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(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections is expected to convene as the National Board of Canvassers today, May 13. But the NBOC will be adjourned right after since no elections returns are expected today with voting hours expected to last until 6 p.m., the Comelec said. According to the poll watchdog, the NBOC will reconvene on Tuesday, May 14. The board’s official opening marks the start of the canvassing of votes. The results to be counted […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Leila de Lima cast her vote in her polling precinct in Parañaque on Monday, May 13. De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame for illegal drug cases, was granted furlough by the courts to allow her to exercise her right to suffrage at the Saint Rita College at 12 noon. The senator was guarded by around 100 Philippine National Police Custodial personnel, her office said. It said she was also accompanied by […]
(Eagle News)—-Sixteen barangays out of the 50 in Dapitan City have broken voting machines and SD cards, Senator Koko Pimentel said on Monday, May 13. According to Pimentel, reports of the same came from the following barangays: 1. Larayan 2. Napo 3. Potol 4. Talisay – 3 vcms 5. Potungan – 2 vcms 6. Taguilon 7. Masidlakon 8. Sigayan 9. San vicente 10. San pedro 11. Tag ulo 12. Oro 13. Dawo 14. Antipolo 15. […]
(Eagle News) — Police confiscated sample ballots and flyers being distributed at the Sauyo Elementary School in Quezon City on Monday, May 13. In this video taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Ian Jasper Eleazar, the various sample ballots can be seen piled up on a table as policemen secured the voting premises. They also confiscated several bags of the illegal campaign materials. Police Capt. Dennis Fajardo of the Quezon City Police District’s Station 4 […]
(Eagle News)–“Unintended inefficiency?” This was the question posed by Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, May 13, following reports some vote-counting machines in polling precincts malfunctioned. “First time, maybe. Second time, we’ll.. okay, let’s see. Third time, let’s bring them to court, or strangle them,” Lacson said in a Tweet. Reports of VCMs malfunctioning were rampant in parts of Metro Manila. Senator Grace Poe’s voting for instance was delayed in San Juan after the VCM rejected […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A Myanmar pilot saved the day after his aircraft’s landing gear failed, safely putting the jet on the runway with no front wheels on Sunday, an official said. The nail-biting touchdown — in which no one was hurt — was the second instance of a malfunctioning flight in less than a week within the country. Myanmar Airlines flight UB-103 — an Embraer-190 model — touched the ground at around 9:00 am […]
Moira Encina Eagle News Maliban sa mga nagkaaberyang vote counting machines, hindi gumana ang VRVM o Voter Registration Verification Machines sa ilang polling precincts sa Maynila. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang Rosauro Almario Elementary School, Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School at Magat Elementary School. Ang lungsod ng Maynila na pangalawa sa may pinakamaraming botante sa buong bansa na mahigit 1 milyon ay isa sa mga napiling pilot areas ng Commission on Elections para sa […]
https://youtu.be/4lWrTXe4DKY (Eagle News) – Senator Grace Poe finally got to vote in her precinct in San Juan past noon today, Monday, May 13. Poe returned to vote in her precinct at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan after the vote counting machine earlier failed to work Monday morning. She first arrived at the polling precinct at 9:15 a.m. and waited for around 15 minutes. The Commission on Elections then decided to replace […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Monday, May 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 24 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 11:59 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 125 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–At least five people were reported hurt in a shooting incident in a polling center in Sulu. A Net 25 report by Eagle News reporter Mar Gabriel, citing information from the Philippine National Police, said the shooting took place at Titipan Elementary School in Panglima Estino past 6 a.m. Earlier, the PNP said two explosions occurred in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao. The first blast took place past 1 a.m. while the second one happened […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Two Saudi oil tankers came under “sabotage attack” off the United Arab Emirates coast, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday, quoting the Saudi energy minister. “Two Saudi oil tankers were subjected to a sabotage attack in the exclusive economic zone of the United Arab Emirates, off the coast of the Emirate of Fujairah, while on their way to cross into the Arabian Gulf,” SPA cited Khalid al-Falih as […]
by Francesco FONTEMAGGI WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday will host Hungarian leader Viktor Orban — an anti-immigration firebrand and one of his few European admirers — at the White House, despite criticism of the visit at home. Orban’s one-on-one talks with Trump will offer the Euroskeptic prime minister a choice podium less than two weeks before the start of European Union parliamentary elections in which far-right parties are expected […]
