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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

7 senators, attend their last.

It’s goodbye for seven senators who are attending their last three session days of the 13th Congress.

Franklin Drilon, Sergio Osmeña III, Ramon Magsaysay Jr. and Juan Flavier finished their two terms while Luisa Ejercito opted not to run last elections. Ralph Recto lost in his re-election bid and Alfredo Lim won as Manila mayor. Lim, for his part, said he would be back home, too, in Manila, and warned lawbreakers to "cooperate or evaporate." Lim, known as dirty Harry, will rid of Manila's dirty crooks.

They have served well and doesn't want to put more dirt in their name. being a public official like them is not easy with all the stuffs going on around and the risk of putting dirt in their names.

"The results of the elections last May 14 displayed the growing maturity and wisdom of the Filipino as a voter. Our people, well-informed and discerning, decided to send a very strong message to the administration that said, ‘we have had enough, it is time for serious reforms. We want people who can deliver’," he said in a speech.

"We must be ever more vigilant to put a stop to the systematic looting of the treasury. We cannot allow our already overburdened taxpayers to suffer due to the greed of those in power," Magsaysay said.

"They must be put under the glare of transparency and public ridicule and they must be held accountable. We cannot continue to have a government of passive and unresponsive bureaucrats," he added.


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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Just one COC!?

The Commission on Elections on Tuesday tabulated only one certificate of canvass (COC) even as it denied allegations it is slowing down its counting to wait for poll manipulations in some areas in Mindanao.

To accuse the Comelec of intentionally delaying the process is most unfair. We wanted to conclude the canvassing in a transparent manner, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. said.

The Comelec en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), managed to tabulate only the COC from Davao City involving 419,365 votes out of 751,606 registered voters. Seven Genuine Opposition candidates, three Team Unity (TU) and two independents are in the top 12.

The winners in Davao City are Francis Escudero with 268,350 votes; Loren Legarda, with 252,381 votes; Panfilo Lacson, 246,354; Benigno Aquino 3rd, 246,121; Francisco Pangilinan, 218,579; Aquilino Pimentel 3rd, 217,854; Gregorio Honasan, 209,266; Miguel Zubiri, 201,129; Manuel Villar, 200,819l; Alan Peter Cayetano, 191,373; Joker Arroyo, 176,133; and Edgardo Angara, 173,412.


Source: Votester

Monday, May 28, 2007

Comelec Count as of May 26 2007, 6:30pm +8gmt

RANK - CANDIDATES - TOTAL
1 Legarda, Loren 15,525,243
2 Escudero, Francis Joseph 15,331,411
3 Villar, Manuel Jr 12,980,815
4 Lacson, Panfilo 12,917,532
5 Pangilinan, Francis 12,350,759
6 Aquino, Benigno Simeon III 12,034,025
7 Angara, Edgardo 10,501,724
8 Arroyo, Joker 9,954,174
9 Cayetano, Alan Peter 9,753,877
10 Honasan, Gregorio 9,511,124
11 Trillanes, Antonio IV 9,156,933
12 Zubiri, Juan Miguel 9,037,123
13 Recto, Ralph 8,987,491
14 Pimentel, Aquilino III 8,956,390
15 Defensor, Michael 8,351,543

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Eight GO bets in! -Namfrel QCount.

Eight Genuine Opposition candidates on Tuesday continued to dominate the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections quickcount on the partial and unofficial results of the senatorial election.

As of 1:27 a.m., four GO bets led the count namely Loren Legarda (8,042,545), Francis Joseph Escudero (7,881,884), Panfilo Lacson (7,009,371) and Manuel Villar (6,575,650).

Independent bet Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan stayed in fifth place with 6,300,778 votes followed by GO bet Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III (6,278,767) and Team Unity's Edgardo Angara (5,569,106).

Independent candidate Gregorio Honasan ranked eighth in the latest NAMFREL tally with 5,318,070 votes followed by GO's Alan Peter Cayetano (5,110,878) and TU's Joker Arroyo (5,046,379).

GO candidates Antonio Trillanes IV (4,976,891) and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III (4,866,219) placed 11th and 12th, respectively.

Three TU bets were ranked 13th to 15th in the latest NAMFREL tally: Juan Miguel Zubiri (4,593,388), Ralph Recto (4,501,878) and Prospero Pichay Jr. (4,310,083).

The vote count came from 117,202 out of the country's 224,748 precincts.


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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Genuine Opposition leads Senate race

The government-authorised National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) said its findings showed that seven opposition candidates, three pro-government candidates and two independents were set for victory.

Anti-Arroyo candidates take lead

1 ESCUDERO, Francis Joseph G.
1,588,156

2 LEGARDA, Loren B.
1,518,804

3 LACSON, Panfilo M.
1,497,445

4 VILLAR, Manuel Jr., B.
1,323,278

5 PANGILINAN, Francis N. *
1,322,126

Source: Namfrel Quick Count

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