Akbayan Rep. Barry Gutierrez, a spokesperson of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Mar Roxas told reporters at LP’s Balay headquarters in Quezon City that Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is no longer a “sideshow joke,” after the Davao City Mayor dominated the latest SWS and Pulse Asia survey for the Filipinos preferred presidential candidate. Rep. Gutierrez was quoted … Read more
The COMELEC (Commision on Elections) have already proclaimed at least 14 winning Party-List winners in the recently concluded May 2013 General Elections. According to COMELEC Chairman Sixto Brillantes the 14 party-list groups are already guaranteed with one seat in the upcoming 16th Congress after they got 2% of the total votes cast for the party-list … Read more
The party-list group of the Philippines most active Roman Catholic group, Buhay Party-list currently led in the recent results released by the COMELEC for the country’s party-list system. Buhay Party-list is followed by A Teacher, and Bayan Muna in the unofficial results of the party-list elections as of 5:20 PM on Monday. According to the … Read more
Two of the most popular partylist groups in the Philippines, Akbayan and Bayan were allowed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to run in the upcoming 2013 Elections. The news was confirmed by no other the Comelect Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. Akbayan and Bayan Muna were criticized by several parties for failing to “represent” the … Read more
