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Comelec, Smartmatic, PPCRV face poll sabotage raps

An election watchdog group filed an electoral sabotage rap against the Commission on Elections, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and poll service provider Smartmatic at the Office of the Ombudsman. Mata sa Balota Movement (MBM) filed the complaint. It said the respondents violated the automated election law, after the Smartmatic altered the script, which resulted to a change in the hash code of the poll body’s transparency server. Named as respondents in the complaint […]

VP candidate Bongbong Marcos files formal request for election systems audit

(Eagle News) — The camp of vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has formally asked the Commission on Elections for a systems audit of the automated elections. Atty. Jose Amor Amorado, who heads Marcos’ quick-count center, went to the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday (May 18) —to formally request for a poll systems audit. This was following the alleged irregularities in the tabulated partial and unofficial results of the May […]

IBP asks SC to nullify President Aquino’s appointments of two Sandiganbayan justices

(Eagle News) — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked  the supreme court to nullify President Benigno S. Aquino III’s appointment of two associate justices to the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. In a petition, the IBP said Aquino violated the constitution when he appointed former Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 9 presiding judge Geraldine Faith Econg and undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of Special Concerns at the Office of the President to […]

PBA: Rain or Shine clinches 2016 Commissioner’s Cup title

By Diego de la Paz QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Rain or Shine poured on a barrage of treys in the fourth period to finally end Alaska’s dream of a miraculous turnaround, etching a 109-92 win in the books to capture the 2016 PBA Commissioner’s Cup crown on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Elasto Painters torched the nets for seven three-pointers in the first quarter to jump the gun on the […]

Demand na ma-audit ang AES, pormal nang inihain ng Marcos Camp

(Eagle News) — Pormal nang ibinigay ng legal team ni Vice presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. ang sulat sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) na humihiling na magkaroon ng audit ang kanilang Information Technology (IT) expert sa Automated Election System (AES). Ayon kay Atty. Jose Amorado, nagdulot ng pangamba ang pagbabago sa script kaya nais na malaman ng kanilang kampo kung may nabago ba talaga sa resulta ng bilangan at sa pumapasok na numero sa […]

Dela Rosa, tuloy na sa pangunguna sa PNP

(Eagle News) — Matapos ang ilang araw na alingasngas, tuloy na ang pag-upo ni PC/Supt. Ronald dela Rosa bilang susunod na pinuno ng Philippine National Police (PNP) matapos siyang kausapin ni President-elect Rodrigo Duterte hinggil dito. Ayon kay Dela Rosa, nagpapasalamat aniya siya at inihayag nito ang pagnanais na maranasan din ng lahat ng kapulisan sa buong bansa ang aniya’y pangungunang naranasan nila mula kay Duterte. Miyembro si Dela Rosa ng PMA Sinagtala class of 1986 […]

Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act, nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Aquino

(Eagle News) — Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III ang batas na magbibigay ng proteksyon at pangangalaga sa mga kabataang biktima ng kalamidad at mga sakuna. Sa isang seremonya sa Malacañang, pinirmahan ni Pangulong Aquino ang Republic Act 10821 na tatawagin din bilang Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act. Sa ilalim ng naturang panukala, ilalatag ang istratehikong programa upang agarang matugunan ng gobyerno ang mga pangangailangan ng mga kabataan, protektahan ang kanilang karapatan at pangasiwaan […]

Nokia to make mobile, tablets comeback

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) – by Anne Kauranen Nokia, once the world’s top mobile phone maker, on Wednesday announced its return to the fiercely competitive handsets and tablets market years after being crushed there by Samsung and Apple. Nokia, which is now a leading telecom equipment maker, said it would licence its brand to a new Finnish company which will produce phones and tablets under the Nokia name. The new company, HMD Global, “has been founded […]

Olympics: Athletes and federations face Olympic doping bans – Bach

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) – IOC president Thomas Bach said Wednesday that athletes and federations face tough sanctions up to a lifetime ban as he warned that doping has hit “an unprecedented level of criminality”. The International Olympic Committee leader also stepped up calls on Russia to clear up accusations of interference in testing at its doping laboratory during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. In a new sign of pressure on Russian sport, the New York […]

Rainshowers, asahan bukas, Mayo 19

(Eagle News) — Asahan ang mga pag-ulan sa buong bansa bukas, Mayo 19, Huwebes, sa kabila ng maalinsangang panahon. Maaaring magsimula ang mga pag-ulan sa umaga o tanghali at posibleng mas lumakas pa sa bandang hapon o gabi. Asahan diumano ang rainshowers sa Silangan at Hilagang Luzon, partikular sa Cordillera Region, Ilocos at Central Luzon habang inaasahan din ang mga pag-ulan sa kanlurang bahagi ng Visayas at ilang mga lugar sa Mindanao gaya ng CARAGA, […]