11 incumbent Metro mayors trump rivals

Record 1M votes inspire Belmonte to be 'best public servant'

MANILA, Philippines — Securing her third and final term, Quezon City Mayor Maria Josefina Belmonte on Wednesday thanked the 1,030,730 voters who returned her to office — the highest received by any elected official in the city's history. In return, Belmonte in a statement emailed to The Manila Times vowed to make her last three years as a local chief executive to be "the best of my life as a public servant." She stressed that her final term woul…

11 incumbent Metro mayors trump rivals

WINNING TANDEM Quezon City’s incumbent officials, Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Sotto, are proclaimed on Tuesday after winning their reelection bids. With them is Belmonte’s father, former House Speaker Sonny Belmonte. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, Philippines — All 11 of Metro Manila’s incumbent mayors who ran for reelection in the May 12 elections have ended up securing another term, based on partial and unofficial results released by …

Joy Belmonte proclaimed Quezon City mayor

Joy Belmonte proclaimed Quezon City mayor

Belmonte poised to win third term

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Sotto are poised to win their third and final term as official canvassing of votes began last night.

Mayor Belmonte secures historic third term with over 1 Million votes, vows transformative final years for Quezon City – Frontpage PH

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has made history by securing her third and final term with an unprecedented 1,030,730 votes—the highest ever recorded by any elected official in the city’s history. Buoyed by an overwhelming mandate, Belmonte pledged to make her last three years in office the most impactful yet,

PIMEC has changed its statutes to allow a third term at the head of the employers' association. This was approved today by the general assembly, as explained by its president, Antoni Cañete, in a press conference. The organization's top leader insisted that the terms of office remain "limited" and the formula used would be "2+1", so that the third term is only in "exceptional circumstances", which the general assembly would have to endorse with …