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Canvassing of Votes End, it’s Noy-Bi!
0The canvassing of votes in the Congress for the president and vice-president position was done. Benigno “ Noynoy” Aquino III and Jejomar “Jojo” Binay got the positions respectively.
President-elect Aquino got 15,208,678 votes while Vice-president-elect Binay received 14,645,574 votes. Binay defeated Mar Roxas with 727, 084 lead.
Reports said that the canvassed votes from Davao City gave Binay edge over Roxas. There were some canvassed votes plus the null votes which were not counted because according to the canvassing committee this are not enough for Roxas to take advance in the race.
The counting of canvassed votes from Lanao del Sur, which were the last votes to count, was only for formality.
Camp of Roxas urged Congress to scrutinize the ballot boxes. However, the Joint Canvassing Committee didn’t allow that to happen.
On the other hand, Former-president Erap Estrada conceded to Aquino as the rightful winner in the May 10 elections. He offered his sincerest congratulations to Aquino and mentioned that he will continue to serve the masses in any way he can.
Today is the proclamation of Aquino and Binay in Congress as newly elected president and vice-president of the Republic of the Philippines.
Notter Comes Home
0Swiss National Andreas Notter will finally go back to his homeland in Switzerland after being seized by Abu Sayyaf for 92 days.Notter also worries for his co-volunteer Eugenio Vagni because of its health condition.Vagni was not yet freed by the abductors up to this moment.
Extension of Freeze Order on Legacy Bank
0The Court of Appeals gave an extension of another 75 days in its order freezing the 1,177 bank accounts of the Legacy Group of Companies that will take effect on Thursday.There will also be a hearing on April 27 if there would be another extension or not. They issued the freeze order on the LGC’s bank accounts last March 27.
Enrile and Santiago,Uncertain to Run Again
0Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Miriam Defensor-Santiago was considered by the opposition for the Senatorial line up in 2010 elections.But up to this moment,the two was uncertain to decide whether to run or not.Enrile said that he will decide at the last hour while Santiago faces health problems because of her chronic fatigue syndrome.
Travel Advisory
0The public were advised not to travel at Thailand for now because of the political situation that country faces.The protesters calls for the resignation of their Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.Violently they were dispersed by the authorities leaving them injured.State of Emergency were declared because of the incident.
Different Easter Celebrations
0All over the country,people celebrated Easter Sunday in different ways.The catholic church continued the “Salubong” tradition early in the morning followed by a mass.Some celebrated it with their families,others made colorful eggs as part of the “Easter Egg Hunt” for the kids.Truly,this is a great celebration of our Lord’s Triumph over death on the cross.
GMA Visits JoeCap
0President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo will attend the burial rites of his cabinet Usec.Jose Capadocia at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina this coming Wednesday.Capadocia was one of the 8 casualties of the crashed Bell 412 presidential helicopter together with the other Malacanang delegates last week.
Palm Sunday Today
0The Whole Catholic Church commemorates Palm Sunday today in connection with the Lenten season.It is the event where Jesus enters the town of Jerusalem with people rejoice for joy and wave their palm leaves.It symbolizes us to repent and reflect ourselves about the passion and sacrifices of our Lord and accept Him in our hearts.
Private Plane, Vanished!
0A Chemtrad 764 plane was reportedly gone in Maconacon Isabela yesterday.It has 7 passengers on board including a policeman.The PNP Cagayan are now preparing for a worst case scenario to come
while waiting for the investigation report of the Air Transportation Office.