Investigative Report

Republic of the Philippines

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FOR

Ms. K.f Dela Calzada

FROM

Investigative News department

SUBJECT :
DATE

Investigation Report on Presidential candidates

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December 12, 2015

Note: This investigative report is about the Philippines presidential candidates that will run this
coming year 2016. This includes the background, purposes and plans of the candidates that will
encourage the Filipino citizens to make them to vote wisely. We expect that this report will help
to understand more about the things that the Filipinos need to know about this candidates
included.
This is a list of people who have either declared their candidacy, or are put forward as candidates
in the 2016 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections. A complete final list of
candidates will be released by the COMELEC on December 10, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.

Report Summary.
- The introduction and summary about the Philippine presidential candidates

II.

Philippine Presidential Candidates 2016

- The backgrounds of the candidates of year 2016

III

Survey
- The question about the Presidential canditates and their running mates vary in
votings

IV

Conclusion
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I.REPORT SUMMARY
The Philippine presidential elections, scheduled on May 2016, will be the Philippines 16th
presidential elections. The elections are held every six years on the second Monday of May. The
present president of the Philippines is not allowed to be re-elected but as for the incumbent vice
president may run for two consecutive terms. The candidate who garnered the highest number of
votes wins the presidency.
The vice presidential election is a separate election, is held on the same rules, and voters may
split their ticket.Counting of votes is initially held at voting precincts, then are tabulated to the
towns and cities, then to the provinces, and last to the Congress, which canvasses the votes.

II. LISTS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES/ BACKGROUND

Jejomar Binay

Date of Birth, November 11, 1942

Place of Birth, Paco, Manila
Residence, Makati City
Married to Dra. Elenita Gabriel Sombillo
Children: Marie Lourdes Nancy, Atty. Mar-Len Abigail Abby (Makati City
Representative (2nd District), Jejomar Junjun Erwin (Makati City Councilor, vying for
Mayor post in 2010), Marita Angeline, Joanna Marie Blanca
Last May 2014, Binay started to search for his running mate. But for the PDAF scam
Jinggoy Estrada is not available. Binays offer to JV Ejercito, Manny Villar, Vilma
Santos, Mar Roxas, Grace Poe, Rodrigo Duterte, and Joseph Estrada were declined. But
Binays daughter, also a Respresentative of Makati, offer him to just accept anyone as his
running partner other that Antonio Trillanes. However, The UNA officials preffered
Bongbong Marcos to be his running mate.

On independence day, June 12, President Aquino mentioned that Binay could offer the
behaviour of a clean and honest election, but not an outright endorsement.
June 22, Binay quit the Aquino Cabinet, both as adviser president of Overseas Filipino
Workers interests and as chairman of the Housing and Urban Developing Coordinating
Council. Two days after, Binay routed the public from the Coconut Palace Offices,
marking the current administration as insensitive and bumbling, but he didnt mention the
name of the president. He also indicted the admin of committing sins against him and the
citizens.

Miriam Defensor Santiago

Born 1945 in the Philippines,

Father was presiding judge (RTC) and mother was college dean
Married to Narciso Y. Santiago, Jr., Filipino
Two adult sons, one dead

On July 2, 2014 senator Miriam Santiago revealed about her stage 4 lung cancer and she
might run as president for the third time if it goes to mercy.
Santiago reiterated that she will running for the high position for the third time to stop the
corruption in the Philippine government
Defensor-Santiago is running for a continued economic growth. And she plans to continue the
governments money transfer program with turning on the outpour of the program, and to
support the Supreme Court on the Priority Development Assistance Program and the
Disbursement Acceleration Program.
Santiago reiterated that she will running for the high position for the third time to stop the
corruption in the Philippine government. Days later, she announced that senator
Bongbong Marcos would be her running mate.

Rodrigo Duterte

The mayor of Davao announced last November 21, 2015 during his fellowship with his
former Beda schoolmates and was launched on November 30,2015 in Century Park Hotel
Manila that he is running for the 2016 presidential campaign.
Duterte's supporters continued until November to convince the mayor to run for President
as a substitute for Dio, but Duterte, who several times requested for some time for soulsearching and later stated that he was still open to the possibility of running, still
repeatedly refused to run. On November 21, 2015, Duterte finally announced that he will
run for President in the 2016 election.

Grace Poe

Grace Poe (President)

Senator of the Philippines
(June 30, 2013 - present)
Chairperson of the Movie and Television
Review and Classification Board
(October 10, 2010 October 2, 2012)
Francis Escudero (Vice-President)
Senator of the Philippines
(June 30, 2007 - present)
Sorsogon's First District Congressman
(June 30, 1998 - June 30, 2007)
Antonio Trillanes (Vice-President)
Senator of the Philippines
(June 30, 2007 - present)

Grace Poe surprisingly finished first place in the

2013 senate election as an independent made her a
likely challenger of the presidency, but suddenly she
dismissed plans of running in April 2014, that is
considered as anything higher at this point.
On December 1, the second division of the Comelec
has disqualified Poe from running as president in
2016 and defeated her certificate of Candidacy for
not declining her citizenship and residency
requirements. The vote was 3-0 in courtesy of
petition filled by Atty. Estrella Elamparo to
disqualify Poe.
Mar Roxas

Born on May 13, 1957 , at Quezon City, Philippines

His wife is Korina Sanchez (m. 2009)
His parents name: Gerardo Roxas, Judy Araneta Roxas
Grandparents: Manuel Roxas, Trinidad Roxas
He studied at Ateneo de Manila University, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania
his siblings was: Maria Lourdes Ojeda, Gerardo Dinggoy Roxas, Jr.
Leni Robredo (Vice-President)
Camarines Sur's Third District Congresswoman
(June 30, 2013 present)
Roxas entry to politics is a tale shared by many politicians, including his running mate
Camarines Sur Representative Maria Leonor Leni Robredo.
Roxas formally accepted the Liberal Partys nominate on when he was officially endorse
by President Aquino in withdraw from the 2010 presidential election and give way to
Aquinos presidential bid. On the same day, Roxas formally launched his campaign
website.
If he gave way to President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III in 2010, there's no stopping
Roxas now; he was even the first among the current line up of presidential candidates to
declare his intention to run for the highest political position in the country.

Camilo Sabio
Born May 25, 1941 is a public lawyer and past chairman of the Philippines' Presidential
Commission on Good Government. He previously held the position of Secretary-General
in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998 under Jose de Venecia.
The former chairman of the Presidential Commission for Good Government (PCGG)
who worked during the time of former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
announced to run for president in February 2015 with bid. He also said that fighting
poverty is one of his main priorities if he wins. He filed his certificate of candidacy on
October 12, 2015.

Roy Seeres
Roy Seeres is a Filipino politician who will run in the 2016 Philippine presidential election
under the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka party. Wikipedia
Born on July 6, 1947 at Mambusao, Capiz, Philippines
His son is Christian Seeres
He is part of Political party: Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka
Proud residence Butuan, Philippines
His alma mater was in University of Santo Tomas, San Beda College
He will run under the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka and will field a vice-presidential
candidate and a 12-man senatorial slate.[86] He is also expected to formally launch his presidential
bid on October 11, 2015 at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila.

Apolonia Soguilon
Apolonia Soguilon is a lawyer and former Hearing Comissioner of Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court, Quezon City from Socorro, Oriental Mindoro, announced her intention to run
for president during the 2016 elections in a gathering held in Quezon City in October 2015. She
will candidate independently Zero corruption Target that passage through FOi bill and free
education for pre-school to college that she will truly prioritize when she win the candidacy.

III. SURVEY
Why Presidential canditates and their running mates vary in votings.

In these partnerships, the more important person is the presidential candidate. Due to this, their
running mates often focus more of the crowds attention to the presidential candidates than the
running mate. Obviously the Presidential candidate gets more advertising that may be the reason
why many of the partners in being candidates have different votings. Another factor to consider

is the varied opinions of each of the 90 million people living in the Philippines. Depending on
the characteristics, personality, gender, or even looks, can be a driving factor each person has in
voting. Whether what they propose is persuading or intriguing to person can change one's
perspective of that person that may drive them to vote or not vote the person. Even if they are
both candidates and partners, the opinions of people vary differently from the presidential
candidate to their running mate. Background story, race, legality, or authenticity, are some of the
factors people also take to account for. This also includes religion, or even favoritsm. Either way,
most reasons why their votes are different from each other is because of the various opinions of
people about who they are, what they do, why they do it, where, and how they do. Both of the
members of the partnership have different characteristics, which may lead some to believe that
they are not suitable political partners depending on their opinion. The bottom line is to have a
president and a vice President to run the country in the right order, in order for that to happen
good chemistry must come unto the to highest authorities in the country. What one lacks must be
sustained by the other. So every factor must be considered so vote wisely. People try to find the
best people to run the nation, and with different beliefs and opinions, different people in multiple
political parties are voted by different persons because it is their opinon on who they think could
partner together to effectively run our country; because at the end, it's not about the government
or the candidates. It's for the future of our country.

IV. CONCLUSION

Filipino citizens vote does have a power to change the future of our country. That power is your
privilege as a Filipino. Its a privilege you inherited from our heroes in the past who sacrificed
their lives to ensure that our generation can enjoy the freedom of choice, especially the freedom
to choose the people who will lead our country. A wise vote could bring peace and prosperity to
our country. On the other hand, a wrong vote could bring poverty, corruption, conflict, and layers
of layers of man-made disasters to our nation. Living in a country which is led by an incompetent
and corrupt president is a nightmare.

We only exercise our right to elect a president once in every six years. So dont waste your vote.
What will happen to your hard-earned taxes if we will be governed by a corrupt president? Will
it be utilized for building our nation or the other way around? What will happen when natural
disasters strike your town or region? Can you expect an effective and efficient rescue, relief and
recovery operations? Will there be an effective justice system to punish all types of criminals to
ensure that our country is safe and secure for our children? Do you want to live in a country
where the president and his family are consuming and enjoying the wealth of our nation yet
millions of Filipinos are suffering from famine and poverty? Do you want a president who will
sell our country for the love of money? Of course not. If you love your country, know your vote.