Author: Ellen

Malacañang must have realized by now that it would be difficult to shave Antonio Trillanes IV of the Genuine Opposition off the Magic 12. They will still do it, no doubt but Trillanes’ supporters are ready.

Taken aback by Trillanes’ victory, Malacañang’s next move is not to allow him to assume the Senate seat physically. Click here for story in Abs-CBN online.

Lt. Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes, detained for coup d’etat charges, may be in the top 12 of leading senatorial candidates but might not be able to physically take his place as a senator should he win because of a string of cases pending before military and civilian courts.

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by Cynthia Balana Inquirer Despite the “fiesta” atmosphere during the May 14 elections, foreign observers who monitored the voting in Mindanao said Wednesday they worried…

Is the Comelec trying to instigate a revolution?

Comelec halts media tallies

The Commission on Elections yesterday ordered media outfits to stop their quick count operations or they will be charged with violating elections laws.

GMA Channel 7 and ABS-CBN Channel 2 started conducting separate quick count operations as early as Monday evening or several hours after the polls closed. But they ended their count the next day.

Significant results in this election:

1. Garcillano’s tricks didn’t work. Concedes defeat.

2. Pacquiao knocked out by Darlene.

3. Jesse Robredo winning.

Six Genuine Opposition candidates, four Team Unity bets and two independents are poised to win the top 12 slots in the Senate race, results of the 2007 ABS-CBN/Pulse Asia nationwide exit poll revealed Tuesday.

1. Legarda
2. Escudero
3. Villar
4. Lacson
5. Pangilinan
6. Aquino
7. Angara
8. Arroyo
9. Trillanes
10. Zubiri
11. Honasan
12. Recto

The election is over. It is time to examine, and to both skeptics and sympathizers alike, explain my participation in it.

I gave up a flourishing medical practice in America, joined Kapatiran and ran for the Senate because I wanted not merely to prove a point, but to live by it.

And the point is this: we can change our country, help our people, not by talking or theorizing but by actually doing something about it. One cannot simply make a statement. He must apply it in his life, by example, by involvement, by action. Our political campaign was such a statement.

by Dennis Gadil
Malaya

The Genuine Opposition Opposition, despite an early 8-2-2 lead in the senatorial race, last night shifted its focus to Visayas and Mindanao on reports that administration cheating operators were set to unload at least five million filled-up ballots during municipal, district and provincial canvassing.

Sen. Serge Osmeña III, GO campaign manager, said the opposition had been prepared to concede 600,000 to 1 million “dagdag bawas” votes, primarily in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, but was not expecting cheating on the reported massive scale.