Investors keen to see Marcos’ agenda in first 100 days

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Investors keen to see Marcos’ agenda in first 100 days With a campaign lacking in details on how the perceived winner in the May 10 polls intends to manage the economy, the private sector has shifted to a wait-and-see mode until former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlines his plans and names his economic team.   Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   Midnight madness in many precincts About 1,800 polling precincts reported malfunctioning vote-counting machines (VCMs) and secure digital cards, which delayed voting past Election Day as voters anxious to secure their ballots wanted to personally feed them into the VCMs.   ALL HANDS ON DECK  Scores of volunteers take part in the manual audit of election returns at the command center of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting inside the University of Santo Tomas campus in Manila. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ   Metro incumbents gain fresh terms The status quo prevailed in the National Capital Region as incumbent officials dominated the polls, with more than 98 percent of election returns processed as of Tuesday.   Learn more   Opinion: Junk old VCMs The government allotted P38.23 billion to Comelec for the 2022 elections, even more than the budget for the departments of environment and natural resources, justice, and science—making it the most expensive in history. Despite the glitches and malfunctions, the VCMs managed to transmit, efficiently, the election returns to servers and canvassing centers at unprecedented speed as soon as precincts closed.     SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe