by David Robie – May 10, 2022, asia-pacificreport.nz rotests have broken out after the provisional tallies that give Marcos a “lead of millions” with more than 97 percent of the cote counted. Official results could still take some days. READ MORE: 36 years after ousting dictator Marcos, Filipinos elect son as president Other Philippine election…
Who do you suppose will end up paying for the enormous sums of money spent on the six-year social media campaign of Marcos Jr.? And for the transactional politics that convinced so many governors, mayors, and the like, to support him? Unlike our D and E voters, who were ill-informed but sincerely motivated and should not be blamed (e.g. Filipinos are “bobo”), these politicians were motivated by greed and self-preservation. Do you think Marcos Jr. will not want a return on his ill-gotten investments?
Gaea Katreena Cabico – Philstar.com May 13, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Opposition coalition 1Sambayan asked the Commission on Elections to investigate vote buying incidents and spread of disinformation on social media that cast doubt on the integrity of the May 9 elections. In a statement,1Sambayan said irregularities such as vote buying, voter disenfranchisement, vote counting…
Maria Siow and Dewey Sim in Singapore Published: May, 2022 Eyes will be on whether his administration follows Duterte’s pivot away from the US in favour of China, and his approach to the South China Sea dispute, analysts say Marcos Jnr’s victory also contributes to ‘regional democratic regression’, observers say, not least due to his refusal to…
Barangay officials reportedly went house-to-house during the campaign period, not for COVID vaccination or booster shots, but to tell residents they would get special ayuda from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) if they voted for a certain set of candidates.
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Ferdinand Marcos Junior appears on the cusp of victory in next week’s presidential polls, with his seemingly unassailable lead fuelled by a decades-long misinformation campaign to revamp the family brand. The clan’s comeback from pariahs in exile to the peak of political power has been built on a…
May 8, 2022, Gerardo Eusebio A #FactsFirstPH study looks back at the use and spread of fake news and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 “Fake News, Internet Propaganda, and Philippine elections: 2016 to 2019” is a study presented in a #FactsFirstPH research briefing held on…
Google Trends have accurately predicted election outcomes in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. By Bryle B. Suralta, www.esquiremag.ph While presidential candidate former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is firmly in the lead in the latest Pulse Asia surveys, Google Trends is telling us a much different story. The last Pulse Asia results held…