10 in f...

#LabanLeni: Robredo overtakes Marcos in VP race (May 10)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Camarines Sur Congresswoman Leni Robredo has overtaken early frontrunner Senator Bongbong Marcos in a close fight for a vice presidential seat early Tuesday, May 10, 2016.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFpzkouPS8bBy_DKNaHiBC7Onqq3YiMuISsGqrC5L-PC9XDdE5ge8JniRE60nlUxxNtFRXqcEJBiFsb4nhkEODQZxQmyKmuRt9RJm27bd7KQK9xDAHZWEcbS89YnWe_7vZbYAFlaSrgq9/s1600/robredo-marcos-vp-race.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=" Robredo overtakes Marcos in VP race (May 10)" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFpzkouPS8bBy_DKNaHiBC7Onqq3YiMuISsGqrC5L-PC9XDdE5ge8JniRE60nlUxxNtFRXqcEJBiFsb4nhkEODQZxQmyKmuRt9RJm27bd7KQK9xDAHZWEcbS89YnWe_7vZbYAFlaSrgq9/s1600/robredo-marcos-vp-race.jpg" title=" Robredo overtakes Marcos in VP race (May 10)" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cong. Leni Robredo takes lead from Sen. Bongbong Marcos after 10 hours of counting.</td></tr></tbody></table>Robredo took the slight lead of less than 600 votes against Marcos, 12,860,722 and 12,860,147 votes respectively based on <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/comelec-election-results-2016-vice-president-partial-unofficial.html" rel="nofollow">3:00 a.m. partial and unofficial counts</a> from the Commission on Election (Comelec) Transparency server.<br /><br />As of 6:29 a.m., the Liberal Party VP bet edged out Marcos with less than 80,000 votes, 13,108,167 and 13,032,667 accumulated votes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYrBS0ecmpQSYr0BjlqEEuE7OTCUqky3_5RUdfimoNGssneLb_-V5mrJd0QNRfFu-s0EyFN2d3ozZxP681Ar_55t6nr72nZi2McdL5wTfSsDyV0aPxPqcjyIHotmkrd_qdO4kD6jVxRxU/s1600/robredo-may10.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Robredo edged out Marcos with less than 80,000 votes (May 10)" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYrBS0ecmpQSYr0BjlqEEuE7OTCUqky3_5RUdfimoNGssneLb_-V5mrJd0QNRfFu-s0EyFN2d3ozZxP681Ar_55t6nr72nZi2McdL5wTfSsDyV0aPxPqcjyIHotmkrd_qdO4kD6jVxRxU/s1600/robredo-may10.jpg" title="Robredo edged out Marcos with less than 80,000 votes (May 10)" /></a></div><br />Senator Alan Peter Cayetano ranked third with more than 5 million votes while Sen. Francis Escudero got around 4.5 million of votes. Trailing behind are Senators Antonio Trillanes and Gringo Honasan, each with around 700,000 votes.<br /><br />In the presidential race, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is in the lead with 15,014,824 votes, followed by Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas with 9,005,569 votes.<br /><b><br /></b> <b>#LabanLeni and #BBM4VP trended online</b><br /><br />After 10 hours of counting, Robredo took to Twitter to announce that votes from her bailiwicks, Bicol, Iloilo and ARMM, have started to come in.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">Umaarangkada na tayo!! Pumapasok na mga boto mula sa bailiwicks natin - Bicol, Iloilo, ARMM. <br /><br />Kaunting dasal pa, maipapanalo na natin ito.</div>— Leni Robredo (@lenirobredo) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenirobredo/status/729752736682500096" rel="nofollow">May 9, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Earlier, Robredo said that based on her camp's own quick count, she is confident that she will win.<br /><br />"Palapit na tayo. Ayon sa projections, mananalo tayo. Walang bibitiw. Sa huli, ang tama ang mananaig. Dasal pa tayo. ‪#‎LabanLeni,‬" she posted on Facebook.<br /><br />Supporters of Marcos also shared their support as "#BBM4VP" also trended on the microblogging site.</div>

#LabanLeni: Robredo overtakes Marcos in VP race (May 10)

MANILA, Philippines - Camarines Sur Congresswoman Leni Robredo has overtaken early frontrunner Senator Bongbong Marcos in a close fight for ...

LIVESTREAM: Mar Roxas miting de avance at the Quezon Memorial Circle

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The final rally or or miting de avance of Liberal Party and administration standard bearer Mar Roxas is happening today, May 7, at the Quezon Memorial Circle.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hIrm83-3hCjn8w2DJ4lSvBN_bvN-CT37M-IFSwWy5RaCdJTGZM7ZoR9S7SGETi4ikg15YsXvhW91-4iJk0TPkdJzYGLWhU0IOIdHMi5Z8upKb3tAthlItKBNZ7J3UbzmppLnaegxjai8/s1600/mar+roxas+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mar Roxas miting de avance at the Quezon Memorial Circle" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hIrm83-3hCjn8w2DJ4lSvBN_bvN-CT37M-IFSwWy5RaCdJTGZM7ZoR9S7SGETi4ikg15YsXvhW91-4iJk0TPkdJzYGLWhU0IOIdHMi5Z8upKb3tAthlItKBNZ7J3UbzmppLnaegxjai8/s1600/mar+roxas+2.JPG" title="Mar Roxas miting de avance at the Quezon Memorial Circle" /></a></div><br />Thousands of supporters flock to express support to Roxas camp including vice presidential bet Leni Robredo in the rally to cap off 90-day campaign period before the general elections on Monday, May 9.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6IMXbVWuNhMj3j4U_EpAaw498NZQcoPPr8_zxH5uJjLYfcGpORyTBoJCKewz6ud8ARYb8EGSSlu2rD4P-ZR0qWWYyJfI7Iun6UUpDYwhz5B6dFTEjCdwJdn9noxP-QStcn03mnG4Hk6h/s1600/mar-roxas-qc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6IMXbVWuNhMj3j4U_EpAaw498NZQcoPPr8_zxH5uJjLYfcGpORyTBoJCKewz6ud8ARYb8EGSSlu2rD4P-ZR0qWWYyJfI7Iun6UUpDYwhz5B6dFTEjCdwJdn9noxP-QStcn03mnG4Hk6h/s1600/mar-roxas-qc1.jpg" title="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm65kA3sLtmy9S5T79zwgtdzUMcDu4IPEbHu9XkEUpT_TnlPkWKdeSOrtR4INIFuldAXHgny6yQbpq_LunQQl6Ap2cT0xwrsjY9e_Swgmw2i1LSD2rdPOAcIeLcIRRnpKYVAfL9UrBB0XJ/s1600/mar-roxas-qc2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm65kA3sLtmy9S5T79zwgtdzUMcDu4IPEbHu9XkEUpT_TnlPkWKdeSOrtR4INIFuldAXHgny6yQbpq_LunQQl6Ap2cT0xwrsjY9e_Swgmw2i1LSD2rdPOAcIeLcIRRnpKYVAfL9UrBB0XJ/s1600/mar-roxas-qc2.jpg" title="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKIEHg4GqfIp7F3zErKSKdDEThimzlyHuplr9GsjFSVPoG-mo2krvb-4B-SCdOrzvohj4fw52TlpZS4cAM-mj-DR2uF8AmVvcnPD-tTdW5sF0A7UDpi7Pm6agdDV6upz6EE9GbnMi4xsn/s1600/mar-roxas-qc3.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKIEHg4GqfIp7F3zErKSKdDEThimzlyHuplr9GsjFSVPoG-mo2krvb-4B-SCdOrzvohj4fw52TlpZS4cAM-mj-DR2uF8AmVvcnPD-tTdW5sF0A7UDpi7Pm6agdDV6upz6EE9GbnMi4xsn/s1600/mar-roxas-qc3.jpg" title="Mar Roxas grand rally Quezon Memorial Circle" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>WATCH: Mar Roxas miting de avance livestream</b><br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmar.roxas.official%2Fvideos%2F10153738346264353%2F&show_text=0&width=400" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="100%"></iframe></div></center><br />OPTION 2: Video courtesy of Rappler<br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9Zk4YSv3Ws" width="100%"></iframe></div></center><br />Check out the live feed from Twitter for Roxas Grand Rally in Quezon City:<br /><br /><center><a class="twitter-timeline" data-widget-id="728893386854305793" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=MAR%20ROXAS%20NATION" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweets about MAR ROXAS NATION</a><br /><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script></center><br />Administration candidate Mar Roxas shocked supporters on Friday when he called for "unity" with Sen. Grace Poe, with whom he was statistically tied in the recent surveys. Though Poe said she would not drop her candidacy for Roxas but was open to a meeting.<br /><br />President Benigno Aquino claimed that Duterte had the makings of a dictator. In order to beat the mayor's 33% score in SWS polls, unity of Poe (with 22%) and Roxas (20%) camp is crucial.<br /><br />“The whole point is to get even two of them unite... then we have more than 40 percent,” Aquino said in an interview of ABS-CBN.</div></div>

LIVESTREAM: Mar Roxas miting de avance at the Quezon Memorial Circle

MANILA, Philippines - The final rally or or miting de avance of Liberal Party and administration standard bearer Mar Roxas is happening toda...

Duterte maintains wide lead in latest poll; Robredo, Marcos statistically tied in top spot

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is still the front-runner in the latest Pulse Asia Survey commissioned by ABS-CBN Corp. published on Wednesday, May 4.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dd4fE6WAJd4pA-c1njsucN8MkGqJuM__UQF5THfeE1OEKBK851CsuFcb9gstKu0eWxi_UPP3CgF3GENI5-wVrbelwSZpWyhYMNVpphrcKP0Ut5FzoY4ugMal_gYLI1g49dSGEUNGSG9o/s1600/duterte-lead-pulse-asia.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Duterte maintains wide lead in latest poll" border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dd4fE6WAJd4pA-c1njsucN8MkGqJuM__UQF5THfeE1OEKBK851CsuFcb9gstKu0eWxi_UPP3CgF3GENI5-wVrbelwSZpWyhYMNVpphrcKP0Ut5FzoY4ugMal_gYLI1g49dSGEUNGSG9o/s640/duterte-lead-pulse-asia.jpg" title="Duterte maintains wide lead in latest poll" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Mayor Duterte maintains wide lead over other presidential aspirants in the latest Pulse Asia Survey.<br />PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Rody Duterte</td></tr></tbody></table>The tough talking mayor maintained his lead with 33% rating for the second week in a row in the survey conducted from April 26 to 29 among 4,000 registered voters across the country. The survey had a margin of error of +/- 1.5%.<br /><br />Statistically tied at the second place were administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas II with 22% and Sen. Grace Poe with 21% ratings.<br /><br />Vice President Jejomar “Jojo Binay” and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago got 17% and 2% respectively. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Camarines Sur Representative Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo surged in the survey and now shares the top spot with Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Robredo has two percentage points lead with 30% of the votes over Marcos who obtained 28%. <br /><br />Former front-runner Francis “Chiz” Escudero ranked third with 18% followed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who obtained 15%. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV received 3% while Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan got 2%. According to Pulse Asia, 5% of the voters remain undecided.<br /><br />In the senatorial race, Senate President Franklin “Frank” Drilon emerged as the top choice after obtaining 47.8% of the votes.<br /><br />Other senatorial aspirants who have the statistical chance of winning were Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, former senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Panifilo “Ping” Lacson, Sarangani Congressman Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, former Akbayan Party List Congresswoman Risa Hontiveros, former TESDA Director General Emmanuel Villanueva, Sen. Sergio Osmeña III, former Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon, former DOJ Secretary Leila de Lima, Sen. Ralph Recto and Valenzuela Congressman Sherwin T. Gatchalian.<br /><b><br /></b><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Duterte maintains wide lead in latest poll; Robredo, Marcos statistically tied in top spot

MANILA, Philippines- Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is still the front-runner in the latest Pulse Asia Survey commissioned by ABS-CBN Corp...

GMA-7 cancels its May 1 'Hamon ng Bise' VP Debate?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - GMA Network has cancelled its scheduled vice presidential debate for the May 2016 elections dubbed as  'Hamon ng Bise,' various reports have confirmed few days before the supposed live airing.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb4InyEgQud9IEKqoJikQcd6pc9l62WEecb3cKVT4YklO99c-cKT3z8aSRjvibfOxzFMZg-3GNMqXwIK_OcOKvwyLryN-ShR-QvZEqg3qijWhUS57aX4su9vM_PCoQfTqY6b2THlOgTFF/s1600/vp-debate-cnn.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vice Presidential candidates for May 2016 elections." border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb4InyEgQud9IEKqoJikQcd6pc9l62WEecb3cKVT4YklO99c-cKT3z8aSRjvibfOxzFMZg-3GNMqXwIK_OcOKvwyLryN-ShR-QvZEqg3qijWhUS57aX4su9vM_PCoQfTqY6b2THlOgTFF/s640/vp-debate-cnn.jpg" title="Vice Presidential candidates for May 2016 elections." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vice Presidential candidates for May 2016 elections. Photo Credit: CNN Philippines</td></tr></tbody></table>The VP debate slated today, May 1, was cancelled as only three of the six candidates have confirmed to GMA-7's invitation.<br /><br />"Out of the six candidates, campaign teams pa lang nila Leni Robredo, Alan Peter Cayetano, and Antonio Trillanes ang nakapagcommit," a report from Media Newser Philippines said.<br /><br />"Hindi na siya magiging debate kung kalahati lang ang lalabas kaya shelved na ang debate," the report added quoting its unnamed source.<br /><br />Meanwhile, GMA-7 has no statement yet regarding the issue of cancellation or possible re-scheduling of the event.<br /><br />"Hamon ng Bise: The GMA Vice Presidential Debate" should have been the second debate to be hosted by the Kapuso Network for the upcoming general elections. In February, GMA-7 hosted the first leg of the "PiliPinas Debates 2016" in Cagayan de Oro City.<br /><br />CNN Philippines has organized the sole vice presidential debate in the PiliPinas Debates 2016 series on April 10 (all candidates were present) while ABS-CBN hosted its own debate called "Harapan ng Bise" a week after (Senator Bongbong Marcos did not attend).</div>

GMA-7 cancels its May 1 'Hamon ng Bise' VP Debate?

MANILA, Philippines - GMA Network has cancelled its scheduled vice presidential debate for the May 2016 elections dubbed as 'Hamon ng B...

Duterte widens lead; Robredo zooms to No. 1, tied with Marcos - SWS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Despite drawing flak over his rape joke involving an Australian lay minister killed in a 1989 prison riot, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has pulled away in the presidential race, according to the latest BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) pre-election survey.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaPF7bzIAm0bXIBj4-IWXTiXAcBAaissZBnIie5ZcEkmWInYe0r0hA64QM6NBxkeswG1pMf6KaedwV16yrk4dRuub2iacna18DNxB6e38Kp_fDGlJiPiTvG8o8kFyAyodbfvanNSmzij2/s1600/duterte-robredo-marcos.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Duterte widens lead; Robredo zooms to No. 1, tied with Marcos" border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaPF7bzIAm0bXIBj4-IWXTiXAcBAaissZBnIie5ZcEkmWInYe0r0hA64QM6NBxkeswG1pMf6KaedwV16yrk4dRuub2iacna18DNxB6e38Kp_fDGlJiPiTvG8o8kFyAyodbfvanNSmzij2/s640/duterte-robredo-marcos.jpg" title="Duterte widens lead; Robredo zooms to No. 1, tied with Marcos" width="560" /></a></div><br />The survey which used sample size of 1,800 validated voters, conducted from April 18-20  (with sampling error margins of ±2 points) revealed that Duterte's voter preference rating rise to 33%. In the previous survey held on March 30-April 2, he had 27% rating.<br /><br />The Davao City Mayor's spokesperson Peter Tiu Laviña told BusinessWorld “this is most encouraging result given that the black propaganda against Duterte intensified during this period.”<br /><br />“This only affirms the strong clamor of our people for genuine change. Duterte has become a rallying symbol for all classes -- poor, middle and rich -- long fed up with ‘trapos’ messing up our country. We shall make use of the support of our people as inspiration to ensure their victory on May 9,” Mr. Laviña said in a text message, using the Filipino word for “rag” that has been adopted to refer to “traditional politicians”.<br /><br />Erstwhile frontrunner Sen. Grace Poe got 24% voter preference rating, up one percentage point from previous poll.<br /><br />Liberal Party's standard bearer Mar Roxas secured the third spot while Vice-President Jejomar Binay dropped to fourth place with 14%.<br /><br />Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is still in fifth place with 2%.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vAJzHZkMetNxoBR6_RejdxIyAkb9KHgxegAKlQwzEQfpUToFgF4kpUFTxtXrK3rgZVDyN-VVz-orynMM8BrctlmzKfW3i_YHKh5rH0bumr9BMXzkGxd99nhHctYyoi7o3USiPJKTgNt7/s1600/duterte-pulls-away.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Duterte pulls away in the latest SWS survey." border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vAJzHZkMetNxoBR6_RejdxIyAkb9KHgxegAKlQwzEQfpUToFgF4kpUFTxtXrK3rgZVDyN-VVz-orynMM8BrctlmzKfW3i_YHKh5rH0bumr9BMXzkGxd99nhHctYyoi7o3USiPJKTgNt7/s640/duterte-pulls-away.png" title="Duterte pulls away in the latest SWS survey." width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duterte pulls away in the latest SWS survey. Photo Credit: BusinessWorldOnline</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Robredro, Marcos tied for VP</b><br /><br />The widow of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo has gained significant numbers as compared to the previous poll.<br /><br />Leni Robredo zoomed to the top spot garnering 26% of votes, up by seven percent and in statistical tie with Senator Bongbong Marcos with 25%.<br /><br />Sen. Francis Escudero dropped to third place with 18%, followed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano with 16%.<br /><br />Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV received 5%, while Sen. Gregorio Honasan II has a 2% voter preference rating.<br /><br /><b>Senatorial race</b><br /><br />The same survey also showed that reelectionist Senate President Franklin M. Drilon (LP) and Senator Vicente C. Sotto III (Nationalist People’s Coalition) are still in the running for the top two seats in the Senate out of the 12 up for grabs on May 9 polls.<br /><br />Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao managed to get the third spot, followed by Francis Pangilinan, Panfilo Lacson, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Risa Hontiveros, Leila de Lima, Joel Villanueva,  Sergio Osmena III,  and Richard Gordon.<br /><br />Reelectionist Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto (LP) is tied at 12th-13th place with Valenzuela City 1st District Rep. Sherwin T. Gatchalian (NPC).</div>

Duterte widens lead; Robredo zooms to No. 1, tied with Marcos - SWS

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10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Bongbong Marcos

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Admit it or not, the vice presidential race won’t be making rounds all over if not for the controversies and controversial figures attached on it and one of them is Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. This election, the late dictator’s namesake will make an attempt to restore the lost glory of his family’s name.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhUsQFHq3OgJ32eTc4dBLfYEre6zL_qtgt4fOnKOcuVHD6BxaMe1niggG_KbeV-v55xDIYPP_UznksqM1XcCpp_YaRPcTy8XtohYkzIXAE80H2mWt5LtF4PW_yEC-15K01LTbeCtzYCAP/s1600/bbm-marcos-10-things-special-feature-jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Bongbong Marcos" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhUsQFHq3OgJ32eTc4dBLfYEre6zL_qtgt4fOnKOcuVHD6BxaMe1niggG_KbeV-v55xDIYPP_UznksqM1XcCpp_YaRPcTy8XtohYkzIXAE80H2mWt5LtF4PW_yEC-15K01LTbeCtzYCAP/s400/bbm-marcos-10-things-special-feature-jpg.jpg" title="10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Bongbong Marcos" width="400" /></a></div><br />With the enormous support from the youth who mostly were born in the post martial law years, will it be enough to catapult another Marcos to a position that’s just a heartbeat away from the Malacañan?<br /><br />There’s more to his name, know some ten things about vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos:<br /><br /><b>1. A veteran in the legislative and executive branches of the government.</b><br /><br />Spanning a total of a quarter century, Marcos held various positions in the government as vice-governor and governor of Ilocos Norte, as congressman of the province's second district and as senator, making him one of the most experienced political figures of the current era with excellent track record in public service.<br /><br /><b>2. Authored the Philippine Archipelagic Baselines Law (Republic Act No. 9522).</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yPsxw8YLXWc7vDg6ZpVesOZwTPQOFB6munsV08F82-lsymJwfFlcKTGHhQJyNLbjFSY8ls1vuJKpFaD0FkdlgoL-m4P-Lx-ugD2ji6q9cN2eamksRTFRySvvT0rJnxoEoier_QFgtLYi/s1600/marcos-fm-bongbong-father-and-son.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bongbong will be an inch away from the presidency, a post that the older Marcos held for two decades." border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yPsxw8YLXWc7vDg6ZpVesOZwTPQOFB6munsV08F82-lsymJwfFlcKTGHhQJyNLbjFSY8ls1vuJKpFaD0FkdlgoL-m4P-Lx-ugD2ji6q9cN2eamksRTFRySvvT0rJnxoEoier_QFgtLYi/s640/marcos-fm-bongbong-father-and-son.jpg" title="Bongbong will be an inch away from the presidency, a post that the older Marcos held for two decades." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Once elected, Bongbong will be an inch away from the presidency, a post that the older Marcos held for two decades. <br />Photo credit: Bongbong Marcos Facebook page</td></tr></tbody></table>While serving in the lower house of congress. The R.A. 9522 indicates the maritime jurisdiction of the Philippines which complies with the UNCLOS.<br /><br /><b>3.Transformed Ilocos Norte as first-class province.</b><br /><br />As three-term governor of the province from 1998-2007, Marcos intensively promoted the tourism of Ilocos Norte among local and foreign tourists, making the northern part of Luzon instrumental in pivoting the economy of the country as the province was able to acquire the attention of the global community in terms of generating profit and investments.<br /><br /><b>4. Yes to free market and passage of anti-dynasty law.</b><br /><br />Surprisingly, Marcos who comes from one of the most prominent political families in the Philippines voted "yes" for the passage of anti-dynasty law during the COMELEC organized vice presidential debate. The young Marcos even bragged his role in including an anti-dynasty provision in the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law. Marcos is very much pursuant also to propel the country to a high performing free market economy.<br /><br />WATCH: Marcos’ opening statement during the VP debate (video courtesy of Inquirer.net Youtube account).<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JATHl79NrsM" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><b>5. For mitigation of climate change.</b><br /><br />When the Marcoses came back to local politics, it was Bongbong who helmed the beginning of Ilocos Norte as an energy sufficient province. It was during his term that the province was hailed as a pioneer of renewable energy by constructing the now famous Bangui wind farm. Even today, Marcos believes that the Philippines should do more to combat the effects of climate change.<br /><br /><b>6. For youth empowerment.</b><br /><br />Marcos pioneered the establishment of the Philippine Youth Commission in 1992. It was his first ever law that he authored upon taking his role in the House of Representatives. It allows the youth to take a more proactive approach in nation-building and honing the future of the Filipino youth as effective leaders.<br /><br /><b>7. Well-educated man.</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4IqqzfAYDfb13yaJHj4gls4bxGLodawePoKEP8H3U4UAInYGNWyS7fJv9Su9X5MSwy30k0rrA9Uf4Y7u1BhZ5SHUQCYAA2zn9TbCvNzMm3wuu9yl_GfnVOqPnmyGAVru_fsfIyeps_C9/s1600/college-young-bongbong-marcos-oxford.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Marcos attended the Oxford University." border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4IqqzfAYDfb13yaJHj4gls4bxGLodawePoKEP8H3U4UAInYGNWyS7fJv9Su9X5MSwy30k0rrA9Uf4Y7u1BhZ5SHUQCYAA2zn9TbCvNzMm3wuu9yl_GfnVOqPnmyGAVru_fsfIyeps_C9/s640/college-young-bongbong-marcos-oxford.jpg" title="Marcos attended the Oxford University." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Marcos attended the Oxford University. Photo credit: Bongbong Marcos online</td></tr></tbody></table>At a very young age, Marcos was envisioned by his family to take greater responsibilities for the country, thus providing him the opportunity to study overseas. Marcos graduated from the Oxford University with a Special Diploma in Social Studies. After that, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business for an MBA program but failed to complete the said course as he had to come back to the Philippines to assume his post as Ilocos Norte's Vice Governor at a very young age of 23.<br /><br /><b>8. High performing senator.</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2qOuTg25LIW11QcbdoJ-Gedz1ZIwPc2mPDF1LZSGG5v0t2tF0gSxJPho-fhm7XVqLeuiLeBzMsl8gF5PXn4hL0r_ykngoXFwW96kOFcG4YptNE_vJLYzvo4QTeGldTOJ2vNZntJbeC_w/s1600/bongbong-marcos-senator-senate.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Marcos in action at the senate." border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2qOuTg25LIW11QcbdoJ-Gedz1ZIwPc2mPDF1LZSGG5v0t2tF0gSxJPho-fhm7XVqLeuiLeBzMsl8gF5PXn4hL0r_ykngoXFwW96kOFcG4YptNE_vJLYzvo4QTeGldTOJ2vNZntJbeC_w/s640/bongbong-marcos-senator-senate.jpg" title="Marcos in action at the senate." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Marcos in action at the senate. Photo credit: Senate of the Philippines online</td></tr></tbody></table>Marcos was the author of 34 senate bills and co-authored 17 other bills during his tenure as senator of the republic in the 15th congress. So far in the 16th congress, Marcos already authored 52 bills and co-authored four.<br /><br /><b>9. Values the role of farmers and teachers in the society.</b><br /><br />By dedicating majority of his Countryside Development Fund (CDF) while serving in the congress towards the establishment of cooperatives, Marcos’ gesture was significant to help the workers of the grassroots sector to improve their lives.<br /><br /><b>10. Loves books, movies, his kids and the Beatles.</b><br /><br />Like his fiercest rival Leni Robredo, the 57-year old lawmaker is a book and movie lover and also has three children namely Sandro, Simon and Vincent. On his free time however, the senator also loves to download and watch films aside from reading books. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD_BxqbHYcWuTwS23fuQEQBUFG5XT1KS3LKb2jWxt1Paxd11FJUJeQ4-rHnSjh-GXIvM9j1RO4HR2h3RR3HyLYzuYt6RG-dQjuY0YquigGE8LBC3RlWfwvq5PdQEkRNN-1oFbqgRtTpil/s1600/bongbong-marcos-family.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bongbong with his sons Sandro, Simon and Vincent." border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD_BxqbHYcWuTwS23fuQEQBUFG5XT1KS3LKb2jWxt1Paxd11FJUJeQ4-rHnSjh-GXIvM9j1RO4HR2h3RR3HyLYzuYt6RG-dQjuY0YquigGE8LBC3RlWfwvq5PdQEkRNN-1oFbqgRtTpil/s640/bongbong-marcos-family.jpg" title="Bongbong with his sons Sandro, Simon and Vincent." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Bongbong with his sons Sandro, Simon and Vincent. Photo credit: Bongbong Marcos online</td></tr></tbody></table>Another reason why Bongbong highly revered not only by Ilocanos but a sizeable population of the public is that he's as ordinary like them. Bongbong is a certified Beatle fan, claiming that he has the best collection of the band’s records prior to the EDSA uprising. He even invited Beatle icon Ringo Starr to come back to the Philippines to patch up things between the government and their group. Aside from that, Bongbong knows how to cook sinigang and pinakbet, signs of a bona fide Ilocano!<br /><br /><b>--Michael Santiago, The Summit Express</b></div></div>

10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Bongbong Marcos

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10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Leni Robredo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">As the Filipino voters continues to scan the list of the qualifications of the six candidates vying for the second highest post of the land, the race to win the vice presidency has became more interesting than ever.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntehuRnwZMXA-rLoY2alDkd7V-PpSJvJvEFIG5QS39okBXGew5rb044I6SIEzPsVVaWAQheTLzSdnyFv1VYcDfmjvHF4r-OQ2TeVtM2aA2vhMEE54QNTKyVyY1r2CTEe8zK9ly1z6thuP/s1600/leni-robredo-10-things-special-feature.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Leni Robredo" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntehuRnwZMXA-rLoY2alDkd7V-PpSJvJvEFIG5QS39okBXGew5rb044I6SIEzPsVVaWAQheTLzSdnyFv1VYcDfmjvHF4r-OQ2TeVtM2aA2vhMEE54QNTKyVyY1r2CTEe8zK9ly1z6thuP/s400/leni-robredo-10-things-special-feature.jpg" title="10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Leni Robredo" width="400" /></a></div><br />Are Filipinos ready for a second woman as their next vice president? Take a glimpse of Congresswoman Leni Robredo’s life and accomplishments by learning ten interesting facts about her.<br /><br /><b>1. Human rights lawyer.</b><br /><br />As how she always introduces herself, Robredo is just a newbie in the political arena. She's currently on her first term serving as the representative of the third district of Camarines Sur. While her track record in the legislature is just blossoming, Robredo has already proven her name in public service being a human rights lawyer for SALIGAN, an organization that offers free legal assistance to the poor.<br /><br /><b>2. Pushes for zero hunger, shared prosperity and gender equality.</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-gRs8goZCFDPtduY15livD1nWn209t9T6nNX_U6vrwNVait4-JjwGHIKi4LpFz5eJYN3eQ9irqH9AbFC-h55pZuBQPqAwYzGdDzmHhVJbsN381q6F2XEJgESqRxoMFO8ARayfRzGxtL6/s1600/pnoy-mar-leni-tuwid-na-daan.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Robredo promises to continue and improve the “Daang Matuwid” governance. " border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-gRs8goZCFDPtduY15livD1nWn209t9T6nNX_U6vrwNVait4-JjwGHIKi4LpFz5eJYN3eQ9irqH9AbFC-h55pZuBQPqAwYzGdDzmHhVJbsN381q6F2XEJgESqRxoMFO8ARayfRzGxtL6/s640/pnoy-mar-leni-tuwid-na-daan.jpg" title="Robredo promises to continue and improve the “Daang Matuwid” governance. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Robredo promises to continue and improve the “Daang Matuwid” governance. <br />Photo credit: Noynoy Aquino Facebook page</td></tr></tbody></table>Part of Robredo's platform is to eradicate hunger, equal distribution of wealth and opportunities all over the country not only in Metro Manila and selected big cities. As a woman and a mother of three, Robredo is aiming for gender equality, allowing women to get equal access to opportunities and enabling people from all walks of life to participate in policy making in their communities.<br /><br /><b>3. Against political dynasties and death penalty.</b><br /><br />Death penalty is not a cure for crime according to Robredo, citing the accomplishments that the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo had accomplished during his tenure as mayor of Naga City. Robredo also wants to put an end in the political dynasty system in the country’s political structure.<br /><br /><b>4. Yes to Freedom of Information Bill, no to contractualization.</b><br /><b><br /></b> Leni Robredo comes from a simple background prior to her ascendancy to power and fame (video courtesy of CNN Philippines.)<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6UvWLebS8KI" width="560"></iframe></center><br />Although Robredo is proposing a "supply-driven" version of FOI to be passed as this will make the government to compulsory provide information of its transactions to the public. Also, she wants to pass the Security of Tenure Bill that will improve the working condition of ordinary workers by halting the long-time practice of contractualization in the workforce. <br /><br /><b>5. An ordinary commuter advocating for "tsinelas leadership."</b><br /><br />Probably what makes Robredo a standout among her rivals in the VP post is that she truly embodies how it’s like to be an ordinary public servant by taking public transport whenever she goes to and from Manila or Naga.<br /><br />She is also known wearing her trademark tsinelas footwear whenever she visits her constituents on her district every week as she believes that she should always have a regular interaction with her people to know their needs.<br /><br /><b>6. Sudoku lover.</b><br /><b><br /></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg09LLvy3k7n_FyRRWmKKU8h2WsagkzlugdT3nKjjCqKS7a2hvI9SvlQV-7qPKZUHuirxBUv5ybF5Dz1z704m8UNG-br5b1VM4S3Uls9J7mt-4mTqzgB9-3EFrsyM_9mHyW3S9mgUZ54Sr/s1600/leni-robredo-family.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Leni with her daughters, Jillian, Tricia and Aika. " border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg09LLvy3k7n_FyRRWmKKU8h2WsagkzlugdT3nKjjCqKS7a2hvI9SvlQV-7qPKZUHuirxBUv5ybF5Dz1z704m8UNG-br5b1VM4S3Uls9J7mt-4mTqzgB9-3EFrsyM_9mHyW3S9mgUZ54Sr/s400/leni-robredo-family.jpg" title="Leni with her daughters, Jillian, Tricia and Aika. " width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Leni with her daughters, Jillian, Tricia and Aika. <br />Photo credit: Modern Filipina Magazine online</td></tr></tbody></table>Aside from patronizing the works of famous authors like Tom Clancy and John Grisham, Leni loves to play Sudoku game at home on her free time.<br /><br /><b>7. She could have been a judge.</b><br /><br />Prior to her husband's death, Robredo is almost an inch away from becoming a Regional Trial Court Judge just like her father, unfortunately, the untimely death of Jesse altered the course of her career which eventually pointed her to lead the third district of Camarines Sur in the congress.<br /><br /><b>8. PHP 8.03 million.</b><br /><b><br /></b> According to Robredo herself, she sees the outcome of the VP race favoring her (video courtesy of ABS-CBN News Youtube account.)<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MzeEI4wI0qg" width="560"></iframe></center><br />PHP 8.03 million was the total net worth that Robredo filed on her 2014 SALN, slightly lower than her PHP 8.29 million SALN that she initially filed upon assuming a seat in the congress in 2013. The 2014 figure made her the 49th poorest member of the House of Representatives.<br /><br /><b>9. Tea lover and hands-on mom.</b><br /><br />Green tea to be specific, Leni is known to be a frequent drinker of green tea every morning as she personally packs the things inside the bag of her youngest daughter, Jillian before she sends her to school. Leni also personally plans the itineraries of her family whenever they got the chance to go for out-of-town trips.<br /><br /><b>10. A constructive critic of the administration.</b><br /><br />The 51-year old congresswoman may have been the anointed one of President Aquino and the Liberal Party to assist their standard bearer Mar Roxas to continue the "Daang Matuwid" governance but Robredo has been vocal that aside from the laudable accomplishments of the Aquino administration, there are still more work to do, things to improve and errors that needs to be corrected like putting new faces to helm the disastrous Department of Transportation and Communication.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe2wpVB84kmnH3b0zLZwW0e7FRstJI6HKmISQ6x5pxbJ0SGq9njy-xDmscFodSw0wlck-fpS2yXiFPEeLgPruVSF65G59trXGPdEvTNojIFYzmXD4qzoum5lsEci3qXbjKbqo6A58V_Q8/s1600/leni-mar-tandem-liberal-party.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Robredo vows full support towards his running mate Roxas once they assume office." border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe2wpVB84kmnH3b0zLZwW0e7FRstJI6HKmISQ6x5pxbJ0SGq9njy-xDmscFodSw0wlck-fpS2yXiFPEeLgPruVSF65G59trXGPdEvTNojIFYzmXD4qzoum5lsEci3qXbjKbqo6A58V_Q8/s640/leni-mar-tandem-liberal-party.jpg" title="Robredo vows full support towards his running mate Roxas once they assume office." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Robredo vows full support towards his running mate Roxas once they assume office.<br />Photo credit: Leni Robredo Official Website</td></tr></tbody></table>Even when Roxas invited her to become his running mate, Robredo admitted to the media on  some interviews that not all her positions on issues perfectly aligns well with Roxas' but stated that they were able to adjust well to each other’s vantage points.<br /><b><br /></b> <b>--Michael Santiago, The Summit Express</b></div>

10 Things To Know About VP Candidate Leni Robredo

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LIVESTREAM: "Harapan ng Bise" VP Debate 2016 on ABS-CBN video

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN’s “Harapan ng Bise,” the vice presidential debate happens today, April 17, 2016. Dubbed as the part two of the UST debate, candidates face off anew to help voters decide for May 9 general elections. The full livestream video will be available on this page.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGW6cS_72mSX3Zg9gRJZzXS_-5RUgHgeG3g28_AbNYoq7OzH41YVBamISuU2J4-8kQzlbrXQE-ZeN72bm2jfqRKuFrEY4vfoWicllU3uvCNL56niDxcSxH3CTYOmzTOZdp669Ym98qRKn/s1600/Harapan-ng-Bise-ABS-CBN.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" "Harapan ng Bise" VP Debate 2016 on ABS-CBN video" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGW6cS_72mSX3Zg9gRJZzXS_-5RUgHgeG3g28_AbNYoq7OzH41YVBamISuU2J4-8kQzlbrXQE-ZeN72bm2jfqRKuFrEY4vfoWicllU3uvCNL56niDxcSxH3CTYOmzTOZdp669Ym98qRKn/s640/Harapan-ng-Bise-ABS-CBN.png" title=" "Harapan ng Bise" VP Debate 2016 on ABS-CBN video" width="560" /></a></div><br />The "Harapan ng Bise" debate, which airs live on ABS-CBN this Sunday from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 p.m., will allow Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, Sen. Chiz Escudero, Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Leni Robredo, and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to talk about their platforms and stand on important issues. Sens. Gringo Honasan and Bongbong Marcos were also invited but could not make it to the debate due to a scheduling conflict.<br /><br /><b>Catch the livestream of "Harapan ng Bise" VP Debate 2016 here (ABS-CBNnews.com):</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dvcf5UaG7c4" width="600"></iframe></center><br />Note: The full video replay courtesy of ABS-CBN will be available also on this page.<br /><br />Meanwhile, here's the live Twitter feed of the second vice presidential debate for the 2016 elections:<br /><br /><center><a class="twitter-timeline" data-widget-id="721505661226393601" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarapanBise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HarapanBise Tweets</a><br /><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script></center><br />The debate will be moderated by seasoned broadcast journalists Alvin Elchico and Lynda Jumilla. Viewers, meanwhile, will also get to ask the vice presidential candidates questions via social media correspondent Gretchen Ho.<br /><br />In “Harapan ng Bise,” the vice presidential candidates will go through several rounds of debate on the most urgent national issues on jobs, health, crime, security and economy. They will also test each other’s opinions, and will be grilled by panelists composed of broadcast journalist Tina Monzon-Palma and political analysts Edna Co and Julio Teehankee.<br /><br />“Harapan ng Bise: The ABS-CBN Vice Presidential Debate” is part of ABS-CBN’s “Ipanalo Ang Pamilyang Pilipino” election campaign that encourages Filipinos to use their vote and uphold the interest and welfare of their families.<br /><br />On April 24, the third and final leg of PiliPinas Debates 2016, the Towh Hall presidential debate will be held at the University of Pangasinan with media sponsors ABS-CBN and Manila Bulletin.</div>

LIVESTREAM: "Harapan ng Bise" VP Debate 2016 on ABS-CBN video

MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN’s “Harapan ng Bise,” the vice presidential debate happens today, April 17, 2016. Dubbed as the part two of the...

Duterte overtakes Poe in new Pulse Asia survey, Marcos claims lead for VP

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has overtaken consistent front-runner Senator Grace Poe in the new pre-electoral national survey conducted by Pulse Asia and commissioned by broadcast giant ABS-CBN.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kfWq8lYOHTDr1ZGvakvhV2nXeEak1SLJRiFZ0DtW6wCbM-ioomHKuIb8fs4sSreB7V_g3ySjO9bHGwZKurXVctnxLCbTeW47VjJZHuwPI5ykVKAT6BNrC01eTgVAngvtx0YAJkQuzttW/s1600/duterte-marcos.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (left) tops presidential race; Senator Bongbong Marcos takes lead for VP." border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kfWq8lYOHTDr1ZGvakvhV2nXeEak1SLJRiFZ0DtW6wCbM-ioomHKuIb8fs4sSreB7V_g3ySjO9bHGwZKurXVctnxLCbTeW47VjJZHuwPI5ykVKAT6BNrC01eTgVAngvtx0YAJkQuzttW/s640/duterte-marcos.jpg" title="Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (left) tops presidential race; Senator Bongbong Marcos takes lead for VP." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (left) tops presidential race; Senator Bongbong Marcos takes lead for VP.</td></tr></tbody></table>Pulse Asia on Tuesday, April 12, said they used using face-to-face interviews to 4,000 registered voters during the survey fieldwork from March 29 – April 3. The research firm said the nationwide survey has a ± 1.5% error margin at the 95% confidence level.<br /><br />If the May 2016 elections were held during the survey period, 30% of Filipino registered voters would elect Duterte as the country’s next president.<br /><br />Poe has been relegated to second place (25%) while Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay and former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II find themselves statistically tied for third place (20% and 19%, respectively). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nUMNlMiCNgivByeZahHbOkVyTG5uFgVzG3Kw2ZQTb9cVgRmdwszKd1JAPg-IYCpPl9geZYFPMYECO4txkMDy3lPoJHq6hPVB0BK5Dxm4ph11-Q3dHt5caXu_TZbBVAzG_yqNhP4gRWbi/s1600/duterte-top1.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Duterte leads presidential race" border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nUMNlMiCNgivByeZahHbOkVyTG5uFgVzG3Kw2ZQTb9cVgRmdwszKd1JAPg-IYCpPl9geZYFPMYECO4txkMDy3lPoJHq6hPVB0BK5Dxm4ph11-Q3dHt5caXu_TZbBVAzG_yqNhP4gRWbi/s640/duterte-top1.JPG" title="Duterte leads presidential race" width="560" /></a></div><br />Only 2% of registered voters choose to support Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s presidential bid.<br /><br />In terms of second-choice voter preference, Poe leads with 31%. Binay registers the second highest second- choice voter preference of 19%.<br /><br />Pulse Asia said that almost two (2) out of every 10 registered voters with a first choice for president (17%) do not have an alternative candidate for the post. Senator Poe has the most to gain should Davao City Mayor Duterte not pursue his candidacy as 41% of his original voters name her as their alternative presidential candidate.<br /><br /><b>BBM leads vice presidential race</b><br /><br />With 28% of registered voters naming him as their original candidate for vice-president, Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. leads the vice-presidential race.<br /><br />Sharing second place are Camarines Sur Representative Maria Leonor G. Robredo (22%) and Senator Francis Escudero (21%). Moreover, 15% support the candidacy of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, 5% favor Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and 4% back Senator Gregorio Honasan II. Only 5% of registered voters do not name a favored vice-presidential candidate. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsaIdBx5lQS9yp35WLPzZSoEdZcQvwbj5zRU7gOcf92XWoWc6Ze7E7CnWY_z80xqDiGkCVQyHA-Vk_ewnQotujAVk-0SyV3qFnUpU1r8xJI-yAO0nK9WjOP3zuEQ1IH0GmoDQ3GmfBovo/s1600/marcos-top1-pulse.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BBM leads vice presidential race" border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsaIdBx5lQS9yp35WLPzZSoEdZcQvwbj5zRU7gOcf92XWoWc6Ze7E7CnWY_z80xqDiGkCVQyHA-Vk_ewnQotujAVk-0SyV3qFnUpU1r8xJI-yAO0nK9WjOP3zuEQ1IH0GmoDQ3GmfBovo/s640/marcos-top1-pulse.JPG" title="BBM leads vice presidential race" width="560" /></a></div><br /><b>12 probable winners in the May 2016 senatorial elections</b><br /><br />Of the 50 senatorial candidates in the coming elections, 12 have a statistical chance of making it to the winners’ circle.<br /><br />Among these probable winners, five (5) are running under the Liberal Party (LP), four (4) are independent candidates, and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), and Akbayan all have a candidate each. <br /><br />Leading the list of probable winners are Senator Vicente Sotto III (49.4%) and Senate President Franklin M. Drilon (48.9%), both of whom are ranked 1st to 2nd.<br /><br />Among the other candidates with a statistical chance of winning are: (1) former Senator Francis N. Pangilinan (45.0%, 3rd to 4th places); (2) former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson (43.9%, 3rd to 4th places) and (3) former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (37.3%, 5th to 6th places).<br /><br />Also included in the list are: (4) former Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. de Lima (36.5%, 5th to 9th places); (5) Senator Sergio Osmena III (34.1%, 6th to 12th places); (6) Senator Ralph Recto (34.0%, 6th to 12th places); (7) Sarangani Representative Emmanuel Pacquiao (33.6%, 6th to 12th places); (8) former Senator Richard Gordon (32.6%, 7th to 12th places); (9) former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Villanueva (32.3%, 7th to 12th places); and (10) former Akbayan Party List Representative Risa Hontiveros (32.1%, 7th to 12th places).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf7fOsLuUv-AGxYOrlNJJ_DxWi2-4KR_h9vqYZUl7Pm6euKNuDa-nvMVYdz-aATJUZb7wwAnzlUpT9-cq4Im9ujwH5Pbh9j9q0GIpZ6HdhS83cEwqy7q5uyUk-iuGW4aNjGr1vRDPrDmD/s1600/top-12-senators.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="top 12 senators" border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf7fOsLuUv-AGxYOrlNJJ_DxWi2-4KR_h9vqYZUl7Pm6euKNuDa-nvMVYdz-aATJUZb7wwAnzlUpT9-cq4Im9ujwH5Pbh9j9q0GIpZ6HdhS83cEwqy7q5uyUk-iuGW4aNjGr1vRDPrDmD/s640/top-12-senators.JPG" title="top 12 senators" width="560" /></a></div><br /></div>

Duterte overtakes Poe in new Pulse Asia survey, Marcos claims lead for VP

MANILA, Philippines - Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has overtaken consistent front-runner Senator Grace Poe in the new pre-electoral n...

WINNERS AND LOSERS: The PiliPinas 2016 Vice Presidential Debate

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Better than Pacquiao-Bradley. That’s how the recently vice presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last Sunday, April 10 went on.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bP5BqAAHVxcAnYhogViCx5tsJlFcMBEmdXKYNVFvDq6zMDFfzrJ6agFDsomYdYV3vGr9t8tjfBRcEWUB_ALkpedplv7yCSi2mzjjkQczfiVNSIc9cZ0OFRUxWqmq01TnLuuyslVaehBO/s1600/vice-presidential-candidates-pilipinas-2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bP5BqAAHVxcAnYhogViCx5tsJlFcMBEmdXKYNVFvDq6zMDFfzrJ6agFDsomYdYV3vGr9t8tjfBRcEWUB_ALkpedplv7yCSi2mzjjkQczfiVNSIc9cZ0OFRUxWqmq01TnLuuyslVaehBO/s640/vice-presidential-candidates-pilipinas-2016.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The VP aspirants pose for a short pictorial upon entering the premises of the UST Gymnasium. <br />Photo credit: Philipine Star online</td></tr></tbody></table>The overflowing trading of barbs against each other even made the lone vice presidential debate a standout compared to the previously held presidential debates as observed by netizens and political analysts. As it meaty as it can gets, the gymnasium of the University of Santo Tomas was jam-packed with supporters of the six candidates aiming for the second highest post in the land.<br /><br />With issues ranging from corruption, poverty, economic growth, political dynasties, human rights abuses, Mindanao, crime eradication, transportation woes, foreign policy and even internet connection, the aspiring second-in-command leaders braved the challenge. Let’s see who were in and out during the debate:<br /><br /><b>WINNERS</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY02yK-VPjB839Ok_CaEikTcgIS_lpACX-f61YJ9cKyPsypI9z-BNT6T6j3Ki5dLcaJPsK6hyiam8TbNcnZJIQaBTE9S8XKvRcsaazRvovY-_ukAyK6Pa0E3JnaFfZt5vKQMoyPR-I799/s1600/winners-vp-pilipinas-debates-2016.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="WINNERS: Cayetano, Marcos and Robredo nailed it last Sunday at the #PiliPinas2016 VP Debates" border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY02yK-VPjB839Ok_CaEikTcgIS_lpACX-f61YJ9cKyPsypI9z-BNT6T6j3Ki5dLcaJPsK6hyiam8TbNcnZJIQaBTE9S8XKvRcsaazRvovY-_ukAyK6Pa0E3JnaFfZt5vKQMoyPR-I799/s640/winners-vp-pilipinas-debates-2016.JPG" title="WINNERS: Cayetano, Marcos and Robredo nailed it last Sunday at the #PiliPinas2016 VP Debates" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">WINNERS: Cayetano, Marcos and Robredo nailed it last Sunday at the #PiliPinas2016 VP Debates <br />Photo credit: CNN Philippines online</td></tr></tbody></table><b>1. “I cannot give what I do not have.” - Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.</b><br /><br />If Binay was the subject of mockery and intense castigation during the last presidential debate, it was the turn of the younger Marcos last Sunday as he was under siege from his fellow candidates. The discussion on corruption alone went approximately for an hour giving Marcos longer media exposure albeit he became the subject of scrutiny. <br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CDEajffD8xc" width="560"></iframe></center><br />“I cannot apologize for anyone else, only myself and for what I have done.” – Bongbong on FM’s human rights violations. Source: Youtube online (ChampBlogs).<br /><br />Anyway, good or bad, Bongbong and his set of followers proved what his contemporaries doesn’t have, that the more he gets hurt, the more he is loved by his loyalists. The machinery of the Marcoses seems to be doing its work properly. Bongbong is truly made for politics but he just really needs to find a way on how to address the issues of corruption against his family and make unbelievers focus on his government platforms instead.<br /><br /><b>2. “It’s the political leadership that will win the day.” - Senator Allan Peter Cayetano</b><br /><br />Knowing that he only got one shot to impress the nation, Cayetano made sure that his voice will not only be heard but will resonate all throughout the program with his scathing remarks headed towards his fellow party-mate Senator Bongbong Marcos. <br /><br />Pitching federalism and strong political will to solve the country’s predicaments, Cayetano made sure that every minute that was allotted for him will make him a standout and he did. Cayetano remained aggressive in the entirety of the debate, alternately attacking Marcos, the Liberal Party, Aquino administration, Secretary Jun Abaya and of course, Vice President Binay who was at the audience. Although he made quite a good strategy to win the anti-Marcos crowd, his style can also spell the opposite come election day as Marcos is known to reverse any harmful elements to his campaign into an additional asset.<br /><br /><b>3. “Sa amin pong anim, may the best woman win!” - Congresswoman Leni Robredo</b><br /><br />She started softly but the unassuming Camarines Sur representative finally exposed her fierceness and delivered the now famous one-liner “May the best woman win,” implying the looming possibility of winning the election next month against his all-male rivals.<br /><br />Robredo exuded an aura of confidence and independence from his running mate, former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas by addressing issues with concrete answers and admitting that the current programs of the administration needs to be improved. Instead of making any reference of the works of her late husband Jesse Robredo to impress the crowd, Leni opted to share her own vision of good governance and brought with her solid figures of facts that supported her stance on the issues presented to her in which no other candidates that night did so much.<br /><br />Some may have hit the target but there’s the other half who could have done better during the debate.<br /><br /><b>1. “Bilang sundalo po at rebelde, paulit-ulit ko pong itinaya ang aking buhay.” - Senator Gregorio Honasan</b><br /><br />The former soldier and leader of coups in the past barely made his presence felt. His apparent composure and deep knowledge on issues solidified his name as one of the veterans of Philippine politics but failed to give outstanding views on issues hurdled on him.<br /><br />Standing in the podium, Honasan remained mum while his contemporaries were trying to outlast each other and was found by the audience as playing safe as he refrained from attacking them which is the name of the game in a highly publicized debate.<br /><br />If there’s one highly commendable on his performance that night, it’s the way how he centered on the safety and importance of the Filipino family and the right to live.<br /><br /><br /><b>2. “Ito po ay tungkol sa inyo, tungkol sa interes at kapakanan ninyo, hindi kung sino ang gwapo at maganda dito sa entablado.”  - Senator Francis Escudero.</b><br /><b><br /></b> His proposed solutions to issues may have been commendable but it is undeniable that Escudero needs to step up in the game in the last four weeks of the campaign as his other rivals were able to pushed him out of the picture that night and are now catching up with him in the recent surveys. <br /><br />Escudero was clearly outshone by the Marcos-Cayetano and Marcos-Robredo clashes, which was very surprising given that the young senator had always that capability to attract the interest of the cameras and the public whenever he wants to in the past.<br /><br />Like Cayetano, Escudero also tried to remind the public that he is the solely, and officially the chosen running mate of Senator Grace Poe in this election as he tried to mention their tandem most of the time in the platform. This is not so good as the senator should’ve shown himself as more secured being Poe’s preferred partner rather than reiterating to the public that he is indeed her chosen one and not Trillanes who is offering himself as Poe’s alternative tandem.<br /><br /><b>3. "Ang kailangan po natin ay isang Vice President na buo ang tapang na haharap at babanggain sila." – Senator Antonio Trillanes III.</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W_XlNyIaw9w" width="560"></iframe></center><br />“Mag-create tayo ng autonomous regions one for central Mindanao and one for Basilan, Sulu & Tawi-Tawi.” Trillanes on Mindanao Source: Youtube online (ChampBlogs)<br /><br />He’s still the valiant rebel soldier that we knew from the last decade, but Trillanes seems to be losing steam on this campaign and we hope it is not because he failed to secure a presidential running mate.<br /><br />Known to be fiery and full of conviction, Trillanes was just like the Manny Pacquiao of the debate, perceived as a strong contender but failed to showcase such attribute in that three-hour long program. Instead, it was his fellow Nacionalista Sen. Cayetano who took that role that night, making him a mere second voice. <br /><br /><b>OTHER WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE DEBATE</b><br /><br />The debate didn’t only put the candidates into the limelight but also acknowledged the other elements present in the program and here they are:<br /><br /><b>(Winner) CNN Philippines</b><br /><br />As compared to the previous two presidential debates, CNN Philippines presented a more sophisticated stage design and implemented a calmer but strict imposition of rules among the debaters.<br /><br />CNN Philippines also exuded its characteristic of being the country’s most globalized media outlet as it introduced some of the CNN’s notable news personalities overseas like CNN Asia Pacific Editor Andrew Stevens, to ask the candidates some questions that they need to address according to their proposed platforms. <br /><br /><b>(Winner) Pinky Webb</b><br /><br />The high caliber broadcast journalist who is making a comeback as CNN Philippines’ newest journo successfully passed her baptism of fire by being able to co-handle the debate with maintained composure. As she also headlines the network’s first Filipino-language newscast “Balitaan,” we expect Webb to bring more contribution to the network in terms of formulating its own distinct characteristic to the Filipino audience.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXFk_3a21eQ0r2NcWcza-1y5_PweZFZe6uYOaiuJadTG9IVT8FhK_WXrf8nvu0lD3AAVeNh2tA44va1TGaAeUtYwrrcZF7pVnqrQbX7B_X34F4RqGlBXsSZcReGArUEeqIyqGyt2DChQh/s1600/pilipinas-2016-vice-presidential-debate.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The VP aspirants tried to outsmart each other at the lone VP debate last Sunday." border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXFk_3a21eQ0r2NcWcza-1y5_PweZFZe6uYOaiuJadTG9IVT8FhK_WXrf8nvu0lD3AAVeNh2tA44va1TGaAeUtYwrrcZF7pVnqrQbX7B_X34F4RqGlBXsSZcReGArUEeqIyqGyt2DChQh/s640/pilipinas-2016-vice-presidential-debate.jpg" title="The VP aspirants tried to outsmart each other at the lone VP debate last Sunday." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The VP aspirants tried to outsmart each other at the lone VP debate last Sunday at UST Gymansium.<br />Photo credit: GMA News TV Online</td></tr></tbody></table><b>(Loser) The live audience</b><br /><br />Although they added spice to the program, the uncalled jeering of the crowd against the rivals of their supported candidates was disturbing. It can be recalled that the unruly set of audience even started such taunting right at the beginning of the program while Marcos was just having his preliminary talk. Aside from that, the loud hissing of unwarranted comments every now and then just disrupts the airtime allotted for each candidate, making some points heard unclearly.<br /><br />For those who weren’t able to tuned in during the live event, here’s the full video of last Sunday’s debate.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0hR_6DR0ToA" width="560"></iframe></center><br />What’s your opinion? Share it in our comment box!<br /><br /><b>- Michael Santiago, The Summit Express</b></div>

WINNERS AND LOSERS: The PiliPinas 2016 Vice Presidential Debate

MANILA, Philippines - Better than Pacquiao-Bradley. That’s how the recently vice presidential debate organized by the Commission on Election...