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Tag: election 2016

Filipinos like COMELEC commissioner Rowena Guanzon are threats to democracy and Philippine progress

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 By Ilda 33 Comments on Filipinos like COMELEC commissioner Rowena Guanzon are threats to democracy and Philippine progress
Filipinos like COMELEC commissioner Rowena Guanzon are threats to democracy and Philippine progress

Filipino Netizens became witness to irrational behaviour on social networking site Twitter from Rowena Guanzon, Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) after she went on a bragging spree because “trolls” annoyed her. She referred to herself as a “senior” Commissioner in a desperate attempt to get some respect after she made a series of…

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Culture, Society

Aquino and De Lima responsible for delayed justice for Maguindanao Massacre victims

Posted on December 21, 2019 By benign0 5 Comments on Aquino and De Lima responsible for delayed justice for Maguindanao Massacre victims
Aquino and De Lima responsible for delayed justice for Maguindanao Massacre victims

A photo of Andal Ampatuan Jr, who was recently convicted for the murder of 58 people in 2009 in what has since been dubbed the Maguindanao Massacre, flashing the “L” hand gesture has been making the rounds. The “L” salute, as most Filipinos know, signifies allegiance to the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan and the partisan camps…

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Crime, Media

Did the COMELEC under Andy Bautista break its own shading threshold rule to help Robredo win the Vice Presidency?

Posted on May 29, 2018January 12, 2022 By Ilda 5 Comments on Did the COMELEC under Andy Bautista break its own shading threshold rule to help Robredo win the Vice Presidency?
Did the COMELEC under Andy Bautista break its own shading threshold rule to help Robredo win the Vice Presidency?

For those who are not aware, there is an ongoing Vice Presidential vote recount in response to the electoral protest filed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in 2016. Yes, that is two years after the election was held. Due to the delay, some people most likely lost interest in following the issue closely….

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Politics

Leni Robredo is undermining the integrity of the VP vote recount with her baseless complaints

Posted on April 20, 2018October 27, 2021 By Ilda 29 Comments on Leni Robredo is undermining the integrity of the VP vote recount with her baseless complaints
Leni Robredo is undermining the integrity of the VP vote recount with her baseless complaints

As predicted, current Vice President Leni Robredo and her supporters are crying foul over the initial results of the manual recount of the Vice Presidential votes. The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has discarded some of her votes due to invalidity. The protest case filed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr in June 2016 is now…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Raissa Robles’s MISGUIDED “report” on how Cambridge Analytica inlfuenced the 2016 Philippine elections

Posted on April 6, 2018November 6, 2021 By benign0 4 Comments on Raissa Robles’s MISGUIDED “report” on how Cambridge Analytica inlfuenced the 2016 Philippine elections
Raissa Robles’s MISGUIDED “report” on how Cambridge Analytica inlfuenced the 2016 Philippine elections

An article on the role “Cambridge Analytica’s parent company” supposedly played in the victory of current President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016 elections is making the rounds. The “report” published on the South China Morning Post and authored by renowned Filipino “investigative journalist” Raissa Robles insinuates that the firm helped “rebrand” Duterte as “a strong,…

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Politics, Tech Talk

Robredo camp in a position to take unfair advantage of the ‘wet ballot’ scandal!

Posted on April 3, 2018 By benign0 8 Comments on Robredo camp in a position to take unfair advantage of the ‘wet ballot’ scandal!
Robredo camp in a position to take unfair advantage of the ‘wet ballot’ scandal!

Wet ballots. It’s the bane of the on-going vote recount being conducted following suspicions of electoral fraud in the 2016 elections that led to the dubious “victory” of now presumptive “vice presdient” Leni Robredo. The wet ballots and missing audit logs were reported early into the initiative by the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos……

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Government, Politics

Bongbong Marcos need not run for senator because he is already Vice President of the Philippines

Posted on January 11, 2018 By benign0 19 Comments on Bongbong Marcos need not run for senator because he is already Vice President of the Philippines
Bongbong Marcos need not run for senator because he is already Vice President of the Philippines

Why is Bongbong Marcos the Vice President of the Philippines? Simple. Because presumtive “vice president” Leni Robredo was originally disqualified from taking office. And it was not just Robredo who was disqualified. The entire Liberal Party lineup in the 2016 elections was effectively disqualified. Recall, following the conclusion of those elections, Robredo’s running mate and…

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Crime, Politics

A desperate Maria Ressa blames Facebook for Rappler’s inevitable demise

Posted on December 29, 2017 By benign0 27 Comments on A desperate Maria Ressa blames Facebook for Rappler’s inevitable demise
A desperate Maria Ressa blames Facebook for Rappler’s inevitable demise

Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news site” Rappler has gone too far. Rather than own up to her failure to build a credible news media organisation that could compete in the free market of ideas, she, instead, takes it upon herself to appoint Facebook as “the new gatekeeper to information” and then proceed to accuse…

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Media, Politics

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