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(Eagle News)—In these pictures, other political figures are seen casting their votes in their respective polling precincts on Monday, May 13. Senator Koko Pimentel cast his vote with his wife Kathryna Yu-Pimentel in Cagayan de Oro. Vice President Leni Robredo for her part voted at the Tabuco Central School in Naga. Senator Grace Poe cast her vote at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan, but her ballot was rejected several times. She is […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo came to vote in Naga City on Monday morning, May 13, 2019, around 9:30 a.m., together with her daughters, Aika and Janine Patricia. She went to precinct no. 112 in Tabuco elementary school in the city. She waited for about an hour before she got her turn to vote. Robredo urged the public to go out and vote.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Markets in Asia were largely down in morning trade on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over the market. Investors watched the latest developments warily in the trade war between the world’s top two economies, after negotiations in Washington ended Friday without agreement and a tariff hike on Chinese imports went into effect. White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said US President Donald Trump […]
Eagle News Service Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde confirmed the reports of massive vote-buying. “Tayo po, hindi natin tino-tolerate yan,” Agbayalde said. According to him, the PNP already arrested 400 people engaged in vote-buying nationwide. The arrests include Quezon City mayoral candidate Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo who was arrested on the eve of the elections for alleged vote-buying, obstruction of justice and other offenses. “No less than the President gave us a directive to […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Panama on Sunday, injuring at least five people and causing damage to businesses and homes, officials said. The strong quake struck at a depth of 37 kilometers (23 miles) in the far west of the country near the Costa Rican border, according to the US Geological Survey. The National Civil Protection System, or Sinaproc, said five people were hurt and four homes were damaged in the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kawhi Leonard bounced in the game-winning shot at the buzzer as the Toronto Raptors advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 92-90 win over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers in a heart-stopping game seven on Sunday. Game seven was a microcosm of the wildly-unpredictable series with each team taking turns making runs or being inept until the biggest twist of all from Leonard finished it off in dramatic style. […]
NIAMEY, Nigeria (AFP) — The death toll from a May 6 tanker truck explosion near the international airport in Niger’s capital has risen to 76, state television reported late Sunday. An earlier official report Tuesday gave 60 dead, including 55 who died at the time of the explosion a few hundred metres (yards) from the airport in Niamey. Most of the victims were trying to collect spilt fuel flowing from the overturned truck when the […]
(Eagle News)–Several candidates went early to their respective polling precincts on Monday, May 13, to cast their votes in the midterm elections. Senator JV Ejercito was with his wife Cindy when he cast his ballot at the Xavier school in San Juan. Isko Moreno, who is running for mayor of Manila, was wearing a white T-shirt when he arrived at the Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School in Manila to cast his ballot. Ronald Dela Rosa, […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, May 13, said vote buying in the May 13 elections has been “massive.” “Nakikita natin is massive talaga yung vote-buying incidents, talagang kaliwa’t kanan,” he said in a press conference in Camp Crame. According to Albayalde the 79 incidents of vote buying recorded so far involved 240 violators. Of the 240, 213 were arrested while 10 are at large. It was unclear if the figure included […]
In this report by Odessa Cruz, Eagle News correspondent in Maguindanao, some vote counting machines in Maguindanao was allegedly not working, delaying the elections in some areas there on Monday morning, May 13.
(Eagle News) — A vote counting machine in one precinct in Caloocan City, particularly at the Tandang Sora Integrated School, reportedly stopped working as of 7 a.m. after a ballot with a reported overvoting of senators was fed into the machine. The IT person of the Commission on Elections who reportedly went to check on the VCM, advised voters to just wait as they try to resolve the problem. An Eagle News correspondent said that […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao Oriental on Monday, May 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 83 kilometers southeast of General Generoso at 6:55 a.m. The earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 17 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
