The Filipinos after 38 days from E-day is still waiting for the 12th slot in Senate. There is still a chance for Zubiri to be in and defeat Pimentel.
Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Genuine Opposition (GO) candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said he was  filing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday a petition to stop the Commission on Elections from canvassing disputed vote tallies from Maguindanao, which could push Juan Miguel Zubiri of Team Unity (TU) past him in their battle for the last Senate slot.
Miguel Zubiri
Zubiri has been urging the …

I have seen this post thru Pedestrian Observer and I wanna be part of it, not because I wanna increase my traffic but to increase the awareness of People about the need to stop and end senseless electoral violence in the Philippines. I was not able to join in Tingog.com Writing Project about Musa Dimasidsing,the latest victim and to date there are more than 130 plus that perished along the way, it is time we take a stand against electoral violence collectively. But I will not let this opportunity to …

Now that Trillanes has been proclaimed winner, there are still lots of question on how he can function as a senator while in jail. Some says that like Jalosjos who was in jail with a non bailable offense was not allowed to go to session and so Trillanes will face the same. But the only difference is Jalosjos was already convicted and Trillanes is Under Trial.
Trillanes had expressed his intention to revive the Hello Garci issue. It seem that there already Two Generals that will back Trillanes on his plans. …

Finally Trillanes will be proclaimed on Friday ,
MANILA, Philippines — Detained opposition candidate Antonio Trillanes IV is the 11th senator-elect and is set to be proclaimed Friday, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos said Thursday.
The decision to proclaim Trillanes, a former Navy lieutenant, was made by the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, after finishing the canvass of votes from Surigao del Norte.

Everybody who believes in the platform and what would Trillanes do for the Philippines is now happy. But ofcourse there are some Government personlaities …

If only the canvassing of the ballots is finished the below listed Party List should now be happy. The below listed Partylist Election Result are the TOP 15 who have more than 2% of the Votes.
Source : Comelec as of June 9, 6 PM

1) Buhay Hayaan Yumabong – BUHAY – 1,111,035 – 8.10 %
2) Bayan Muna – BAYAN MUNA – 903,600 – 6.59 %
3) Citizens Battle Against Corruption  – CIBAC – 720,153 – 5.25 %
4) Gabriela Women’s Party*** –       GABRIELA – 566,571 – 4.13 %
5) Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives – …

Trillanes victory is a sign that the Filipino voters does not believed only in TV Ads but the platform that a candidate have. We all know that among the Senatoriables Trillanes is one among the candidates with less expenses. But one of the Candidates who has a very big publicity due to their Mutinee in the oakwood and his popular platform “To oust Gloria”
Detained opposition bet Antonio Trillanes IV may soon be proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the 11th winning senatorial candidate in the May 14 midterm polls, …

The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is set to down its operations at the La Salle Greenhills in San Juan on midnight Saturday after surpassing its commitment to tabulate 85 percent of the total number of precincts.
As of 6:38 p.m., Namfrel counted 193,057 of the 224,748 total precincts or 85.90 percent.
“We will pull the plug this midnight. Tomorrow (Sunday) we will pack our things and transfer to a smaller, private office,” said Eric Alvia, Namfrel’s secretary general.

They are thinking to SEDDCO Building on Rada Street, Makati as temporary office …

Below are the last 11th to 14th place as per Comelec Results Partial And Official as of June 2, 2007, 4:45 pm I have not posted the 1st to 10th place because I think their position is on the bag. They will definitely be declared as winners.

11. TRILLANES, A. (GO) - 10,716,241
12.  PIMENTEL, A. (GO) – 10,445,489
13. ZUBIRI, J. (TU) – 10,253,628
14. RECTO, R. (TU)  – 10,046,284

Pimentel has 191,861 lead over Zubiri and Zubiri has 207,344 over Recto which I think is not a very big difference if we are …

I would like to thank smart alec for choosing this blog as one of the influential blogger as his entry to Janette’s Contest. I think he made a great choice .

As of June 1, 2007 (12 noon)

1 LEGARDA, L. – 17,385,490
2 ESCUDERO, F. – 17,235,737
3 LACSON, P. – 14,652,540
4 VILLAR, M. – 14,456,243
5 PANGILINAN, F. – 13,782,753
6 AQUINO, B. – 13,593,851
7 ANGARA, E. – 11,593,887
8 CAYETANO, A. – 11,137,705
9 ARROYO, J. – 11,001,965
10 HONASAN, G. – 10,819,595
11 TRILLANES, A. – 10,468,609
12 PIMENTEL, A. – 10,236,836
13. ZUBIRI, J. (TU)  10,018,053
14 RECTO, R. (TU) 9,863,646
15 DEFENSOR, M. (TU)  9,187,537

There are still possible changes of the Magic 12 since there are still about 2 Million Votes  to be counted by Comelec. But I do …