Archive - PHL Vote 2022

The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.

Neither survey results nor mammoth crowds in campaign rallies can make a candidate win. But somehow, these indicate a candidate's popularity or unpopularity. The actual votes we will cast next Monday are what will make candidates win.

Several posts on Facebook called out Vice President Leni Robredo for her use of the term “in a good place” to describe a pleasant condition.

Only five groups on the list are in the Commission on Elections’ official list of party list contenders in the May 9 polls.

The last of this seven-part series covers former vice president Jejomar Binay, former Ifugao representative Teddy Baguilat, former Eastern Samar governor Lutgardo Barbo, former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista, and former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson Greco Belgica. Binay, if elected, will join his daughter, Nancy Binay, in the Senate.

COMELEC debunked the claim on April 25, saying that the ballot was “deliberately edited to make it appear that VP Robredo’s name is missing from the list of Presidential candidates.”

A photo showing Vice President Leni Robredo and officials from the Commission on Elections is circulating with false context.

Netizens believed a satirical photo supposedly taken from Vice President Leni Robredo’s April 23 grand rally in Pasay City.

Part 6 of the series covers former senators JV Ejercito, Chiz Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano, and incumbent Sen. Leila De Lima, who has been detained since March 2017 on alleged drug-related charges. Cayetano, if elected, will join his sister, Pia Cayetano, in the Senate.

Part 5 of the series covers two human rights lawyers – former Bayan Muna representative Neri Colmenares and Chel Diokno – former Makati representative Monsour Del Rosario, former National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar and former Bangsamoro Transition Commission member Samira Gutoc.

Photo of a ballot in New Zealand was edited remove Vice President Leni Robredo's name in the official list of presidential candidates.

The PET unanimously dismissed “the entire electoral protest” of the former senator on Feb. 16, 2021. Less than three months later on May 11, Marcos Jr. filed a motion for reconsideration, asking the tribunal to review his third cause of action in which he sought to annul the results of the 2016 vice presidential race in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, and Basilan.

A fake quote card bearing Rappler’s logo claimed that Vice President Leni Robredo said her and her running mate’s victory in the 2022 polls is guaranteed.

Former broadcaster Jay Sonza misled people by using a different photo in a Facebook “congratulatory” post on the number of attendees in the April 23 #ArawNa10To! rally held in Pasay City for Vice President Leni Robredo.

Part 3 of the series covers three stalwart supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte – actor  Robin Padilla, former Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo and former Mindanao Development Authority chairperson and former Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol – and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta.

Part 4 of the series covers former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Gringo Honasan, and reelectionists Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and Richard Gordon.

Joma Sison said he has neither been advising Robredo nor consulting with her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez. The Robredo camp has denied any relation or communication with the CPP or Sison.

The Viber bot aims to help the Filipinos understand the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates’ stand on burning topics and an avenue for users to rate their candidates’ answers.

(First of seven parts) In this seven-part series, VERA Files Fact Check dug up relevant information about select senatorial hopefuls to help the electorate in making the choice.

Part 2 of the series covers two former senators – Antonio Trillanes IV and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda – and three incumbents – Joel Villanueva, Migz Zubiri and Risa Hontiveros – who are trying to regain or retain seats in the chamber.

Contrary to what one Facebook post claimed, presidential candidate and senator Ping Lacson held various positions under the government’s executive branch.

The claims were based on the conjectures by a reporter in soliciting a reaction from three presidential candidates.

He probably thought he was already close to the presidency if he got the endorsement of 1Sambayan, until Robredo gave in to calls for her to run for higher office.

In an email to VERA Files Fact Check, Sison said he has neither been advising Robredo nor consulting with her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez.