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Liberal Party to question before SC Comelec’s choice of Nacionalista party as dominant minority party

  (Eagle News) – Liberal Party president Senator Francis Pangilinan said that they would question before the Supreme Court the recent resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which picked the Nacionalista Party as the dominant minority party. Pangilinan said that the Comelec’s ruling was “completely unacceptable,” saying that the Nacionalista Party was also allied with the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was also chosen the dominant majority […]

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Comelec declares PDP-Laban as dominant majority party, Nacionalista party as dominant minority party

(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has declared the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan as the “dominant majority party” while the Nacionalista Party was declared the “dominant minority party,” a move which is now being questioned by the opposition Liberal Party. With the decision, this entitled the PDP-Laban and the Nacionalista Party to receive the fifth and sixth copies of election returns respectively from the vote counting machines, and get the […]

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Around 16,000 cops to be deployed in M. Manila for May 13 polls

(Eagle News)–Around 16,000 policemen will be deployed in Metro Manila to secure the May 13 polls. In a statement, National Capital Region Police Office director Guillermo Eleazar said more are also on standby for any eventualities. “The highest level of readiness is expected in all police offices and units,” he said. He said he has  “guided all NCRPO police officers to act in accordance with their mandate and conscience – to be above political affairs, […]

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Court grants Baldo furlough to vote on Monday, May 13

(Eagle News)–A court has granted Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo furlough to vote on Monday, May 13. Baldo is currently detained in the Legazpi City Jail after he surrendered to the Legazpi Regional Trial Court Branch 10, which had issued a warrant for his arrest for the murder of Ako Bicol Rep. partylist Rodel Batocabe and his aide, Orlando Diaz. He also faces six counts of frustrated murder in connection with the incident in December […]

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Catholic Church’s Pope Francis changes Church law to make reporting sex abuse obligatory

  by Ella IDE Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Catholic Church’s Pope Francis on Thursday passed a landmark new measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, in a move which could bring countless new cases to light. Every diocese in the world will now be obliged to have a system for the reporting of abuse, under a new law published by […]

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Comelec chooses poll watchdog, LENTE, to replace Namfrel in random manual audit of polls

https://youtu.be/DCDI5ZDx6Jc   (Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has chosen another poll watchdog, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), to replace the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) in the random manual audit of the May 13, 2019 elections. This was after NAMFREL withdrew its accreditation as Comelec’s citizens’ arm on May 3 allegedly because it failed to get direct access to the electronic copies of the certificates of canvas and statement of […]

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Hong Kong to cull 6,000 pigs as first swine fever case found

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong will cull 6,000 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the first case of the disease in the densely populated financial hub. “In order to minimise the risk of ASF virus spreading from the slaughterhouse, all pigs in Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse will be culled so that thorough cleansing and also disinfection could be conducted,” Sophia […]

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Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn’t breaking the leading social network’s rules, the US company said Friday. A lawsuit was filed against Rankwave in a California State court in Silicon Valley to enforce terms the company agreed to in order to operate apps on the social network, according to director of platform and litigation, Jessica Romero. Facebook was investigating Rankwave […]

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North Korea’s missile tests not ‘breach of trust’: Trump

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korean missile launches over the past week have not affected Donald Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong Un, the US president said Friday, in a change of course after initially expressing his dissatisfaction. Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill the previous Saturday — the first in 18 months. The North had not launched any missiles since November 2017, shortly before once reclusive Kim embarked on diplomatic […]

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Less than 50 percent pass May 2019 Civil Engineer Licensure Exam

(Eagle News)–Less than 50 percent of takers passed the May 2019 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination, results released by the Professional Regulation Commission showed. According to the PRC,  out of the 8,855 who took the exams given in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga, 3372 passed. This translates to a 38.08 percent passing rate. Ronie Tanilon Tarriga II from the University of Cebu (UC) bested all takers, with […]

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DepEd to deploy more than 500,000 teachers, other personnel for May 13 polls

(Eagle News)–The Department of Education is deploying more than 500,000 teachers and personnel for the elections on Monday, May 13. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said apart from deploying 531,307 officials, teachers and personnel, the agency is turning 36,830 schools into poll centers. “DepEd stands one with the country in hoping and working for honest and peaceful elections,” Briones said. Briones also reminded all those on duty that they are prohibited from electioneering and […]

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MIAA allocates 400 additional parking slots at NAIA Terminal 1

(Eagle News)—The Manila International Airport Authority has allocated more parking slots at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. In an advisory, MIAA said the additional 200 slots was “in response to the growing number of airport users.” The airport authority said the additional slots are in Parking C which was previously designated as parking for airport transport providers. “Standard parking fees apply to all users,” MIAA said.  

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