Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, Author at newswatchplus.ph

LIST: Marcos-Duterte campaign costliest in May 2022 polls, but Villar biggest out-of-pocket spender

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:12:14 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 15) — The May 9 polls delivered a huge boost to the economy as local and national candidates spent billions of pesos combined to court Filipinos to vote for them. CNN Philippines secured copies of the Statements of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCEs) filed by national candidates before the Commission on

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Comelec’s rented building in Manila to replace red, green lights due to partisan impression

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:38:41 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 18) – The building housing the Commission on Elections headquarters in Manila will soon get a facelift after netizens flagged its red and green light accents every night, which they said is similar to the colors of a certain political tandem. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the Intramuros Administration (IA) in

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DOH: Uniformed participants of Marcos-Duterte rally not department staff

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:25:48 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 17)— The individuals who attended a campaign rally in Ilocos Sur wearing the Department of Health’s (DOH) uniforms are not official employees, the agency clarified on Thursday. In a statement, the DOH said the people seen on the viral photo are health workers employed or directly engaged by local government units.

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56% of May 2022 voters part of the youth – Comelec

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:49:54 +0000

Young Filipinos line up to register as voters in this September 2021 photo (FILE)

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Comelec defends poll execs from alleged pro-Marcos bias

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:36:57 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 25) — The Commission on Elections rejected the accusation of bias against three of its commissioners who denied a petition blocking Bongbong Marcos’ presidential bid. A group of human rights advocates represented by lawyer Theodore Te on Monday called out the supposed “manifest bias” of Commissioners Socorro Inting, Antonio Kho,

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Marcos camp, 2 petitioners given until Sunday noon to file final points on disqualification case

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:33:23 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 7)— The First Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gave the camps involved in two petitions to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. until Sunday noon to file their final answers to the pending cases. Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon announced during the Friday pre-conference on the petitions that

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Comelec to decide on Marcos bid; orders opposing camps to file memoranda

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:01:48 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 16)— The Commission on Elections’ Second Division has ordered both camps in the first petition to cancel Bongbong Marcos’ 2022 presidential bid to file their memoranda or final response to the case in time for its official decision. The opposing camps were given five days to submit their response. This

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Cutting PH debt, inflation on DOF’s transition plan for next president’s economic team

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:04:59 +0000

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (FILE PHOTO)

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Pro-Duterte, Facebook-reliant Filipino youth more likely to fall for fake news – study

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:39:32 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 17) — Certain segments of the Filipino youth were found to be more likely to fall for misleading or false information, according to a survey led by the Ateneo School of Government. A total of 7,428 college students were covered by two survey rounds from May to September. In both

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Comelec moves to declare 75% of hopefuls vying for national posts as nuisance

Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:58:07 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 4) — The Commission on Elections has moved to declare three-fourths of aspiring candidates for the presidency and other national posts in 2022 as nuisance bets, an official said. “Most of them, especially for the position of president, vice president, and senator will be considered as nuisance candidates… The Law

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