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(Eagle News)—-Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the public to remain vigilant as they await the final results of the canvassing of senatorial votes. “May pitong porsyento pa ng boto o mga 3 milyong boto na hindi pa nabibilang sa unofficial tally,” Pangilinan, who is also campaign manager of the Otso Diretso candidates, said. According to Pangilinan, “baka sakaling sa nasabing nalalabing pitong porsyento ay maipanalo pa ng isa o dalawa nating mga kandidato ang kanilang kandidatura.” […]
(Eagle News)–Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial candidate Jiggy Manicad has conceded defeat in the midterm elections. In a video uploaded on his Facebook account, Manicad, a former broadcast journalist, thanked all his supporters for their sacrifice. “Pero ganyan talaga ang eleksyon. Siyempre parang karera yan, may nananalo, may natatalo,” he said. He also thanked the people he said he became friends with during the campaign period: Senator Cynthia Villar, Bato dela Rosa, Bong Go, Pia Cayetano, […]
(Eagle News)–Otso Diretso senatorial bet Romulo Macalintal has conceded defeat. Macalintal announced the concession in a statement issued on Tuesday, a day after the May 13 elections. Macalintal who, as of Tuesday morning, based on partial unofficial results, was in 26th place in the senatorial race, is the first senatorial bet to wave the white flag. “From the results coming from all the clustered precincts, it is clear that a great majority of our voters […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets extended a global sell-off Tuesday following hefty losses on Wall Street that came in response to China’s hike in tariffs on $60 billion of US imports, ramping up tensions in a trade war between the global economic titans. The move by Beijing was followed by a warning of further action such as dumping US Treasuries and came days after Washington more than doubled levies on $200 billion of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers confirmed Monday that former Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic coach Frank Vogel had singed a multi-year contract to coach the storied NBA franchise. The announcement follows multiple media reports at the weekend that Vogel would be the next head coach of a Lakers team led by NBA superstar LeBron James. “We are excited to add Frank Vogel as the next head coach of the Lakers,” […]
(Eagle News)–Incumbent Rep. Emi Calixto-Rubiano is poised to win the mayoralty race in Pasay. Calixto-Rubiano is ahead of her closest rival Cesar “Chet” Cuneta by as much as 85126 votes, with 99.48 percent of election returns already transmitted. Cuneta is the brother of singer Sharon Cuneta. Boyet del Rosario is also poised for victory in the vice mayoralty race with 116,013 votes so far, followed by Richard Advincula’s 49525. Incumbent Mayor Antonino Calixto is set […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published Monday. A survey of more than 12,000 images revealed that lunar basin Mare Frigoris near the Moon’s north pole — one of many vast basins long assumed to be dead sites from a geological point of view — has been cracking and shifting. Unlike […]
(Eagle News)—–Outgoing Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte is the next mayor of Quezon City. Belmonte, daughter of Sonny Belmonte who served as mayor and congressman himself, got 469,480 votes vis à vis her closest rival 1st district Rep. Bingbong Crisologo’s 366,215, at a 100 percent election returns transmission rate. Former congressman Ismael Mathay III was a far third, with 19106 votes. Independent candidate Emma Orozco got 3588 votes and Henry Samonte 2810. The vice mayoralty contest […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden state star Kevin Durant has been ruled out of Tuesday’s first game of the NBA Western Conference finals and coach Steve Kerr said he could miss more of the best-of-seven series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Durant was listed as out for Tuesday’s game in Oakland, California, on the Warriors’ injury list, and Kerr told reporters that he did not know when Durant would return from a right […]
(Eagle News)—Reelectionist Rex Gatchalian won a third term as mayor of Valenzuela City by a landslide, getting ahead of his closest rival by more than 240,000 votes. Gatchalian’s 248,911 votes were a far cry from Lakas candidate Bong Go’s 6226, with already 99.76 percent of election returns transmitted. Rex’s brother, Wes, who was unopposed, also won reelection as the city’s representative in the first district, and their longtime ally Eric Martinez was elected representative of […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe continued to top the senatorial race, followed by former Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go in the latest unofficial and partial returns of the Commission on Elections. Still, no one from the Liberal party’s “Otso Diretso” senatorial slate managed to get in as of the partial Comelec results of 2:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2018. Villar got 24,463,539 votes topping the list, […]
(Eagle News)—Reelectionist Jaime Fresnedi is poised to win another term as mayor of Muntinlupa, as he led the race by more than 100,000 votes over his closest rival. With 99.73 percent of election returns transmitted, Fresnedi continues to lead tbe pack of mayoral hopefuls with 163,696 votes. His closest rival, Red Mariñas, so far has 51,988 votes, followed by Baby Aguilar with 1064 and Rudy Victa with 441. Celso Dioko appears headed for a failed […]
