Elections Philippines

Senator Franklin Drilon on Thursday admitted  he was eyeing the top Senate post and had been making the rounds to “court” his fellow senators in his bid to replace Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile at the start of the 16th Congress in July. Drilon’s bid for the Senate presidency is seen to dovetail with President Benigno Aquino III’s wish for an administration victory in the 2016 elections Read more [...]

The ghost who walks Nearing 90, don't count the Senate President out yet The longest running act in Philippine politics may be getting set for a diminished role following President Benigno S. Aquino III’s takeover and apparent dominance of the Senate following mid-term elections on May 13. Read more [...]

MANILA - With only three of its candidates having won in the senatorial elections, the opposition coalition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) must now concede, Sen. Read more [...]

By Nestor U. TorrePhilippine Daily Inquirer May 24, 2013 | 10:06 pm POE Read more [...]

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:57 am | Saturday, May 25th, 2013 Grace Poe. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—After Grace Poe topped the 2013 senatorial race, many Filipinos suddenly turned political analysts overnight to share their views on the factors behind her phenomenal rise. Read more [...]

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago urged neophyte senators to go back to school instead of entering the Senate with guns-a-blazing Read more [...]

By Norman BordadoraPhilippine Daily Inquirer 12:54 am | Saturday, May 25th, 2013 All six reelectionist senators got a fresh mandate from the electorate in the just concluded midterm elections but it was Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who gained most in terms of political capital after the recent campaign, a political science professor told the Inquirer on Friday Read more [...]

by Natashya GutierrezPosted on 05/23/2013 12:31 PM  | Updated 05/23/2013 1:33 PM CONCEDE NOW. Sen Franklin Drilon urges the opposition, United Nationalist Alliance to concede the elections, blaming their failure to do so as the cause of the conspiracy theories surrounding the elections' credibility. Read more [...]

By Norman BordadoraPhilippine Daily Inquirer 3:40 am | Friday, May 24th, 2013 Sen. Franklin Drilon: Review of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—They spent so much but showed very little for it Read more [...]

“Don’t lose heart.” This was the message of President Benigno Aquino III to his chosen senatorial candidates who lost in the recently concluded elections. Read more [...]