Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones said Thursday, May 12, that the 2022 national elections have been peaceful with the largest voter turnout.
MANILA – The leaders of the United States and China have expressed readiness to work with presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who they congratulated for winning in the May 9 polls.
Presidential candidate and former presidential spokesperson Ernesto “Ernie” Abella conceded to presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., three days after the country held its elections.
Despite some groups’ allegations of electoral fraud in the May 9 elections, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, May 12, said he is convinced that there was no cheating or other voting irregularities in the recent polls.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 11, declared “failure of elections” in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur.