A more austere government is seen as President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will prohibit field trips and seminars to Manila of government officials which he said are “purely junkets”.
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A day after the transition team of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte bared theireight-point economic agenda, leftist group, Bayan offered its version of the economic program which it say is anchored on “real change”.
The camp of presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte presented its eight-point economic agenda on Thursday, May 12.
A day after the presidential elections, residents here are now pondering on how Davao would be like now that they catapulted the city mayor into the Malacañan Palace.
With more than 80% of all the votes counted, Mindanao’s lone candidate and dark horse for the presidency got 38.6 percent in a historic turnout of elections on Monday, May 9.
In some polling precincts here, there were no available special precincts for senior citizens, persons with disability (PWD) and pregnant women, with some of them having to vote at the second floor of the polling precincts.
Anticipating massive fraud and violence, progressive groups urged voters to be vigilant and to join their assembly at the Rizal Park on Monday, May 9 after voting in the national and local elections.
Two days before the national and local elections, the grounds inside the Crocodile Park here were swelling with people coming from various areas in the city, including neighboring provinces for an attempt to break the Guinness record of the most number of people singing the national anthem.
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos on Friday said the administration party is now “desperate” to win the elections and is now on their Plan B to forge alliances with other parties to ensure their win against Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte through an impeach case.
An election watchdog here said they are expecting massive voter disenfranchisement after they monitored the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines here Thursday, May 5.
