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The latest news on the coming 2022 National Election.

These are the 12 new Senators for the 19th Congress

May 21, 2022

The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), just officially named the 12 senatorial candidates who won a seat in the 19th Congress. The proclamation ceremony was held in Pasay City last Wednesday, May 18.

Here are the list of the 12 new Senators from 1st to 12th;
1st: Robin Padilla – 26,612,434
2nd: Loren Legarda – 24,264,969
3rd: Raffy Tulfo – 23,396,954
4th: Sherwin Gatchalian – 20,602,655
5th: Francis Escudero – 20,271,458
6th: Mark Villar – 19,475,592
7th: Alan Peter Cayetano – 19,295,314
8th: Juan Miguel Zubiri – 18,734,336
9th: Joel Villanueva – 18,486,034
10th: JV Ejercito – 15,841,858
11th: Risa Hontiveros – 15,420,807
12th: Jinggoy Estrada – 15,108,625

The new senators will serve for 6 years, from 2022 to 2028.

Source: Rappler

COMELEC says “only 533” VCMs were reported defective

May 9, 2022
COMELEC says “only 533” VCMs were reported defective

As of 7 p.m. Comelec says “only 533” VCMs were reported defective. This is what Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said regarding the reports that cites VCM are not working in a number of voting precinct.

The reported 533 VMCs are just a fraction of the 107,345 machines deployed by COMELEC for the 2022 elections, so far 97,345 VCMs have been used by the Comelec.

Source: Rappler

President Rodrigo Duterte to run for Senator instead

November 15, 2021

In another twist in the Philippine Politics, President Rodrigo Duterte has filed his candidacy for Senator, instead of Vice President, which was previously reported here.

With this new development, Sen. Bong Go who is running for President will be without a running mate. Both President Duterte and Sen. Go will be running under the Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS) party.

President Duterte will substitute Mona Liza Visorde, who withdrew her candidacy at the Monday, November 15, 2021.

You can read the full report from ABS-CBN News.

VP Leni Robredo dances to Taylor Swift’s 22 amid all the election drama

November 14, 2021
VP Leni Robredo dances to Taylor Swift’s 22 amid all the election drama

In her tweet (above) that’s full of emojis and a 34 seconds video, it clearly shows that VP Robredo is unfazed with all the development that’s happening between Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, and the refilling of Sen. Bong Go and Presidete R. Duterte, for President and Vice President, respectively.

We can see VP Leni Robredo and a number of her supporters dances to Taylor Swift’s 22.

At the sametime, a video of VP Robredo was published on her Youtube Channel regarding choosing the right candidate this coming National 2022 Election.

Ano man ang takot mo, huwag mangamba. Pwedeng pumiling muli. Piliin ang mahal ka. Piliin ang pipiliin ka.

#PumiliMuli
#LeniKiko2022

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to run for Vice President and will be the running mate of Bongbong Marcos Jr.

November 14, 2021

As if it was a twist in a movie, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte has filed her certificate of candidacy for the Vice President for the coming 2022 Election. She is the substitute candidate of Ms. Lyle Fernando Uy who filed to run for Vice President under Lakas-CMD party.

After filing her candidacy, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte will be an adopted/guest candidate of Bongbong Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal and will serve as her running mate for the coming national election. The two candidate previously met in Cebu during the birthday celebration of Cong. Yedda, wife of House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez.

Both Ms. Anna Capela Velasco and Ms. Lyle Fernando Uy have withdraw their candidacy as Lakas-CMD President and Vice President, respectively, to give way to Sara Duterte’s VP bid.

You can read more about this on CNN Philippines – Sara Duterte runs for vice president in 2022 as substitute

President Rodrigo Duterte to run as the Vice President of Bong Go this coming 2022 Election

November 14, 2021

After announcing his retirement from Politics last October 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte will now run for Vice President and as the running mate of his longtime aide Sen. Bong Go, who withdrew his VP candidacy and refiled to run for President.

Both President Duterte and Sen Bong Go will be running under the Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS) party due to the unresolved issue with PDP-Laban party.

You can read more from PTV.


Ely Buendia gifted Presidential candidate Leni Robredo with a Eraserheads 25th Anniversary Limited Edition on Vinyl

November 12, 2021

Eheads Frontman Ely Buendia visted and gifted Presidential candidate Leni Robredo with a limited edition of Eraserheads 25th Anniversary album on vinyl.

In a social media post, Vice President and Presidential candidate Leni Robredo shared a picture with Ely and the vinyl album, and said;

Ely Buendia in the house!! Grabe, nabulabog opisinaPartying facePartying face He gave me this Eraserheads 25th Anniversary Limited Edition on vinyl Musical score Multiple musical notes

Thank you, ElyFolded handsFolded hands Nakita mo kung gaano kadami fans mo sa office namin.

I embedded the tweet below;

If you can call, last September, Ely Buendia tweeted a possible “possible” Eheads reunion if Leni Robredo ran for office, as an answer to one of a fan question.

Now that VP Leni Robredo has officially filed her candidacy for highest position in the country, Eheads fans are still waiting for that much awaited Eheads reunion.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte joins Lakas-CMD party

November 11, 2021
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte joins Lakas-CMD party
Image: @cnnphilippines

Just hours after resigning from Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte joins Lakas-CMD party and took oath today, November 11,2021 at 6:00 PM. The oath taking took place at the farm of Sen. Bong Revilla in Cavite.

Currently, Lakas-CMD Presidential candidate is Ms. Anna Capela Velasco and Ms. Lyle Fernando Uy for Vice President. The arrival of Sara Duterte, it she can substitute either Ms. Velasco or Ms. Uy to run for the two highest political position in the country.

You can read the full report from CNN Philippines – Sara Duterte resigns from HNP, joins Lakas-CMD

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte resigned from her political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago

November 11, 2021
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte resigned from her political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago

Just two days after withdrawing her candidacy for the reelection, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte resigned from the political part Hugpong ng Pagbabago.

In her two-sentence hand-written resignation letter, she said;

It is with profound sadness that I hereby tender my resignation from our beloved party.

My support will always be with you and I will always be grateful for all the things you have taught me.

Here’s the actual hand-written resignation letter as received by Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), as shared by ANC Alerts;

What happens next will be all speculation, since she can join his father at PDP-Laban to substitute Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa as the Presidential candidate for the coming election or join Bongbong Marcos Jr. political party, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas to be his running mate as the Vice President.

Everything should be clear by Monday, November 15, the deadline of substitution of candidates for the coming national 2022 elections.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte withdraws candidacy for Mayor of Davao City

November 9, 2021
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte withdraws candidacy for Mayor of Davao City

In a facebook post, Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte confirmed that she will be withdrew her candidacy for Mayor of Davao City and said that her brother Sebastian Duterte, who is currently the Vice Mayor, will replace her to run as the new Mayor of Davao City.

She did not provide any reason as to why she withdrew her candidacy and there’s a speculation that she will be running for a much higher position this coming 2022 election.

It can be recalled that then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte file his candidacy for reelection as Davao City mayor in October 2015 but withdrew his Mayor candidacy and filed as a substitute candidate for President instead.

Trillanes warns voters against Ferdinand Marcos Sr. for the “greatest robbery of a government”

October 27, 2021
Trillanes warns voters against Ferdinand Marcos Sr. for the “greatest robbery of a government”

In a tweet (embedded above), Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV warns voters against the Marcos family and Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in particular for holding the “Greatest robbery of a Government.”

He added that “Don’t take my word for it. I-google nyo” referring to the conduct their own research regarding the issue.

In the Guinness World Records article;

The government of the Philippines announced on 23 Apr 1986 that it had succeeded in identifying $860.8 million (£569.5 million) salted away by the former President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (1917–89) and his wife Imelda. The total national loss from November 1965 was believed to be $5–$10 billion.

Trillanes is running for Senator under the opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo. He is also known as one of Duterte’s fierce critic even before he won he became the President of the country.

Sonny Matula is the 12th member of Leni Robredo’s senatorial lineup

October 24, 2021

After more than a week of waiting, Presidential candidate Leni Robredo announced that the 12th member of her senatorial lineup will be Sonny Matula of Labor Party Philippines.

Sonny Matula will be running as an independent candidate and will included among the guest candidate in Robredo’s senatorial slate.

Robredo’s senatorial lineup for the coming 2022 National Election will now compose of re-electionists, former opponents and long-time allies.

Here’s the complete list.

  1. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
  2. Senator Risa Hontiveros
  3. Senator Leila de Lima
  4. Humanrights lawyer Jose Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno
  5. Former Ifugao representative Teodoro Baguilat Jr.
  6. Alex Lacson of Kapatiran Party
  7. Senator Richard Gordon
  8. Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri
  9. Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero
  10. Senator Joel Villanueva
  11. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay.
  12. Labor Leader Sonny Matula

You can watch Leni Robredo’s announcement and why she choose Matula as one of her senators;

Leni Robredo announces Senatorial lineup for the 2022 Election

October 15, 2021

Presidential candidate Leni Robredo just announced her 11 senatorial candidates for the coming 2022 election.

The lineup is a mixed-bag of personalities coming from different parties and political background.

  1. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
  2. Senator Risa Hontiveros
  3. Senator Leila de Lima
  4. Humanrights lawyer Jose Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno
  5. Former Ifugao representative Teodoro Baguilat Jr.
  6. Alex Lacson of Kapatiran Party
  7. Senator Richard Gordon
  8. Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri
  9. Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero
  10. Senator Joel Villanueva
  11. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay.

Leni Robredo and her party is yet to announced their 12th candidate, who they are still ‘wooing’. The announcement was made with her Vice president aspirant Kiko Pangilinan and Senator Franklin Drilon, and streamed online.

Veteran Newscaster Noli De Castro withdraws Senate Candidacy

October 13, 2021

Seven days after filing his COC for senator, Veteran news anchor and former vice president Noli de Castro is withdrawing his candidacy for senator, this was confirmed by Aksyon Demokratiko chairman Ernest Ramel.

It’s unclear why ‘Kabayan’ Noli de Castro pulled out of the senate race but De Castro said “serve Filipinos better by continuing to work in the news industry, rather than in politics.”

You can read his full statement at ABS-CBN News website – READ: Kabayan Noli De Castro statement on withdrawal of candidacy

Here’s the statement of ABS-CBN News;

Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa files COC to run for President

October 9, 2021

In another plot twist, a long time Duterte ally Bato Dela Rosa has filed his COC to be the standard bearer of the Cusi-led PDP-Laban faction.

While filing his COC, it’s noticeable that Sen. Bato Dela Rosa is wearing a Hugpong ng Pagbabago party shirt instead of the PDP-Laban faction. ‘Hugpong ng Pagbabago’ is the regional party of Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Before taking a seat as a Senator om 2019, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is a long time PNP officer and served as the chief of the Davao City Police Office from 2010 to 2016, before being handpicked by then President-Elect President Rodrigo Duterte as the new PNP Chief on May 19, 2016.

Sen. Bong Go, who is also a long time Duterte associate, will be Sen. Dela Rosa’s running, while filed his COC earlier this week.

It’s unclear if Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa will be the ‘real’ Presidential candidate of the Cusi-side of PDP-Laban or will later be substituted by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte by November 15. I guess, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Celebrity reacts to Leni Robredo’s bid to run for President in 2022 Election

October 7, 2021
Celebrity reacts to Leni Robredo’s bid to run for President in 2022 Election

It looks like VP Leni Robredo’s presidential bid is off to a good start as a number of celebrities showed their support after formally announcing her candidacy.

Celebrities posted their support on their respective social media accounts by using the hashtag #LeniRobredo2022 #LetLeniLead, while others posted their pictures with anything that’s pink, which is Robredo’s official.

Since it’s now official that Leno Robredo is running for President, we can all agree that what we are now waiting for Eraserhead’s announcement for their reunion concert.

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Leni Robredo formally announce her candidacy for the coming 2022 National Election

October 7, 2021
Leni Robredo formally announce her candidacy for the coming 2022 National Election

In a press conference, Philippines’ Vice President Leni Robredo formally announce her candidacy to run for the highest position in the country.

Her announcement came a week after 1Sambayan officially nominates her for the position of President for the 2022 Election. It is reported the Leni Robredo’s running mate for the Vice President position will be Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.

“Buong-buo ang loob ko ngayon: Kailangan nating palayain ang sarili mula sa kasalukuyang situwasyon. Lalaban ako; lalaban tayo. Inihahain ko ang aking sarili bilang kandidato sa pagkapangulo sa halalan ng 2022.”

VP Leni Robredo was the wife of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. Her political career started when she served as the representative of Camarines Sur’s 3rd district in 2013 then won the Vicpresident in 2016. She defeated the son of late Dictator, Bongbong Marcos Jr. by a narrow margin, which was later contested and dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Bongbong Marcos to run for President in the 2022 National Elections

October 5, 2021

Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. has officially announced that he will be running for President in the 2022 national elections. He is the second child and only son of former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

He previously ran for Vice President in the 2016 National Elections but lost to the eventual winner VP Leni Robredo. He disputed the election results before the Supreme Court but the High Tribunal dismissed his election protest. It is unclear who will be Bongbong Marcos running mate for the VP position.

If VP Leni Robredo decides to run for President, we may see a rematch of the 2016 Election with a number strong candidates namely Sen. Manny Pacquiao, Isko Moreno and Panfilo “Ping” Lacson.

Sen. Bong Go files candidacy for Vice President

October 3, 2021

Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go officially files his certificate of candidacy (COC) for Vice President. He was accompanied by Pres. Duterte, Saturday, October 2nd.

In a statement, Go said he will run for vice president after Duterte announced his “retirement” from politic, withdrawing his acceptance of the PDP-Laban nomination for the same post.

“Given that President Rodrigo Duterte decided to withdraw his acceptance of nomination, I am here to take on the challenge as PDP-Laban’s Vice Presidential candidate,” Go said in a statement.

Sen. Bong Go was originally nominated for the position of President by the Cusi-side of the now divided PDP-Laban. With the latest development, it’s unclear who will be the new candidate for the position of President and if the replacement will even have a chance of running against Isko Moreno and Ping Lacson, who already announced their intension to run for the highest office in the country.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retires from Politics

October 3, 2021

In a surprising twist, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he will be retiring from politics. His announcement was made while accompanying longtime aide Senator Bong Go in filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice president.

His retirement means that he will no longer continue with his plans to run of the Vice President, as previously announced.

This is not the first time that Duterte announce his retirement from politics, if you can recall, in 2015, then Davao City Mayor Duterte said that he “will retire from public life for good. I believe it’s no longer my time to be in politics.”

Sen. Bong Go and President Duterte was nominated by Cusi-led faction of PDP-Laban, for President and Vice President, respectively but now that Bong Go filed for the position of Vice President and Pres. Duterte looming retirement, it’s unclear whole will the standard bearer of PDP-Laban to run for President, since Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte already filed her candidacy for a reelection for Mayor of Davao City.

Of course, we cannot discount the fact that Rodrigo Duterte can still change his mind and later run for the the VP position, since as reported by One New, this was an old strategy that Duterte already used. I guess we’ll know by Nov. 15th.

Manny Pacquiao officially files for candidacy for Philippine President

October 1, 2021

After announcing his retirement from the sports of boxing, Sen. Manny Pacquiao has officially file his candidacy for Philippine President on Friday, October 1.

Manny Pacquiao will be the standard bearer of Pacquiao/Pimentel-led faction of PDP-Laban. Deputy Speaker
of the House of Representatives Lito Atienza will be his running mate for VP.

Manny Pacquiao, the only 8-division world boxing champion, started his political career last 2010 as a Representative of Saranggani then after two-terms as a Congressman, Pacquiao won as a Senator in 2016, under the Duterte-led PDP-Laban. Pacquiao garnered over 16 million votes, landing 7th among 12 new members of the Senate.

Read the full report from Rappler – First presidential bet to file candidacy: Manny Pacquiao

Updated the article to include Lito Atienza as Manny Pacquiao running mate for VP.

1Sambayan officially name Leni Robredo as their Presidential bet for the 2022 Election

September 30, 2021

After announcing their nominees for President more than 4 months ago, 1Sambayan coalition has named VP Leni Robredo as one of their official Presidential candidate for the coming 2022 National Election.

The announcement was made by retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonio Carpio, in a 50-minutes video (embedded below) titled ‘TAPATAN Media Forum: ANG PAMBATO NG 1SAMBAYAN’ that was streamed live on the coalition facebook page and then alter shared on their official twitter account.

1Sambayan’s announcement came just 10 days after Isko Moreno announced his Presidential bid. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is one of the 1Sambayan’s Presidential candidate.

Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to formally declare her Presidentail run, she is however expected to announce her plans for the 2022 Election soon, since filing of the President and Vice President candidacies starts this Friday, October 1, 2021 and will end on before midnight of October 8, 2021.

Liberal Party of the Philippines announces their senatorial candidates for the 2022 National

September 29, 2021

Liberal Party of the Philippines has officially announced their senatorial bets for the coming 2022 National election.

LP’s senatorial lineup as of this time are reelectionist Senators Francis Pangilinan and Leila de Lima, and former senator Bam Aquino, who was part of the Otso Diretso and failed to win in his re-election bid in the 2019 election, placing 14th overall.

Reelection bid of Akbayan Sen. Risa Hontiveros and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, who announced his candidacy a couple of weeks ago, as endorsed two guest candidates.

The announcements was made during LP’s national executive council meeting attended by party leaders, including its Vice President Leni Robredo, Pangilinan, Sen. Franklin Drilon, Rep. Kit Belmonte and former representatives Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao and Loreno “Erin” Tañada III of Quezon.

The party is yet to announce their Presidential and VP bets, since VP Leni Robredo will make her announcement before Oct. 8, which is the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2022 elections.

Ely Buendia tweets a “possible” Eheads reunion “Pag tumakbo si Leni”

September 28, 2021

In a Twitter Q&A as part of promotions for “SUPERPROXIES,” a virtual concert featuring Buendia and Filipino indie rock band Nobody’s Home this October 9th, eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia just broke the internet by hinting of a “possible” Eheads reunion if VP Leni Robredo ‘runs’, though he did not clarify on what position.

The tweet is in response to Ben La Dean (@jaydemaps), who asked him regarding a possible Eheads reunion. Ely, candidly and jokingly, replied “Pag tumakbo si Leni.”

Ely’s tweet have been trending and gone viral receiving 34.9 likes, 6,241 retweets and 2,264 quote tweets.

Here are some of the response that Ely’s tweet got from VP Leni’s supporters and Eraserheads fans;


Ely later clarified that his political views and opinions are his own.

Trillanes to run for President if VP Robredo decided to exit politics

September 27, 2021

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV to run for President if VP Robredo will not run for the highest position in the country, by 12 noon of October 8th.

That’s what the former senator announced on his twitter account Monday, Sept. 27th.

Trillanes’ announcement at a time when VP Leni Robredo is uniting the anti-administration forces and has not made any announcement regarding her plans for the coming 2022 election.

Candidates who plan to run for President, Vice President, and Senator are required to submit their candidacy between Oct. 1st to Oct. 8th.

Isko Moreno to run for President in the 2022 National Election

September 21, 2021

It’s official, Manila Mayos Isko Moreno to run for President in the coming 2022 National election. His running mate will be Willie Ong, this was confirmed by his campaign manager Lito Banayo.

Francisco Moreno Domagoso or more popularly known by his screen name Isko Moreno, gained fame as a matinee idol for being part of part of That’s Entertainment. His political career started when he won as one of the councilor for Manila’s first legislative district in 1998, then was reelected in 2001 and 2004. He became Manila’s vice mayor in 2007 and reelected in 2013. In 2016, he ran for a senator under the Partido Galing at Puso coalition of presidential candidate and Senator Grace. He unsuccesful to win a seat, placing 16th overall.

Isko Moreno currently serves as the mayor of Manila, after winning the position tin he 2019 elections.

Image: IMBD

Willie Tan Ong, is a registered Cardiologist and the chief resident in Manila Doctors Hospital. He became popular because of his television show and his appearances on ABS-CBN’s Salamat Dok. Dr. Ong maintained his online presence thru his YouTube channel in 2007 where he posted video health tips. He currently have 6.54M subscribers on his youtube channel and 16.3 million followers on his official facebook page.

He previously ran for a seat at the senate in the 2019 Philippine elections but lost, finishing 18th in the polls with 7.5 million votes.

Source: Rappler

Sen. Manny Pacquiao to run for President in the 2022 Elections

September 19, 2021

At the assembly of Pacquiao/Pimentel-led faction of PDP-Laban, Sen. Manny Pacquiao has accepted the nominations of at least 20 PDP-Laban chapter leaders, for him to run for President in the coming 2022 Elections.

“I am a fighter and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring. Sa buong buhay ko, wala akong laban na inaatrasan dahil sa ngalan ng prinsipyo, karangalan ng bayan ay tumayo ako, nanindigan at nakikipaglaban,” Pacquiao said during the event.

Manny Pacquiao, the only 8-division world boxing champion, started his political career last 2010 as a Representative of Saranggani then after two-terms as a Congressman, Pacquiao won as a Senator in 2016, under the Duterte-led PDP-Laban. Pacquiao garnered over 16 million votes, landing 7th among 12 new members of the Senate.

You can read the full report of Katrina Domingo from ABS-CBN News here.

Chel Diokno to try and run for Senator again this coming 2022 elections

September 15, 2021

Jose Manuel “Chel” Icasiano Diokno, J.D., a Filipino lawyer, educator, and human rights advocate, will try his luck and will run again as Senator for the 2022 elections. He will run as an independent candidate.

Chel Diokno can often be seen on social media providing free “legal advice” or answering “legal-related” questions from his followers.

Or this tweet, where he answer the question regarding the “the legal age of consent for sex in the Philippines?”

You can also see him reacting to trending topics like this one.

He initially run for Senator under the opposition slate Otso Diretso in the 2019 midterm elections but did not make the cut, ranking 21st in a race for 12 which was dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies.