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The Cleveland Cavaliers punched their ticket to the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Sunday, holding off a desperate Hawks team 100-99 in Atlanta to complete a sweep of their second-round playoff series. Kevin Love scored 27 points and tied his career-high with eight three-pointers to help Cleveland wrap up the 4-0 series victory. The Cavs, who fell to the Golden State Warriors in last year’s NBA Finals, will play either Toronto or Miami for a […]
(Eagle News) — Liberal Party presidential candidateManuel “Mar” Roxas II voted in precinct 722-A in Poblacion 5, Roxas City, Capiz. He was accompanied by his wife, broadcaster and television personality Korina Sanchez. Before voting, Roxas first ate at a “carinderia” in a public market in Roxas City. He immediately headed to the Liberal Party headquarters in Quezon City where he continued to monitor the elections.
by Michel COMTE FORT MCMURRAY, CANADA (AFP) –– Authorities battling a forest fire in Canada looked to Mother Nature for more help Monday, as cooling temperatures and rain slowed the spread of the blaze that had forced the evacuation of an entire city. There was more good news too, with the amount of land charred less than originally feared and the last of 25,000 people trapped north of Fort McMurray in Alberta province safely evacuated in […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry on Sunday opened the Invictus games for disabled war veterans and awarded the first gold of the 2016 event to France. Harry, fifth in line to the throne and patron of the games, welcomed sportsmen, women and supporters to the huge event in Orlando, Florida, being broadcast by sports network ESPN. “Their stories are as amazing as they are unique. They focus on what can be achieved, rather […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The selection process of municipalities and cities that will be included in the Commission on Election’s Random Manual Audit. The RMA Committee will be aided by the Philippine Statistics Authority. According to the COMELEC Resolution, one precinct is chosen for each congressional district for the RMA. The random manual audit aims to detect and prevent discrepancy by comparing the number of votes recorded by the vote-counting machines with the number of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son, former Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay voted early in the morning. After voting, VP Binay warned against the alleged widespread cheating this election. Binay added that he saw several signs of cheating. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police recorded 160 election-related incidents but only 29 are considered as validated election-related incidents. These include the grenade-throwing incident in Salvador, Lanao Del Norte as well as the burning of a classroom, with said incidents causing delays in the start of the elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City (May 9) – Several of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates were early worms as they went to their voting precincts early in the morning to vote. This includes Vice-President Jejomar Binay, his running mate Senator Gringo Honasan and Rep. Leni Robredo. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was also one of the first to vote wherein she made a comment about the use of cardboard boxes where the voting receipts were placed. Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 9) – In the NET 25’s live coverage of the national and local elections, Desisyon Ng Bayan 2016, Commission on Election’s James Jimenez tackles the issue regarding malfunctioning vote-counting machines as well as the possibility of extending the voting period due to the malfunctioning of the VCMs. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
COMELEC Spokesperson James Jimenez, in an interview with NET25’s Desisyon ng Bayan 2016 Special Coverage, said that voting hours may be extended when there are verified malfunctions of Vote Counting Machines (VCM) in polling precincts. Jimenez explained that malfunctions would have to be verified by their technicians and replaced if need be, a process will surely take some time thus the need for the extension of voting hours. But Jimenez clarified that some reports of […]
The Philippines holds elections on Monday to choose a successor to President Benigno Aquino. Here are 10 crucial victories and setbacks that came to define his six years in office: August 23, 2010: Hong Kong hostage crisis – Barely two months in office, Aquino faces his first major crisis when a disgraced policeman takes a busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage. The gunman and eight hostages are killed in a hail of gunfire hours later […]
