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UPDATED: KBP-EBC unofficial quick count see Duterte, Marcos in the lead

  (EAGLE NEWS) — As of the latest Kapisanan ng Broadcaster of the Philippines-Eagle Broadcasting Corporation partial unofficial quick count of election returns from the Comelec, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte took an early lead with 11,659,213 votes , while Ferdinand Marcos Jr., led in the vice-presidential tally (10,715,468 votes) with the administration’s bet Leni Rodredo coming in close (9,838,033 votes). Former TESDA director general Joel Villanueva, meanwhile led in the senatorial count, followed by senator […]

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Landslides kill nearly 50 in Rwanda

KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP) — At least 49 people were killed this weekend in landslides caused by torrential rains in rural Rwanda, the government said on Monday. Authorities had previously given a death toll of 20, many of them children, as downpours drenched the densely populated country of steep hills and deep valleys. “During the night of 7-8 May 2016, heavy rains caused landslides in several parts of Rwanda, resulting in loss of lives, and destructing […]

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Twitter cuts intel agencies off from analysis service: report

WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sorts through posts on the social media platform in real time and has proved useful in the fight against terrorism, the Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper, in its report Sunday evening, cited a senior US intelligence official as saying that Twitter seemed worried about appearing too cozy with intelligence services. Twitter owns about a five percent stake […]

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Indigenous People nakiisa sa pagboto sa Lasam, Cagayan

Nakiisa ang mga katutubong Agta at iba pang grupo ng indigenous people sa pagboto sa Sicalao, Lasam, Cagayan bagama’t karamihan sa kanila ay hirap bumasa at hindi gaanong naiintindihan ang paggamit ng VCM o Vote Counting Machine. Pinilit makibahagi ang mga ito sa halalan sa tulong ng kanilang mga kamag-anak na nakapag-aral o di kaya ay may kakayanang bumasa at sumulat. Ayon kay SPO3 Jonie Domingo, naka-assign na pulis sa nasabing lugar, marami ng Agta ang […]

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Three killed, 20 injured in Burundi blasts

NAIROBI , Kenya (AFP) — The mayor of Burundi’s capital on Monday vowed to crush “terrorists” blamed for a spate of weekend grenade attacks that left three people dead and about 20 injured. Hundreds have been killed and a quarter of a million people have fled Burundi since President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial decision April 2015 to run for a third term, a vote he won amid opposition boycotts in July. Anti-government protests were brutally quashed […]

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UPDATED: Comelec starts counting of ballots; Duterte, Marcos pose early lead

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has started the canvassing of votes for the May 9, 2016 elections as polling precincts closed at 5 p.m, with some closing at 6 p.m., because of the delayed start of voting due to malfunctioning vote-counting machines. As of the latest Kapisanan ng Broadcaster of the Philippines-Eagle Broadcasting Corporation partial unofficial quick count of election returns from the Comelec, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte took an early lead […]

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ICYMI: Fidel V. Ramos, maagang bumoto sa Asingan, Pangasinan

  ASINGAN, Pangasinan — Maagang nagtungo sa Narciso Ramos Elementary School sa Asingan, Pangasinan si  dating pangulong Fidel V. Ramos, upang bomoto. Bandang alas-syete ng umaga, dumating ang dating presidente kasama ang kanyang mga kaanak na tumatakbong Board Member ng 6th district ng Pangasinan, si Ranjit Ramos-Shahani, at dating senadora  Leticia Ramos-Shahani. Ayon kay police chief inspector Melecio Mina, Chief of Police ng Asingan, hindi na sila nagdagdag ng security personnel para sa dating pangulo […]

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At least 50 injured in downtown Cairo fire

CAIRO , Egypt (AFP) — At least 50 people including firefighters suffered minor injuries on Monday when a fire spread quickly through a commercial area in downtown Cairo, Egyptian officials said. The fire erupted overnight in a small hotel in the Al-Mosky neighbourhood, not far from the Al-Azhar mosque, and moved rapidly to four nearby buildings, police told AFP. The buildings included warehouses containing plastic materials which helped the fire to spread. “At least 50 […]

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China landslide death toll rises to 26

BEIJING , China (AFP) — The number of bodies recovered from a landslide that engulfed workers at a Chinese construction site rose to 26 on Monday with 13 people still missing, authorities said. Heavy rain at the weekend buried a temporary shed used by workers at a hydro power station construction site in Fujian province, in the southeast, under 100,000 cubic meters of mud and rock, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Major rescue efforts […]

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Daan-daang botante sa Lucban, Quezon nagreklamo dahil walang pangalan sa listahan ng mga botante

LUCBAN, Quezon — Daan-daang mga botante ang nag-alsa at nagreklamo sa Lucban, Quezon dahil wala ang kanilang mga pangalan sa listahan ng mga botante kahit na nag-update naman sila ng kani-kanilang biometrics. Ang naging solusyon na lamang ng COMELEC-Lucban sa problemang ito ay bigyan sila ng certification upang makaboto kahit na wala ang kanilang mga pangalan sa Voter’s List. Ngunit nang dumating na sila sa kani-kanilang mga polling precinct ay wala nang mga balota na […]

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Precincts in District of Metro Manila South encounter broken VCMs

Voters are left with no choice but to wait for technicians to fix broken vote counting machines (VCMs) in various precincts in the District of Metro Manila South including those in Parañaque City, Taguig City, Muntinlupa City, and Las Piñas City. Frequent reports include VCMs not accepting ballot boxes and errors in reading ballot boxes leaving voters angry and confused in the delay of queue. Some of the technicians are expected to arrive between an […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Comelec allows voting until 6 p.m. in some precincts; Nat’l Board of Canvassers convenes at PICC

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has passed a resolution allowing the extension of voting until 6 p.m. for precincts where voting had started at 9 a.m. or even later. This was contained in a tweet by the Comelec, and also by Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Guanzon said that the Comelec resolution made en banc was passed upon her motion. There had been several reports of delayed voting in some precincts because of malfunctioning […]

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