finally, tonight as we honor our fallen heroes this memorial day weekend, there is one group often overlooked. the 33,000 japanese american soldiers who fought in world war ii. barry petersen highlights their unique sacrifice. kiyoshi muranaga, medal of honor recipient who forced the retreat of a german artillery gun. second lieutenant daniel inouye who fought after his arm was shattered came home to become a u.s. senator from hawaii. both men from the 442nd regiment, made up of japanese americans, fighting for world war ii, locked up many of their neams as enemies of america. the memories flow when yoshio
Presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The chief of staff and spokesman of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday appealed to the petitioners of the disqualification case against the runaway winner in the presidential race to stop pursuing their agenda of divisiveness and animosity. Atty. Victor Rodriguez said they should instead learn to respect the will of the majority who voted for Marcos and his running mate Inday Sara Duterte in the May 9 national and local elections. "I appeal to those who keep on pursuing this divisiveness, the people have spoken. The Filipino people have spoken and an overwhelming majority has voted President-elect Bongbong Marcos and Vice President-elect Inday Sara Duterte into office as President and Vice President. Learn to respect the will of the Filipino people," he said. Marcos' spokesman said they have yet to receive a copy of the petition that was filed befo
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (File photo) MANILA - Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are leading the presidential and vice presidential race, according to the partial and unofficial released by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) through its transparency server as of 8:32 p.m. Marcos already earned 17,541,799 votes followed by Leni Robredo with 8,311,501; Manny Pacquiao 1,486,592; Isko Moreno 1,188,776; Ping Lacson 567,761; Faisal Mangondato 66,320; Ernie Abella - 52,380; Leody De Guzman 47,670; Norberto GOnzales 43,133; and Jose Montemayor 30,564. Duterte has already garnered 17,155,745 votes; Robredo's running Kiko Pangilinan with 5,276,161; Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III 4,783,190; Willie Ong 1,209,536; and Lito Atienza 123,410. In the senatorial race, actor Robin Padilla
DESTROYER. The industrial cutting machine used by the Commission on Elections to destroy defective ballots and other forms at the National Printing Office in Quezon City on Saturday (May 7, 2022). Among the 933,311 ballots destroyed were 586,988 official ones. (PNA photo by Ferdinand Patinio) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday began destroying defective official and roadshow ballots and other accountable forms at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City. Commissioner George Garcia headed the destruction of 933,311 ballots, including 586,988 official ones. The roadshow ballots were used in testing the vote-counting machines. The official ballots destroyed have smudges, wrong color, wrong size, and improperly cut, among other defects. The ballots were fed to the industrial cutting machines and will be disposed of after the May 9 national and local elections (NLE). The activity will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily until next week. From January 22 to April 4
(PNA file photo) MANILA-There are over 300,000 defective ballots that will be reprinted, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday. Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said a total of 372,878 ballots did not pass the thorough testing on the election documents. In a message to the media, Garcia said the number is 0.58 percent or 372,878 of the total number of the 67,442,616 official ballots that have been printed for both local and overseas voters. The rejected ballots are those with smudge, not perfectly cut, among others. "We will first complete the reprinting and the printing of other forms, then the destruction will follow. We will issue a notice," Garcia said. Meanwhile, the Comelec also released the number of registered voters in the country by sex. Data from the Records and Statistics Division show that of the total 65,721,230 registered voters-33,644,237 are females while 32,076,993 are males. The region with the biggest number of registered