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Noli de Castro allegedly discriminates transwoman politician

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Former Vice President Noli De Castro might have retired from politics six years ago. He's now back to broadcasting after his government tenure. Many say, you're pretty much liberated outside politics. Free from stress, nationwide obligations, death threats, false allegations and controversy.<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/AVvXsEin1lZSYZgyh_b6QFU2BQKCfx-CNQg4nyQx-FPNwREs-jPp9gFm0UspaKk4aSIiGs4Pr7g6qbkaRx13UEPhxl3nRRdEUQkSpvo77DiLtTX4Qv-JZ4uFRoBQ9aLf1E7kNXV7ZxOQlsPvC3ue/s1600/roman-noli-de-castro.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Netizens react on Kabayan’s alleged discriminatory comments to  the first ever transgender politician. " border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1lZSYZgyh_b6QFU2BQKCfx-CNQg4nyQx-FPNwREs-jPp9gFm0UspaKk4aSIiGs4Pr7g6qbkaRx13UEPhxl3nRRdEUQkSpvo77DiLtTX4Qv-JZ4uFRoBQ9aLf1E7kNXV7ZxOQlsPvC3ue/s1600/roman-noli-de-castro.jpg" title="Netizens react on Kabayan’s alleged discriminatory comments to  the first ever transgender politician. " /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Netizens react on Kabayan’s alleged discriminatory comments to PH's first ever transgender politician. <br />Photo Credit: CNN/DZMM</td></tr></tbody></table>De Castro, who is also popular to all Filipino people as "Kabayan" indeed enjoys being a news anchor and obviously his biggest passion.<br /><br />But couple of days after the national elections, Kabayan was all of a sudden dipped into a pool of controversy by unconsciously uttering discriminatory remarks towards proclaimed First Legislative District of Bataan Representative Geraldine Roman during his DZMM morning radio program.<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/AVvXsEiz6wBgZbwuaVH_iDYjtQ7-GOt9BnqfUoVXNv_yN4UE8TV__WiV4YMzHMy7FfGdVZlDhpdjdwFcOMxkKGJ3LeEXfx9am4-OMR2Eva2HP53P_IXBzt6rL1VglLZLNA5E78W0woazIOLPv365/s1600/ex-vp-discriminates-transwoman-politician.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Noli “Kabayan” De Castro on air." border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6wBgZbwuaVH_iDYjtQ7-GOt9BnqfUoVXNv_yN4UE8TV__WiV4YMzHMy7FfGdVZlDhpdjdwFcOMxkKGJ3LeEXfx9am4-OMR2Eva2HP53P_IXBzt6rL1VglLZLNA5E78W0woazIOLPv365/s1600/ex-vp-discriminates-transwoman-politician.jpg" title="Noli “Kabayan” De Castro on air." /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Noli “Kabayan” De Castro on air.</td></tr></tbody></table>Roman has just cemented a history in Philippine politics for being the country's first ever transwoman in the congress. Immediately after Geraldine's official proclamation at COMELEC Bataan provincial office, global news leaders like CNN released their articles about the first Transgender Politician in Philippines.<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/AVvXsEievce4MG_7M0BvdiX-EPiq_WpcllEtmTwa2gVDS-6k_g7XxmKfUgnkWDPUIOxUwRybLZeJ6zk8yLZkVHEJjXEgSzWXXR4tBEccCty_n7EMIyL6N3aAxsDnqBKMDBHgEXCQmcugNPxVKnul/s1600/ex-vp-discriminates-transwoman-politician-photo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Geraldine Roman is the Philippines’ first ever transgender politician" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievce4MG_7M0BvdiX-EPiq_WpcllEtmTwa2gVDS-6k_g7XxmKfUgnkWDPUIOxUwRybLZeJ6zk8yLZkVHEJjXEgSzWXXR4tBEccCty_n7EMIyL6N3aAxsDnqBKMDBHgEXCQmcugNPxVKnul/s1600/ex-vp-discriminates-transwoman-politician-photo2.jpg" title="Geraldine Roman is the Philippines’ first ever transgender politician" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The world lauded Geraldine Roman as the Philippines’ first ever transgender politician.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" 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: 36.3425925926% 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/BFObjJatLgX/" 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">Voters have made history in the Philippines, electing their first ever transgender politician to the House of Representatives. Liberal Party candidate #GeraldineRoman trounced her closest rival in the congressional district of Bataan, winning 62% of the unofficial vote count with 99% of precincts reporting. It's a significant milestone for the #LGBT community in the Catholic-dominated Philippines, where gays, lesbians and transgenders have been publicly ridiculed by some politicians and public figures. #Phillipines #election2016</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 CNN (@cnn) on <time datetime="2016-05-10T11:43:19+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">May 10, 2016 at 4:43am PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br />LGBT and politics have been a hot nationwide issue recently. Few months ago, Pinoy Pride and Boxing Ring Icon, Cong. Manny Pacquiao expressed his thoughts on same sex marriage where Pacman unintentionally made a statement towards the LGBT community, branding the same sex union as animalistic. It quickly escalated and gathered millions of negative feedback from the netizens. A handful of prominent personalities like Boy Abunda, Aiza Seguerra, Vice Ganda and Dave “Batista” Bautista just to name a few vented their ire and frustration on Pacquiao. Manny felt the ill-impact on various senatorial surveys as his rating drastically dropped by huge percentage.<br /><br />Morning of May 11, 2016 during his live radio program, De Castro allegedly commented on Geraldine Roman's congressional seat topic: "Hindi sya woman, hindi sya man, e di congressperson."<br /><br />And just like that, the veteran broadcaster was peppered by negative feedback on all social media platforms just like Pacquiao.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">ANG TANONG KO SAYO Ano ang tawag sa transgender na Congressman？Congressperson daw ba？ayon kay Noli de Castro</div>— blue_26_rose (@blue_26_rose) <a href="https://twitter.com/blue_26_rose/status/730376305649291264" rel="nofollow">May 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><br />As of posting, neither De Castro nor Roman hasn’t released any statement with regards to the said sensitive issue. No celebrities or politicians have shared their sentiments on both camps as well.<br /><br />Regardless whose side are the netizens on; this will be a long and trending topic especially nowadays that we're all in the heat of post election period. One thing is also for sure; this will reach the international media scene and will place Philippines in the lime light again along with the controversial and newly elected President.<br /><br />The Summit Express will be on standby to bring you Noli De Castro and Geraldine Roman's response.<br /><br /><b>--Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

Noli de Castro allegedly discriminates transwoman politician

MANILA, Philippines - Former Vice President Noli De Castro might have retired from politics six years ago. He's now back to broadcasting...

VIDEO: Coin toss breaks ties in Bocaue Mayoral race

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - In a very rare election result for mayoral race in Bocaue, Bulacan, Municipal Board of Canvassers had to resort to a simple game of coin toss to break a tie after candidates received the same number of 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/AVvXsEjoaoGv70Vn1XPQ_YuBH-9W6aJmHimcKh7T8TCWneegcR7uUjNI5OdGKhp4eRprkOujRuOoxdpJIvjOC8lYvpYKAvby2Co9E1NnBnCWT6Frx4soL5zhMotqays5HbemD7IU_1ABmJLZQTQV/s1600/coin-toss-bocaue.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Coin toss breaks ties in Bocaue Mayoral race" border="0" class-="" img="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaoGv70Vn1XPQ_YuBH-9W6aJmHimcKh7T8TCWneegcR7uUjNI5OdGKhp4eRprkOujRuOoxdpJIvjOC8lYvpYKAvby2Co9E1NnBnCWT6Frx4soL5zhMotqays5HbemD7IU_1ABmJLZQTQV/s1600/coin-toss-bocaue.JPG" title="Coin toss breaks ties in Bocaue Mayoral race" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coin toss decides winner in Bocaue's mayoral race. Screengrab from Youtube.</td></tr></tbody></table>Liberal Party (LP) candidate Joni Villanueva and independent bet Jim Valerio both garnered 16,694 votes. During the best-of-five toss coin, Villanueva, sister of senatorial candidate Joel "Tesdaman" Villanueva, won over rival Valerio.<br /><br />The Commission on Elections provides a resolution for a "drawing of lots" in case of tie.<br /><br />It is under the poll body's Resolution 10083 or the General Instruction for the Board of Canvassers on the Consolidation/Canvass and Transmission of Votes specifically Section 11, Letter D-II.<br /><br />“The board shall, after recording in its minutes the fact of having candidates receiving the same number of votes for the position, immediately notified the said candidates to appear before the Board for drawing of lots to break the tie," the resolution stated.<br /><br />Watch the video below courtesy of Radyo Inquirer:<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xx36-eAHeC8" width="100%"></iframe></div></center></div>

VIDEO: Coin toss breaks ties in Bocaue Mayoral race

MANILA, Philippines - In a very rare election result for mayoral race in Bocaue, Bulacan, Municipal Board of Canvassers had to resort to a s...

Tesdaman's sister wins mayoralty seat via coin toss

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – 24 hours have passed after the National Elections, majority of the local municipalities have already declared their winners. It really feels so great whenever the local board of elections raise the winning-candidates’ hands. After the sweat, blood and money spent during the campaign period, finally a taste of sweet triumph for the political victors.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8K2nplFHKrCiuob0U09zFeTzMVWAmLJ67bgfppE2lArWudVAs5sU5edYapQ6_idfie9_7sPJtSJJAMTwe5PKLufVq9sBaEghzbz6dxB3zK8vVkkvk8Ioy6-kor2Vfifm66paxhEXbE5Q/s1600/villanueva-wins-via-coin-toss-lead-image.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Emilio Aguinaldo decides Bulacueno's political fate" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8K2nplFHKrCiuob0U09zFeTzMVWAmLJ67bgfppE2lArWudVAs5sU5edYapQ6_idfie9_7sPJtSJJAMTwe5PKLufVq9sBaEghzbz6dxB3zK8vVkkvk8Ioy6-kor2Vfifm66paxhEXbE5Q/s1600/villanueva-wins-via-coin-toss-lead-image.jpg" title="Emilio Aguinaldo decides Bulacueno's political fate" /></a></div><br /><br />It is so common to see a well-known and highly-favoured politicians win by landslide or huge margin, like people’s choice and un-officially presidential winner, Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte.<br /><br />Winning by a slim margin is also ordinary in every election. Just like re-electionist Manila City Mayor Joseph Erap Estrada who has edged his arch-rival and former Mayor Alfredo Lim with just a little over 2,000 votes. But a tie in an election? It’s too close to being impossible! Sounds odd and crazy but true!<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/AVvXsEjGNL6lL69oJKmpvpPZrBvSwb1QI44qKZVeRsQyqB-xlWHEHaFofbv9QFBEY2QCoGryswgGmyAyE_Z4Fi3bTAz103W8AWZ96UFVw2-VpJxX3FNE7mUk6XfJNFPgXsjkWhuBK5FTK-1jmBkn/s1600/villanueva-wins-via-coin-toss.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="It’s a tie! Bocaue Mayor " border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNL6lL69oJKmpvpPZrBvSwb1QI44qKZVeRsQyqB-xlWHEHaFofbv9QFBEY2QCoGryswgGmyAyE_Z4Fi3bTAz103W8AWZ96UFVw2-VpJxX3FNE7mUk6XfJNFPgXsjkWhuBK5FTK-1jmBkn/s1600/villanueva-wins-via-coin-toss.jpg" title="It’s a tie! Bocaue Mayor " /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">It’s a tie!</span> Photo Credit: GMA News</td></tr></tbody></table>In Bocaue Bulacan, two mayoralty bets garnered the same amount of votes after the official automated counting and canvassing. Jim Valerio, an independent candidate had to face Eleanor “Joni” Villanueva of Liberal Party in a very unusual tie-breaker. Both protagonists gained 16,694 votes in the said town.<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/AVvXsEj_lIVY3zuO3PmCmI9Vm9S13FgA2zjYieeStVAUzD3_umzF9eWo-qkS5U2vFlOT-CI2rbzhaW4SmKEXnPd0w56A5bKCseSY9Z1wfMSDuc_kTSO26fmOTtQh4Ce8BHJNQZF5SMC9kLD6WIYU/s1600/tesdaman-joni-villanueva.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="“Tesdaman” with his sister and Bocaue Proclaimed Mayor Joni Villanueva" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lIVY3zuO3PmCmI9Vm9S13FgA2zjYieeStVAUzD3_umzF9eWo-qkS5U2vFlOT-CI2rbzhaW4SmKEXnPd0w56A5bKCseSY9Z1wfMSDuc_kTSO26fmOTtQh4Ce8BHJNQZF5SMC9kLD6WIYU/s1600/tesdaman-joni-villanueva.jpg" title="“Tesdaman” with his sister and Bocaue Proclaimed Mayor Joni Villanueva" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Left – Jim Valerio Right – “Tesdaman” with his sister and Bocaue Proclaimed Mayor Joni Villanueva</td></tr></tbody></table>Deogracias Danao, the election officer in-charge of Bocaue informed the public that the election came into draw between Valerio and Villanueva. As per COMELEC rule, i.e. Resolution 10083; In case of a tie, a draw lots must be done in order to break it and determine the winner regardless of the position of the candidates who are running for government office. Instead of draw lots, both parties have agreed to do a “coin toss” as the tie-breaker and deciding factor.<br /><br />At exactly 11:00PM, both Valerio and Villanueva sent their representatives to the local COMELEC office to witness the unusual rubber-match. Election Officer Danao used a 5 peso coin to determine Valerio and Villanueva’s political fate.<br /><br />Joni Villanueva, sister of Joel “Tesdaman” Villanueva who’s currently in the 2nd place for the senatorial race picked the “tails” as her choice. Alas! After 3 consecutive flips, Tesdaman’s sister broke the tie and was proclaimed as the new Mayor of Bocaue Bulacan.<br /><br />Watch: Joni Villanueva Wins the Mayoralty Seat via Coin Toss<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xx36-eAHeC8" width="100%"></iframe></div></center><br />Aside from this incident, way back in 2013, the same tie-breaker method was used in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro between Marvic Feraren and Salvador Py. Feraren was declared the winner of the said coin toss.<br /><br />Everyone knows that Sen. Bong Bong Marcos and Cong. Leni Robredo are neck and neck in the Vice Presidential battle. Less than 200,000 votes separate the two officials. Should they end-up in deadlock; will the coin toss matter be applied to them? It should because it’s the election rule. But, it’s not going to be easy, smooth and peaceful. What do you think?<br /><br /><b>--Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

Tesdaman's sister wins mayoralty seat via coin toss

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Pastry chef who vowed to give P5M-worth of cakes if Duterte wins will give free cakes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Back in November 2015, a pastry chef and owner of the Quim’s cake made rounds on social media after airing his negative sentiments against Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Facebook.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLbOz0Kt0bWWrElmH9y5hkQOOL-ttFZewNkBU8tYSSDrTFQ8KbdGMD9qhMppKtYVlI55wxZbEFT-b9jiO4ts5LN356rqicxryq68VErd7kXQVKu3B4xDWrrqg0wJ-FpmW_maI9vki12Iu/s1600/cake-duterte-wins.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pastry chef who vowed to give P5-million-worth of cakes if Duterte wins" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLbOz0Kt0bWWrElmH9y5hkQOOL-ttFZewNkBU8tYSSDrTFQ8KbdGMD9qhMppKtYVlI55wxZbEFT-b9jiO4ts5LN356rqicxryq68VErd7kXQVKu3B4xDWrrqg0wJ-FpmW_maI9vki12Iu/s1600/cake-duterte-wins.jpg" title="Pastry chef who vowed to give P5-million-worth of cakes if Duterte wins" /></a></div><br />Jack Labang, who criticized the outspoken mayor for joining the presidential race despite his earlier claim that he will not run, even vowed to give P5-million-worth of cakes if Duterte wins the presidency.<br /><br />In his Facebok, he posted: “Pag manalo si Duterte manok nyo guys, gagawa ako ng maraming cakes pinakamasarap sa cakes sa Pilipinas worth 5milyon para ipakain for free siguraduhin nio lang manalo sya. mark my word.”<br /><br />(If Duterte wins, I will make the most delicious cakes in the Philippines worth P5million and give it for free. Just make sure that he wins.)<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%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D1734475190144870%26id%3D1734419010150488%26substory_index%3D0&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center>In a separate post on Facebook, Labang also lambasted the apparent president calling him a big liar and even challenged him to a fistfight.<br /><br />He wrote: “Kung gusto mo talaga mamuno sa bansa nasa puso mo, gusto mo, kaya mo, hwag mo gawing dahilan si Poe. Sabi hindi ka tatakbo. You’re a big liar. Hindi ka pa pangulo sinungaling ka na! Suntukan na lang tayo.”<br /><br />(If you really want to lead the country and it’s in your heart, you want it, you are capable, don’t use Poe as a reason. You said you’re not running. You’re not even the president but you’re already lying. Let’s just have a fistfight.)<br /><br />Apparently, it looks like Labang may have bit off more than he can chew as Duterte is currently set for a big win in the 2016 presidential race. As all of his rivals have conceded, Duterte’s insurmountable lead in the partial and unofficial results of the elections held on May 9 clearly indicates that he will soon become the 16th President President of the Republic of the Philippines.<br /><br />Netizens, who seem to be looking forward to see Labang fulfill his promise, have set up an event on Facebook dubbed as “Libreng Cake Mula kay Chef Jack Labang”. As of press time,17,000 netizens are going and 34,000 are interested in the event. <br /><br />Interestingly, Labang decided to keep his promise by sampling 5 million worth of cakes “to celebrate the election of our new leaders.” Here’s a list of the sampling schedule to be conducted at their shop in 38 Tomas Morato, Quezon City,<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="“true”" frameborder="0" height="262" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fjack.labang%2Fposts%2F10205021853024887&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center></div><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Pastry chef who vowed to give P5M-worth of cakes if Duterte wins will give free cakes

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Comelec results: Cavite local elections 2016 Winners

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The winners of the 2016 gubernatorial elections in the province of Cavite were proclaimed.<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/AVvXsEhd5dTYVec2H1_fJZQ72QSljKSFBnr5dUo1RMng1z4OMoZMeDZmN95XiHU8-pCT131ReIlo4f3iXVt2uCcnEgImbC3_ulPbewKNlzYuKnvgRx4SjncW1PgRphn2yP-KUc-52HRsgWTeS1Ck/s1600/remulla-revilla-cavite.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Comelec results: Cavite local elections 2016 Winners" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5dTYVec2H1_fJZQ72QSljKSFBnr5dUo1RMng1z4OMoZMeDZmN95XiHU8-pCT131ReIlo4f3iXVt2uCcnEgImbC3_ulPbewKNlzYuKnvgRx4SjncW1PgRphn2yP-KUc-52HRsgWTeS1Ck/s1600/remulla-revilla-cavite.jpg" title="Comelec results: Cavite local elections 2016 Winners" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">From left: Jesus Crispin Remulla and Jolo Revilla won Cavite's top positions</td></tr></tbody></table>The vote-rich province in Region 4 has selected its new provincial governor that will serve for three-year term and will be inaugurated on June 30, 2016.<br /><br />Among the candidates for the gubernatorial race includes Independent candidates Richard Balanzag, Gerbie Ber Ado and Obet Borral and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)'s Jesus Crispin Remulla.<br /><br />Former 7th District Representative Jesus Crispin Remulla claimed the gubernatorial position after garnering 94.15-percent or 1,064,734 votes.<br /><br />Incumbent Jonvic Remulla is originally running for his third and final term. However, he withdrew his candidacy. Jonvic's brother substituted him.<br /><br />In the vice-governor race, Jolo Revilla topped with 934,301 total votes (81.68%).<br /><br />Here's the list of proclaimed winners for Cavite as announced by the Comelec:<br /><center><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/JZm0TFl5oFbINkyGlKTj" 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/1314fcd4-cc08-4114-9b49-4f319199b5a8" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank"></a></div></center>Like Us on Facebook, Follow Us on Twitter to receive election-related updates.</div>

Comelec results: Cavite local elections 2016 Winners

MANILA, Philippines - The winners of the 2016 gubernatorial elections in the province of Cavite were proclaimed. From left: Jesus Crispin Re...

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...

LOOK: Duterte shows emotional side as he breaks down at parents’ graves

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Presidential frontrunner Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was seen weeping during a visit to the tombs of his parents, Vicente and Soledad, on early morning of Tuesday, May 10, a day after the national elections.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt-UZFAPFZlE-_pZkFwSuIgFs7H2xYTIK6b_JTG36hLghUUBEKU6BSXUQshxabRO55qdXfQd76exU6yuF5havZZepCYX2sDai2JxgHDo3KSPs8bPY7nVJsytNp6WqA48jybpZw_EH2nLH/s1600/duterte-emotional.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Duterte shows emotional side as he breaks down at parents’ graves" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt-UZFAPFZlE-_pZkFwSuIgFs7H2xYTIK6b_JTG36hLghUUBEKU6BSXUQshxabRO55qdXfQd76exU6yuF5havZZepCYX2sDai2JxgHDo3KSPs8bPY7nVJsytNp6WqA48jybpZw_EH2nLH/s1600/duterte-emotional.jpg" title="Duterte shows emotional side as he breaks down at parents’ graves" /></a></div><br />Hours after the partial election results point to his victory, Duterte broke down to tears at his parents’ graveyard while asking them to help him rally the country. A Facebook post by Edith Ging Z. Caduaya showed photos of the apparent president in a rare emotional moment.<br /><br />“The upcoming 16th President of the Republic, Rodrigo Duterte broke into tears as he asked his parents to help him rule the country,” Caduaya wrote in the caption of the post.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowtransparency="“true" frameborder="0" height="695" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Feditha.z.caduaya%2Fposts%2F10205963825726067&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center><br />His parents, Vicente, served as the governor of Davao, while Soledad was a school teacher.<br /><br />With a significant lead over his opponents and 91.16% of precincts already accounted for, Duterte is set for a big win in the 2016 National Elections. Based on the unofficial and partial results from the Commission on Election’s transparency server, Duterte has amassed 14,680,126 million votes or 36.6% of transmitted votes as of 3:08 am on Tuesday, May 10.<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bOx92UmUkus" width="100%"></iframe></div></center><br />Now that the tough talking mayor from Davao City is considered the presumptive winner of the 2016 Philippine presidential race, he is finally set to break the “Mindanao curse”.<br /><br />While 12 out of the country’s 15 presidents hail from Luzon, only three are from Visayas namely Sergio Osmeña, Carlos Garcia and Manuel Roxas.<br /><br />According to political analyst Prospero de Vera, Duterte’s victory changes traditional belief that only aspirants from Luzon and Visayas can win the presidential race.<br /><br />In his interview with ANC, de Vera explained: "The more important phenomenon is that, finally, someone from Mindanao has taken out the Mindanao curse. From Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez to [former Senator] Nene Pimentel and the others, all those who tried from Mindanao couldn't capture national office because their votes were just from Mindanao. What makes Duterte phenomenal is that he won Metro Manila...imperial Manila. That is historic in a sense.”<br /><br />However, de Vera also pointed out that Duterte’s historic win brings the challenge of changing Mindanao dramatically.<br /><br /><b>--Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

LOOK: Duterte shows emotional side as he breaks down at parents’ graves

MANILA, Philippines- Presidential frontrunner Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was seen weeping during a visit to the tombs of his parents, Vicente and...

Updated List: Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila (May 10)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Winners for the local elections in Metro Manila have been proclaimed on Tuesday, May 10 or just few hours after poll precincts closed.<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/AVvXsEhGyAwfisPnze_MpV_131wgH7bbt_aESBtNIUgbLdg2X_Hi9JEz7whckqAO0mFbROH4uJGLYV4QNiMKNEwGLZ8qN8MaBe55xU8A1WGxm7F1SaIfvtSWnEzdvuXBDSXtrposIoeXBCBQvOzc/s1600/binay-eusebio-cayetano.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila (May 10)" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyAwfisPnze_MpV_131wgH7bbt_aESBtNIUgbLdg2X_Hi9JEz7whckqAO0mFbROH4uJGLYV4QNiMKNEwGLZ8qN8MaBe55xU8A1WGxm7F1SaIfvtSWnEzdvuXBDSXtrposIoeXBCBQvOzc/s1600/binay-eusebio-cayetano.jpg" title="Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila (May 10)" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Left: Abby Binay, Bobby Eusebio and Lani Cayetano are among the declared mayors early Tuesday.</td></tr></tbody></table>As of 11:00 a.m., at least 11 mayors in the vote-rich capital secured their seats for the next term. This includes unopposed bets Jaime Fresnedi, Edwin Olivarez and Lani Cayetano for mayoralty; Celso Dioko and Ricardo Cruz Jr. for vice mayor.<br /><br />In Manila, Joseph Estrada and Alfredo Lim are still in a tight race with official proclamation of winner slated today.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Abby Binay is set to bring back her father's legacy in Makati as she won against incumbent Mayor Kid Peña.<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D35AtLWFrQY" width="100%"></iframe></div></center><br />Here's the updated list of proclaimed local winners in Metro Manila as of May 10:<br /><center><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/4U1coaJYVlXaqgfyhLGj" data-title="List of Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila" 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/78f70e21-f985-4c15-857c-edde72d687b1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank">List of Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila</a><br /><a href="https://infogr.am/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank"></a></div></center></div>

Updated List: Proclaimed Local Winners in Metro Manila (May 10)

MANILA, Philippines - Winners for the local elections in Metro Manila have been proclaimed on Tuesday, May 10 or just few hours after poll p...

Comelec results: Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The winners of the 2016 gubernatorial elections in the province of Pangasinan were proclaimed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh9jrgmznXtnaJj2gy1cIkGh0eKD-1JP4t76oipPUByKNuy5VJsjhXKYUitw8ggDSxiUFikAv5DeAEoaEEesXjiAf51_YgQ5Q5Kb7vssSK5rNBjo_b0N8hToB5kMy1Wc-bUrULr_WcT5x/s1600/pangasinan-local-election-results.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh9jrgmznXtnaJj2gy1cIkGh0eKD-1JP4t76oipPUByKNuy5VJsjhXKYUitw8ggDSxiUFikAv5DeAEoaEEesXjiAf51_YgQ5Q5Kb7vssSK5rNBjo_b0N8hToB5kMy1Wc-bUrULr_WcT5x/s1600/pangasinan-local-election-results.jpg" title="Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners" /></a></div><br />The vote-rich province has selected its new provincial governor that will serve for three-year term and will be inaugurated on June 30, 2016.<br /><br />Among the candidates for the gubernatorial race includes Mark Cojuangco (NPC), Amado Espino III (Aksyon), Virgilio Maganes (NUP) and Zaldy Salvador (Independent).<br /><br />Espino is leading with 700,488 while Cojuangco has 489,442 of votes, according to the latest partial unofficial results from Comelec transparency server as of 9:30 a.m. (May 10).<br /><br />In the vice-governor race, Ferdie Calimlim topped with 539,720 against Mark Roy Macanlalay with close votes of 535,520.<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/AVvXsEgBNP0JPYxcsH2mRY6E_mpanaA0U-YSNRHTFsj7mH90OdFDMsbUkdJzJDOec7qH8TwEU4MlXyeV1KAqjqWScuXeG4MZ_KTeLDkcinyxi4GU73tTYn4YNoLRFsdCoW2SlaRXlEQZmrkAmbKC/s1600/pangasinan-results.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNP0JPYxcsH2mRY6E_mpanaA0U-YSNRHTFsj7mH90OdFDMsbUkdJzJDOec7qH8TwEU4MlXyeV1KAqjqWScuXeG4MZ_KTeLDkcinyxi4GU73tTYn4YNoLRFsdCoW2SlaRXlEQZmrkAmbKC/s1600/pangasinan-results.JPG" title="Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Results screenshot courtesy of GMA News.</td></tr></tbody></table>The full list of proclaimed winners for Pangasinan will be posted on this page once official results were announced by the Comelec.<br /><br />Like Us on Facebook, Follow Us on Twitter to receive real-time updates.</div>

Comelec results: Pangasinan local elections 2016 Winners

MANILA, Philippines - The winners of the 2016 gubernatorial elections in the province of Pangasinan were proclaimed. The vote-rich province ...

#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 ...

WATCH: Grace Poe concedes to Rodrigo Duterte

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Senator Grace Poe concedes in her run for the presidential seat.<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/AVvXsEjenCPh05YUL0aUTpQPvoo0nz9b4UQIdqHDkPorVpSrVmAbEuualQv4dZmFUoUoZ82sgRWkieWUoFqCVseZ4mDwc-Okcp1YDpHJx1aju9KSmF3UpIBJ1cWE3GiO7qDulY3P0KWNJLSkC168/s1600/grace-poe-concedes.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Grace Poe concedes to Rodrigo Duterte" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenCPh05YUL0aUTpQPvoo0nz9b4UQIdqHDkPorVpSrVmAbEuualQv4dZmFUoUoZ82sgRWkieWUoFqCVseZ4mDwc-Okcp1YDpHJx1aju9KSmF3UpIBJ1cWE3GiO7qDulY3P0KWNJLSkC168/s1600/grace-poe-concedes.JPG" title="Grace Poe concedes to Rodrigo Duterte" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screengrab from ABS-CBN Twitter video.</td></tr></tbody></table>In a press conference on Monday midnight,  Poe thanked her supporters throughout the campaign period.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">It's official: Sen. Grace Poe concedes to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2016?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#Halalan2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalalanResults?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#HalalanResults</a> <a href="https://t.co/0DsEe3B3tp" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/0DsEe3B3tp</a></div>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/729704345139171330" rel="nofollow">May 9, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Poe was among the presidential candidate who accepted defeat after the partial and unofficial results show a big lead for Duterte.<br /><br /><b>READ</b>: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/comelec-election-results-2016-for-president-partial-unofficial.html" rel="nofollow">Comelec Election Results 2016 for President partial, unofficial</a><br /><br />The tough-talking Mayor earlier announced that Poe called him and conceded.<br /><br />"Lumaban kami ng malinis at patas. Wala kaming pagsisisi dahil ginawa namin ang lahat ng aming makakaya," Poe said.<br /><br />"Ako si Grace Poe, at naging kandidato sa pangka-pangulo ngayong 2016 ay nagbibigay daan kay Rodrigo Duterte na siyang maliwanag na nangunguna sa bilangan at siyang napili ng marami nating kababayan. Matatag ang paniniwala ko sa boses at kalooban ng taungbayan. Iginagalang ko ang result ng ating halalan," Poe said.<br /><br />By late Monday, Poe placed third in the five-way race, temporarily ending her quest to be president.<br /><br />"Patuloy ang ating trabaho sa Senado at kung ano ang mga naiwan nating mga panukala... ay gagawin natin," she said.</div>

WATCH: Grace Poe concedes to Rodrigo Duterte

MANILA, Philippines - Senator Grace Poe concedes in her run for the presidential seat. Screengrab from ABS-CBN Twitter video. In a press con...

Cebu Local Election Comelec Results 2016

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Election (Comelec) announced partial and unofficial election results for Cebu local elections on Monday, May 9, after transmission of vote counts to the respective servers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSaXGFZPxU2c2elN8CuILNvyadb_1FF8YFF4uYL8IIEyhJVf2hayYVkO24INn0FsdTR3cPRB7S-RHT23IdnVqpI_ohKLjcRwMjdHNMqaM84IcRYBdYDFK0tlWT_50fWY0hKxClQCsZRJq/s1600/cebu-local-election.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cebu Local Election Comelec Results 2016" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSaXGFZPxU2c2elN8CuILNvyadb_1FF8YFF4uYL8IIEyhJVf2hayYVkO24INn0FsdTR3cPRB7S-RHT23IdnVqpI_ohKLjcRwMjdHNMqaM84IcRYBdYDFK0tlWT_50fWY0hKxClQCsZRJq/s1600/cebu-local-election.jpg" title="Cebu Local Election Comelec Results 2016" /></a></div><br />The vote-rich province of Cebu comprise of more than 2,722,288 registered voters, a big chunk of 21% (11,316,789 voters in Visayas).<br /><br />Voters have selected candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the seven districts of Cebu including two districts of Cebu City and the lone district of Lapu-Lapu City.<br /><br />Incumbent Governor Hilario Davide III is running for a second term with opponent former Government Service Insurance System President Winston Garcia.<br /><br />The election 2016 results for Cebu is available on this page (live updates on widget below).<br /><br /><center><iframe class="lb24 lb_1329286" frameborder="0" height="960px" scrolling="auto" src="//v.24liveblog.com/live/?id=1329286" width="100%"></iframe></center><br /><b>2016 automated election system (AES)</b><br /><br />The May 2016 election is the country's  third automated polls after the 2010 (presidential) and 2013 (senatorial) polls.<br /><br />When voting close on Monday, the vote counting machines (VCMs) transmit the vote counts – also known as election returns or ERs – to the different servers and canvassing centers in the AES.<br /><br />From the VCMs, the election returns (ERs) are transmitted to the central server, to a transparency server, and to the municipal board of canvassers (MBOC).<br /><br />From the MBOC, the results are transmitted to the provincial board of canvassers (PBOC), where the results are collated and then transmitted to the national board of canvassers (NBOC), where the results for national positions are canvassed.<br /><br />The MBOC and PBOC also separately beam ERs to the central server.<br /><br />Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our email list to receive real-time results.</div>

Cebu Local Election Comelec Results 2016

MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Election (Comelec) announced partial and unofficial election results for Cebu local elections on Mon...

Comelec Election Results 2016 for President partial, unofficial

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The long wait is over. The Commission on Election (Comelec) is expected to release the partial and unofficial results of May 2016 national elections for presidential race immediately once the voting close on Monday at 5pm (May 9).<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/AVvXsEij_XFfJyVhikMuH4HoAt6fRds4ggEIT9VzauqWhZzve-UmT31yymlcnIzzQI3P225iKoLJAL1v17vBP-XPC_mBt7aGdbsvKEYbAL062BuRGgOhpkrLk8S0znlgE7SuU1pjJ5L2z-Qn6x4N/s1600/presidential-candidates.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Comelec Election Results 2016 for President partial, unofficial" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_XFfJyVhikMuH4HoAt6fRds4ggEIT9VzauqWhZzve-UmT31yymlcnIzzQI3P225iKoLJAL1v17vBP-XPC_mBt7aGdbsvKEYbAL062BuRGgOhpkrLk8S0znlgE7SuU1pjJ5L2z-Qn6x4N/s1600/presidential-candidates.jpg" title="Comelec Election Results 2016 for President partial, unofficial" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aspiring candidates for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections.</td></tr></tbody></table>The 16th president of the Philippines and the successor of President Benigno Aquino III will be announced in the coming days once the official canvassing of votes started.<br /><br />On this page, you will find the updates on latest vote tally for the 5 presidential candidates: vice president Jejomar Binay (UNA), Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago (PRP), Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (PDP–Laban), Senator Grace Poe (Independent) and former DILG secretary Mar Roxas (Liberal).<br /><center><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/VsvVt5Vkpor7pWqY2Drw" 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/71a0f1ab-d0d3-4a66-b683-25f7eb781ebe" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank">Comelec results for president</a><br /><a href="https://infogr.am/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank"></a></div></center><b>RELATED RESULT:</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/may-2016-election-senatorial-race-comelec-partial-unofficial-results.html" rel="nofollow">May 2016 Election: Senatorial race Comelec first partial, unofficial results</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/metro-manila-ncr-election-2016-comelec-results-mayor-vice-mayor.html" rel="nofollow">Metro Manila (NCR) Election 2016 Comelec results: Mayor, Vice Mayor</a></li></ul><br />In the final SWS pre-election survey, Duterte holds a clear lead over his rivals or 33-percent would vote for him as president. The Davao Mayor has 11 percentage points ahead of his strongest opponent, independent candidate Grace Poe.<br /><br />On Monday, the candidates casted their votes on their respective polling precinct.<br /><br />According to Comelec, more than 40 million voters are expected to report to 92,000 precincts across the country to cast their ballots in the country’s second automated presidential election.<br /><br />Based on Comelec rules, the candidate with the highest number of votes wins the presidency. In case when two or more candidates have the highest number of votes, one of them shall be chosen by the vote of a majority of all the members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.<br /><br />The canvassing of votes for the presidential race is the sole jurisdiction of Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, according to the poll body.<br /><br />The Congress is given not later than thirty days after the day of the election to canvass results from all provinces, independent cities that have their own legislative districts, diplomatic posts, and local absentee voters. <br /><br />The next president shall be inaugurated on June 30, 2016.<br /><br /><b>2016 automated election system (AES) Overview</b><br /><br />The May 2016 election is the country's  third automated polls after the 2010 (presidential) and 2013 (senatorial) polls.<br /><br />When voting close on Monday, the vote counting machines (VCMs) transmit the vote counts – also known as election returns or ERs – to the different servers and canvassing centers in the AES.<br /><br />From the VCMs, the election returns (ERs) are transmitted to the central server, to a transparency server, and to the municipal board of canvassers (MBOC).<br /><br />From the MBOC, the results are transmitted to the provincial board of canvassers (PBOC), where the results are collated and then transmitted to the national board of canvassers (NBOC), where the results for national positions are canvassed.<br /><br />The MBOC and PBOC also separately beam ERs to the central server.<br /><br />Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our email list to receive real-time results.</div>

Comelec Election Results 2016 for President partial, unofficial

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Comelec Election Results 2016: Vice President partial, unofficial

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Moment of truth today as the Commission on Election (Comelec) will announce the partial and unofficial results of May 2016 national elections for vice presidential race.<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/AVvXsEhBbK8iNcsTvSrjKzLJvbvhDRJf5iUQURMhtXsjH0R52XPNshZkVeK5YzI12fmK5Ygm3oqW4wL1fKlarMq1e28QagoE-LQOhSdc0nsZSvFuEiq2sL8I1u7t04C2BOWFt9nbRShbZAXPhgxK/s1600/comelec-vp-election-results.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Comelec Election Results 2016: Vice President partial, unofficial" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbK8iNcsTvSrjKzLJvbvhDRJf5iUQURMhtXsjH0R52XPNshZkVeK5YzI12fmK5Ygm3oqW4wL1fKlarMq1e28QagoE-LQOhSdc0nsZSvFuEiq2sL8I1u7t04C2BOWFt9nbRShbZAXPhgxK/s1600/comelec-vp-election-results.jpg" title="Comelec Election Results 2016: Vice President partial, unofficial" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Six candidates vying the second top positions in the Philippines.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>On this page, you will find the updates on latest vote tally for the six vice presidential candidates Alan Peter Cayetano (Independent), Francis 'Chiz' Escudero (Independent), Gringo Honasan (United Nationalist Alliance), Bongbong Marcos (Independent), Leni Robredo (Liberal Party) and Antonio Trillanes (Independent).<br /><br /><center><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/j6ocIjRWCpKWoWRACwcA" data-title="" 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;"><br /><a href="https://infogr.am/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #989898!important; text-decoration: none!important;" target="_blank"></a></div></center><b>RELATED RESULTS:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/metro-manila-ncr-election-2016-comelec-results-mayor-vice-mayor.html" rel="nofollow">Metro Manila (NCR) Election 2016 Comelec results: Mayor, Vice Mayor</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/comelec-pilipinas-election-results-2016-website-now-up.html" rel="nofollow">Comelec's PiliPinas Election Results 2016 website now up</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/05/may-2016-election-senatorial-race-comelec-partial-unofficial-results.html" rel="nofollow">May 2016 Election: Senatorial race Comelec first partial, unofficial results</a></li></ul><br />In the final SWS pre-election survey, Marcos and Robredo are statistically tied for top VP, 29 and 28 percent respectively. Escudero is on distant third with 15 percent and tied with Cayetano, who got 13 percent. Honasan and Trillanesare at the tail end, each with 3 percent.<br /><br />On Monday, the candidates casted their votes on their respective polling precinct.<br /><br />According to Comelec, more than 40 million voters are expected to report to 92,000 precincts across the country to cast their ballots in the country’s second automated presidential election.<br /><br />Based on Comelec rules, the candidate with the highest number of votes wins the vice presidency. In case when two or more candidates have the highest number of votes, one of them shall be chosen by the vote of a majority of all the members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.<br /><br />The canvassing of votes for the vice-presidential including the presidential race is the sole jurisdiction of Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, according to the poll body.<br /><br />The Congress is given not later than thirty days after the day of the election to canvass results from all provinces, independent cities that have their own legislative districts, diplomatic posts, and local absentee voters. <br /><br />The winners shall be inaugurated on June 30, 2016.<br /><br /><b>2016 automated election system (AES)</b><br /><br />The May 2016 election is the country's  third automated polls after the 2010 (presidential) and 2013 (senatorial) polls.<br /><br />When voting close on Monday, the vote counting machines (VCMs) transmit the vote counts – also known as election returns or ERs – to the different servers and canvassing centers in the AES.<br /><br />From the VCMs, the election returns (ERs) are transmitted to the central server, to a transparency server, and to the municipal board of canvassers (MBOC).<br /><br />From the MBOC, the results are transmitted to the provincial board of canvassers (PBOC), where the results are collated and then transmitted to the national board of canvassers (NBOC), where the results for national positions are canvassed.<br /><br />The MBOC and PBOC also separately beam ERs to the central server.<br /><br />Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our email list to receive real-time results.</div>

Comelec Election Results 2016: Vice President partial, unofficial

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Election 2016 coverage: mishaps, live updates

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – The long wait is finally over. All the propagandas, advertisements, miting de avance promises, even the bashings and online altercations of all the netizens will be put to rest today as the National Elections kicked-off this Monday morning, May 9, 2016.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIpqCGZwgI9N0orMmotgP3tmyvdfKHE8F2Ql9ivHVrO_E6uiOe3HgI9Gp9K0uWH4umnWv2YKezy2WOxHMPsbaFKbNQkNxx2g3kkaU_3PJ5ggYNAjOKgJ_2IrRtdOiufBvNchvC6DGVRon/s1600/thesummitexpress-election-2016-coverage.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Election 2016 mishaps coverage" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIpqCGZwgI9N0orMmotgP3tmyvdfKHE8F2Ql9ivHVrO_E6uiOe3HgI9Gp9K0uWH4umnWv2YKezy2WOxHMPsbaFKbNQkNxx2g3kkaU_3PJ5ggYNAjOKgJ_2IrRtdOiufBvNchvC6DGVRon/s1600/thesummitexpress-election-2016-coverage.png" title="Election 2016 mishaps coverage" /></a></div><br /><b>Blood spills at dawn</b><br /><br />The COMELEC along with PNP and AFP assured that they are all on standby to ensure a peaceful elections all over the country. But, few hours before the commencement of the historical event in Rosario Cavite, 7 supporters of Mayor Jose Ricafrente were all shot dead.<br /><br />Cavite PNP found 1 bullet hole in a black SUV where they claimed to be the victims’ vehicle. Sadly, the bodies were all laid flat facing the ground and have gun shots in the head which means that the victims were summarily executed. Cavite Police has yet to declare this shooting incident as an election-related violence. But Mayor Ricafrente is firm in his stand that this killing is politacally motivated.<br /><br />In Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao province, a grenade blasted in front of a polling precint where one civilian died followed by a break-in and stealing of VCMs (Vote Counting Machines) by 20 plus armed and un-identified men. The authority is still tracking down the culprits while the registered voters in that community still wait for the replacements VCMs and go-signal from the COMELEC to resume the election. Aside from the violent incidents in this election-hot-spot province, some minors aged 14-16 were caught casting their votes. The BEIs defended that the minors’ names are in the voters list and a valid reason for them to hand ballots to the group of youth.<br /><br /><b>Cops nab vote buyer in Leyte</b><br /><br />Meanwhile in Leyte, Police officers were forced to apprehend a man who allegedly buying votes in exchange for cash. The policemen also confiscated sample ballots with Liberal Party candidates printed on them and some cash that will serve as legitimate evidences against the suspect.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasbi3bdO6zfCEsXslblpcEY5p5oXN8vpJzjuwoLIL6qI7ZLjJY3wvy4L7rb8Mgv_P3bQr9gZr7Bjn4BMh7628R4x8W9zinj4uUuMonh4SJbHr-hHILzdyJTCUY30SVHYQ1JYeIf0RhiYO/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cops nab vote buyer in Leyte" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasbi3bdO6zfCEsXslblpcEY5p5oXN8vpJzjuwoLIL6qI7ZLjJY3wvy4L7rb8Mgv_P3bQr9gZr7Bjn4BMh7628R4x8W9zinj4uUuMonh4SJbHr-hHILzdyJTCUY30SVHYQ1JYeIf0RhiYO/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-1.jpg" title="Cops nab vote buyer in Leyte" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNOc46NR32YaFziO4gp5URFoFS8fjxbx1n25H-DdH1brvsAncyly95n_j8EFMOY273qbo4XmaKP7cWQnZ2_Y7y57b-raTFR3jGhHtZezVbtWC7RA4hovU1NtVH0-7FxEhybTptDy7dOLR/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cops nab vote buyer in Leyte" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNOc46NR32YaFziO4gp5URFoFS8fjxbx1n25H-DdH1brvsAncyly95n_j8EFMOY273qbo4XmaKP7cWQnZ2_Y7y57b-raTFR3jGhHtZezVbtWC7RA4hovU1NtVH0-7FxEhybTptDy7dOLR/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-2.jpg" title="Cops nab vote buyer in Leyte" /></a></div><br /><b>VCMs fail to deliver</b><br /><br />Just like the previous elections, non-working and malfunctioning VCMs are still the most common issues that frustrate some voters. In the precints of Sen. Chiz Escudero and Miriam Defensor-Santiago for example, the machines were rejecting the ballots that caught the attention of the Vice-presidential aspirant.<br /><br />Sorsogon, Masbate, Saranggani Province, Zamboanga, Quezon City, Pasig and San Juan are just some of the key areas in the country that experienced VCM failure. But the COMELEC has standby technicians and back-up VCMs as their contengencies to assure the people of a succesful election.<br /><br /><b>COMELEC Warns public about election-related-crimes</b><br /><br />Text messages were circulating which states that there are 20 Million pre-programmed ballots were intentionally distributed in various precints nationwide which allegedly favors administration-standard-bearer Mar Roxas. COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista and Spokesman James Jimenez frankly denied the issue and boldly addressed the media that the pink-lined-pre-programmed ballots are non-existent. PPCRV also backed-up Bautista and Jimenz’s statement. COMELEC bosses warned the public that sharing of text messages that mislead the people with ill-informations is a serious election crime.<br /><br />Speaking of election crimes, taking actual photos of the shaded ballots and taking selfies with them are also considered as an election offense and punishable by law with up to 6 years of imprisonment if tried and proven guilty. In line with this issue, teleserye and rumored teen lovers Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo are now being criticized by netizens for posting photos online while holding their ballots inside the polling precincts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXESWhHm3_EGjF7hALvgCS1TsGOgKQs8muuirxwBDnjkZsXHAvu2truAKLOj3W-7hNeQsZ_f1u8GHWhfMHOerUdN0y1jFLlHPgOBIXgQUZWt1cRQSu5L85IvbZ1Ms_w-JfpD0Ft7qEKie1/s1600/kathniel-election-selfie.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kathniel election offense" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXESWhHm3_EGjF7hALvgCS1TsGOgKQs8muuirxwBDnjkZsXHAvu2truAKLOj3W-7hNeQsZ_f1u8GHWhfMHOerUdN0y1jFLlHPgOBIXgQUZWt1cRQSu5L85IvbZ1Ms_w-JfpD0Ft7qEKie1/s1600/kathniel-election-selfie.jpg" title="Kathniel election offense" /></a></div><br />The controversial photo of Kathryn was traced from ABS-CBN’s twitter account via Gretchen Fullido.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJP7KsbvuBV5bTToperGSrgf2HIWkiWGcFSe7UvUqq0A0cgmOTWqtOyEq0QRgUQYk9deFxd3iXtVMTOsb-1kcsoER__6bfWqyF8aOEdSMay_UkB0AZaUpi04ujcl4gYVn92s6lBMXU9oQ/s1600/election-fiasco-2016-6.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Comelec election fiasco KathNiel" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJP7KsbvuBV5bTToperGSrgf2HIWkiWGcFSe7UvUqq0A0cgmOTWqtOyEq0QRgUQYk9deFxd3iXtVMTOsb-1kcsoER__6bfWqyF8aOEdSMay_UkB0AZaUpi04ujcl4gYVn92s6lBMXU9oQ/s1600/election-fiasco-2016-6.png" title="Comelec election fiasco KathNiel" /></a></div><br />Minutes after it went viral and gained different negtive reactions from the netizens, the post was removed.<br /><br /><b>Wasted votes</b><br /><br />Aside from the malfunctioning and non-working VCMs, voting precints located on upper floors became burdens for the senior citizens and PWDs. Obviously struggling to get into their respective precints due to their physical situations, majority of the elederly and disabled voters had decided to leave and go home instead.<br /><br />Missing names in the precints is also a major problem for many voters. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRg_XwxDYohMn2-XDdnt5YSioDbVjzOxiLYAB-qcSZkRLE5vUcd3W8TMF9dXMWsKoayg1v00b6OH8siwvVY260vBCBOWk9z-YHX7aD0QpsJhbp-EbmHltMNIZ3kj3QhhKZJp2gjCqiPKt/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="election fiasco 2016" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRg_XwxDYohMn2-XDdnt5YSioDbVjzOxiLYAB-qcSZkRLE5vUcd3W8TMF9dXMWsKoayg1v00b6OH8siwvVY260vBCBOWk9z-YHX7aD0QpsJhbp-EbmHltMNIZ3kj3QhhKZJp2gjCqiPKt/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-3.png" title="election fiasco 2016" /></a></div><br />Many people who arrived in the voting venue and endured the long queu lines as early as 5am ended up disappointed because they were not allowed to vote as their names are not displayed in their appointed precints. COMMELEC Spokesman James Jimenez gave an explanation on this matter. According to Jimenez, there are just two reasons why the voters name are not displayed in the precints; either the person failed to do the biometrics or has registered twice so the system automatically removed the name under the said cirmustances.<br /><br /><b>Netizens accuse Mar of keeping VCMs</b><br /><br />COMELEC was alarmed when a Facebook post from various concerned netizen went viral stating that there are some VCMs which are being kept by LP Bet Mar Roxas inside Novotel Hotel in Cubao, Quezon City.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JnnFhR-tNbt02e6kxznxxWqOhjSkGLWiuT6tGKrvHtZeTTmGzf8oNwBh5sG7w11XtDd7XrM4HllvYafpb-nIqIGHo8uMY9ebb_Pjsfd3KsHfE-ZoAwVKq8f9tmKqdq187AjHwrp5GQiH/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Netizens accuse Mar of keeping VCMs" border="0" class="img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JnnFhR-tNbt02e6kxznxxWqOhjSkGLWiuT6tGKrvHtZeTTmGzf8oNwBh5sG7w11XtDd7XrM4HllvYafpb-nIqIGHo8uMY9ebb_Pjsfd3KsHfE-ZoAwVKq8f9tmKqdq187AjHwrp5GQiH/s1600/election-2016-fiasco-8.jpg" title="Netizens accuse Mar of keeping VCMs" /></a></div><br />Chairman Bautista wasted no time and immediately hurried to Novotel along with the media folks to investigate the allegations. Bautista failed to see the actual VCMs but confirmed that there are serveral Smartmatic Technicians who are currently checked-in the hotel. He also explained that the National Technical Headquarters of Smartmatic is just a walking distance from Novotel.<br /><br />Past mid-day, PPCRV confirmed that there was another blast happened in Masbate where one candidate died. Masbate has been declared as one of the election hot spots in the country.<br /><br />5 more hours before the election closes and COMELEC and PPCRV disclose that they are still receiving election-related complaints.<br /><br />The Summit Express will be on stand by to bring you the latest updates in 2016 National Elections.<br /><br /><center><a class="twitter-timeline" data-widget-id="729558674511781888" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election2016" rel="nofollow">#Election2016 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 /><b>--Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

Election 2016 coverage: mishaps, live updates

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