ARCHIVE April2016
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / philippines
OOPS, HE DID IT AGAIN! | Albay Gov. Salceda junks Roxas, endorses Poe
With a little over two weeks to go before the May 9 elections, Albay Governor Joey Salceda has announced his decision to junk administration standard bearer Mar Roxas and instead endorse Senator […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
MASSIVE LEAK | Filipino voters’ private info now posted on WeHaveYourData.com
A website has been created which allows Internet users anywhere in the world to access the personal information of as much as 70 million registered Filipino voters. The website, WeHaveYourData.com, has been created by the hackers […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
COMELEC to netizens: Avoid visiting hackers’ website to avoid identity theft
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has warned the public against visiting WeHaveYourData.com, a website where hackers from the group LulzSec Pilipinas uploaded the private information of as mush as 55 million registered […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
NANLILIGAW? | Mar Roxas visits Iglesia ni Cristo head Eduardo Manalo
Former Interior secretary and administration standard bearer Mar Roxas paid a courtesy visit to Iglesia ni Cristo’s (INC) Central Office in Quezon City Wednesday morning. According to a report on the INC-run Eagle […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / commentary / politics
AD WARS | Poe appeals to female voters while ‘Binoy’ bats for Duterte
With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, the camps of Senator Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte have both released dueling web advertisements Tuesday. Based on recent public […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
Who was Jacqueline Hamill, the subject of Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘rape joke’?
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte triggered an online uproar after a video of him making a rape joke went viral over the weekend. In the 60-second clip, Duterte can […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
THE KNIVES ARE OUT | Binay, Poe, Roxas attack Duterte over rape joke
Three of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s rivals for the presidency wasted no time to condemn him over a viral video where he made a joke about having sex with Jacqueline Hamill, […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / news / politics
Duterte on rape victim: “Dapat yung mayor muna ang mauna.”
A video showing Davao City mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte making a rape joke has been gaining popularity on social media. In the one-minute video, Duterte can be heard recounting an […]
#BotongPinoy2016 / holiday announcements / politics
May 9 2016 to be declared a national holiday?
Around 54.4 Filipinos are qualified to vote in the coming May 9 2016 national and local elections. To maximize voter turnout, President Benigno Aquino III is expected to declare the said day, […]
history / holiday announcements / philippines
LABOR DAY | May 1 2016 declared a national holiday
Filipinos nationwide will mark the annual celebration of Labor Day (or Araw ng Paggawa) on May 1, which this year falls on Sunday. The day has been declared a regular holiday throughout the […]
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