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GMA Network
23-05-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
Losing candidates in Cities of Cebu, Mandaue file election protest
The former mayors of Cebu City and Mandaue City filed respectively an election protest against their opponents in #Eleksyon2025. Former Mandaue City mayor Jonas Cortes questioned an alleged suspicious glitch during the vote counting that affected purportedly the result. At the COMELEC office in Manila, Cortes' legal team filed formally the election protest on Friday, May 23, 2025. His camp underscored that there were questionable situations during the tallying of election results that need clarification. "Duha na ato gi-allege, intrinsic fraud, meaning naa sa program o software mismo nga maoy naka-cause sa irregularity sa results ug ang extrinsic fraud, ang process sa voting itself no, daghan pod to og nagkalain-laing instances nga na-cite na," said Atty. Jamaal Calipayan, Mandaue City administrator. Cortes' camp has stood by their claims based on affidavits from watchers and lawyers, they said, that would support the allegations. 'Ang ato gi-kwestyon lang pod, sama sa statement ni mayor of course we need an explanation from kung kinsa ang responsible parties ini, aron ma-avoid siya in the future,' Calipayan added. In a statement on his official social media account, Cortes said that the protest has nothing to do with bitterness but about protecting people's votes. 'This is not about bitterness, this is not against our opponents who were declared winners. This is about protecting your vote, our vote. Daghang panghitabo niining piniliay, gikinahanglang hatagan og atensyon,' his statement reads. Cebu 6th District Provincial Board Member Jonkie Ouano has been declared winner in the mayoral race in Mandaue City. When GMA Regional TV Balitang Bisdak sought a comment from Ouano about Cortes' election protest, he said that the action is Cortes' prerogative. Ouano further said he has delegated to his legal team the task of responding to accusations, as he is focused tightly on the local governance transition and priorities leading to his assumption of office. Moreover, former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama also filed an election protest in Manila. He used as basis the alleged glitches in the automated counting machines (ACMs) that he said could have possibly influenced the vote count. According to Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival, it is Rama's right to raise a complaint, or a protest. As for outgoing Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia, he said it is best to accept defeat and focus on working with the new administration to be more of service to the community.
Fox Sports
06-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Brewers lose another starter as Nestor Cortes lands on injured list with a left elbow strain
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a flexor strain in his left elbow, further depleting the team's starting pitching. The loss of Cortes leaves the Brewers with Freddy Peralta as the only healthy pitcher among those projected to be in the five-man rotation this season. Cortes' elbow problem surfaced last weekend following a rough outing that saw him give up three home runs on consecutive pitches and five overall in a 20-9 loss to the New York Yankees. Imaging tests revealed no structural damage, and Cortes threw six shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night. 'Leading up to the game it wasn't feeling great but it felt good enough to pitch and that's what I did,' Cortes said. 'After that is when I started feeling more sore than usual.' Cortes said the elbow didn't feel right on Friday, and on Saturday he and the team agreed he needed to go on the injured list. Left-handed reliever Grant Wolfram was recalled from Triple-A Nashville. The Brewers said further testing would be done on Cortes' elbow. 'This is not a situation that we think is going to be a long-term issue,' assistant general manager Matt Kleine said. 'We're still in the process of gathering information -- that'll take another few days -- but as of right now, this is looking more like a short-term issue than a long-term issue.' Cortes has dealt with the injury before. He missed a month last season and, despite not being fully recovered, he returned to pitch for the Yankees in the World Series. Cortes said the reward of pitching in the World Series outweighed the risk of a potential long-term injury. 'If I have a ring and then a year off of baseball, then so be it,' he said at the time. Cortes didn't get the ring. He gave up a walk-off grand slam to Freddie Freeman in Game 1 and the Yankees lost in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. A few weeks later he was traded to Milwaukee in a deal that sent All-Star closer Devin Williams to New York. The Brewers were confident Cortes would be ready when spring training opened, and their medical staff devised a plan to build him up carefully for the regular season. 'Between me and the medical staff, we've had good communication,' Cortes said. 'Once I got traded, I got an MRI in the offseason and then going through the whole rehab process in the offseason gave us a better idea of where I stood with the arm. 'We did a really good job in spring training so it sucks that we're here right now.' Cortes is the eighth Brewers pitcher, and seventh starter, to land on the injured list. Milwaukee went into camp knowing they'd be without Brandon Woodruff until at least May while he works his way back from shoulder surgery in September 2023. Robert Gasser was out, too, after undergoing Tommy John surgery last summer. DL Hall suffered a lat injury just before camp opened, and Aaron Ashby and Tobias Myers were lost to oblique injuries. Aaron Civale got in one start before he landed on the IL with a hamstring strain. To shore up depth, the Brewers signed veteran left-hander Jose Quintana in mid-March but he's yet to make a start. He has remained in Arizona to continue building up strength after his late arrival. ___ AP MLB: recommended
Associated Press
06-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Brewers lose another starter as Nestor Cortes lands on injured list with a left elbow strain
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a flexor strain in his left elbow, further depleting the team's starting pitching. The loss of Cortes leaves the Brewers with Freddy Peralta as the only healthy pitcher among those projected to be in the five-man rotation this season. Cortes' elbow problem surfaced last weekend following a rough outing that saw him give up three home runs on consecutive pitches and five overall in a 20-9 loss to the New York Yankees. Imaging tests revealed no structural damage, and Cortes threw six shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night. 'Leading up to the game it wasn't feeling great but it felt good enough to pitch and that's what I did,' Cortes said. 'After that is when I started feeling more sore than usual.' Cortes said the elbow didn't feel right on Friday, and on Saturday he and the team agreed he needed to go on the injured list. Left-handed reliever Grant Wolfram was recalled from Triple-A Nashville. The Brewers said further testing would be done on Cortes' elbow. 'This is not a situation that we think is going to be a long-term issue,' assistant general manager Matt Kleine said. 'We're still in the process of gathering information -- that'll take another few days -- but as of right now, this is looking more like a short-term issue than a long-term issue.' Cortes has dealt with the injury before. He missed a month last season and, despite not being fully recovered, he returned to pitch for the Yankees in the World Series. Cortes said the reward of pitching in the World Series outweighed the risk of a potential long-term injury. 'If I have a ring and then a year off of baseball, then so be it,' he said at the time. Cortes didn't get the ring. He gave up a walk-off grand slam to Freddie Freeman in Game 1 and the Yankees lost in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. A few weeks later he was traded to Milwaukee in a deal that sent All-Star closer Devin Williams to New York. The Brewers were confident Cortes would be ready when spring training opened, and their medical staff devised a plan to build him up carefully for the regular season. 'Between me and the medical staff, we've had good communication,' Cortes said. 'Once I got traded, I got an MRI in the offseason and then going through the whole rehab process in the offseason gave us a better idea of where I stood with the arm. 'We did a really good job in spring training so it sucks that we're here right now.' Cortes is the eighth Brewers pitcher, and seventh starter, to land on the injured list. Milwaukee went into camp knowing they'd be without Brandon Woodruff until at least May while he works his way back from shoulder surgery in September 2023. Robert Gasser was out, too, after undergoing Tommy John surgery last summer. DL Hall suffered a lat injury just before camp opened, and Aaron Ashby and Tobias Myers were lost to oblique injuries. Aaron Civale got in one start before he landed on the IL with a hamstring strain. To shore up depth, the Brewers signed veteran left-hander Jose Quintana in mid-March but he's yet to make a start. He has remained in Arizona to continue building up strength after his late arrival.
Fox News
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Yankees record historic inning with home runs on three consecutive pitches
The New York Yankees had a historic first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. After Yankees' starting pitcher Max Fried pitched a scoreless top of the first inning, the bats went to work right away. On Brewers' starting pitcher Nestor Cortes' first pitch of the game, Paul Goldschmidt deposited a fastball at the top of the zone into the bullpen in left-center field. It was Goldschmidt's first time ever leading off a game in his 15-year career, and with one swing gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead with his first career Yankees home run. On Cortes' second pitch of the game, Cody Bellinger turned on a high fastball and demolished into the bleachers over the bullpen in right-center field to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Before the fans could even sit down, Aaron Judge crushed Cortes' third pitch 468 feet over the left field wall to make it 3-0. The three consecutive home runs, on three consecutive pitches, marked the first time in Yankees' history that the team led off a game with three straight home runs. It is the first time that any team has hit a home run on three straight pitches since 2000, according to MLB Stats. But the Yankees weren't done yet, as catcher Austin Wells hit an opposite-field home run just over the left-field wall to make it 4-0 in the first inning. This was the first time in team history that the Yankees hit four home runs in the first inning of a game. Cortes escaped further trouble, and the Brewers' offense immediately cut into the lead in the top of the second inning. They scored three runs, taking advantage of some poor Yankees' defense to make it 4-3. However, the Yankees responded in the bottom of the second inning, as shortstop Anthony Volpe hit a three-run to extend to the lead to 7-3. With Volpe's second-inning home run, it was the first time in Yankees history they hit five home runs in the first two innings of a game. The Yankees' offensive onslaught continued in the third inning. Judge hit a grand slam for his second home run in two innings to make it 12-3. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed Judge's grand slam with a solo home run of his own. Of the Yankees' first 22 hitters to come to the plate, 16 of them reached base, and seven of them hit home runs. At the time of this writing, the Yankees lead the Brewers 13-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
