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  • Trillanes is last to be formally proclaimed
    Trillanes is last to be formally proclaimed

    Reelectionist Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV became the last senator-elect to have his arms raised by poll officials after the May 13 elections.

  • 'Battle of Manila' spills over to Twitter: Georgina Wilson vs. Jake Ejercito
    'Battle of Manila' spills over to Twitter: Georgina Wilson vs. Jake Ejercito

    The so-called "Battle of Manila" may be over, but remnants of the tense political contest seem to have spurred another fight, this time between socialites on Twitter.

  • Poe's win changed presidential politics
    Poe's win changed presidential politics

    The 12 new senators have been proclaimed. According to rank, the number one senator in this batch is Grace Poe-Llamanzares, the daughter of the late actor Fernando Poe, Jr. (FPJ), the 2004 opposition presidential candidate. FPJ was seen by many … Continue reading →

  • PNoy to Comelec: Proceed with barangay polls

    By Mikha Flores, VERA Files President Benigno Aquino III said on Tuesday the country should proceed with the scheduled barangay election this October instead of postponing it, as suggested by the Commission on Elections. “I’m nervous about the postponement. There … Continue reading →

  • Comelec, poll watchdog trade accusations

    By Mark Pere Madrona, VERA Files The verbal tussle between the Commission on Elections and the Automated Election System (AES) Watch over the conduct of the mid-term election further intensified on Tuesday after the watchdog called for the resignation of … Continue reading →

  • Voting assistors: Helping PWDS or manipulating votes?

    By Yen Blanco Delgado and Barry Barraca, VERA Files ZAMBOANGA CITY— An abnormally high concentration of supposed persons with disabilities (PWD) voting in a single barangay sounded the alarm for volunteers of the Zamboanga City chapter of Legal Network for … Continue reading →

  • MILF to set up political party this year

    By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews and VERA Files DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao – The victory of the President’s party in last week’s elections is victory for the peace process, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front … Continue reading →

  • ARMM’s Hataman vows to lower poverty incidence to ‘single-digit during our term’

    By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews and VERA Files COTABATO CITY – OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), recently proclaimed winner in the ARMM gubernatorial race, has vowed to lower the double-digit poverty incidence in … Continue reading →