Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic held steady on Monday as cautious investors eyed the upcoming US midterm elections, the resumption of Washington’s sanctions on Iran and brewing fiscal fears in Italy. Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on the eve of the key vote, with the Dow and S&P 500 both notching solid gains, even as the Nasdaq pulled back. The mixed-bag session on Wall Street […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao is now the chair of the Senate’s committee on ethics. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian was also elected a member of the panel that covers the actions of senators and the reputation of the Senate in general. Pacquiao replaced now-Senate President Tito Sotto, who, based on tradition, should no longer chair a committee and was now deemed a member of each panel. Gatchalian replaced Pacquiao as member of the panel.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — US travel sanctions targeting Cambodian officials are “useless”, a ruling party spokesman said Thursday, as the kingdom shrugs off international criticism of a one-sided election win. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) led by strongman Hun Sen won all 125 seats in parliament during last month’s poll. The main opposition did not contest the vote after a court dissolved the party, clearing the way for a landslide victory for the CPP. […]
by Clément SABOURIN Agence France Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Vote counting was underway across Mali on Monday after a tense presidential runoff in which a poll worker was killed and 100 polling stations were forced to close due to the security threat from Islamist militants. Security had been drastically boosted ahead of the election’s second round between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse. But over 100 stations had to be […]
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) – A majority of the contenders to become Mali’s next president said on Wednesday they will not accept election results “marred by irregularities” ahead of an official verdict expected on Friday. Major opposition figures, such as former finance minister Soumaila Cisse — seen as the president’s biggest threat in the poll, which was held Sunday — and businessman Aliou Diallo, signed the joint declaration. “We will not accept results marred by irregularities,” […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said Tuesday that he was “winning resoundingly” in the election count and that his MDC party had results from 10,000 polling stations. “Winning resoundingly… We’ve done exceedingly well,” he said on Twitter after the landmark vote on Monday, adding “We are ready to form the next (government).” Counting was under way after a strong turnout in Zimbabwe’s first election since long-ruling leader Robert Mugabe was ousted […]
by Susan NJANJI / Fanuel JONGWE Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Counting was underway in Zimbabwe’s first election since Robert Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power as observers warned of possible shortcomings in Monday’s landmark poll. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe’s former right-hand man in the ruling ZANU-PF party, faced off against opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) in the historic vote. “I am not shy to […]
by Suy Se and Joe Freeman Agence France Presse PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s ruling party said it had won a landslide in Sunday’s one-horse election, an expected outcome after the main opposition was banned, paving the way for leader Hun Sen to prolong his 33 years in power. Hun Sen, who came to power in 1985 in a country still plagued by civil war, has cracked down on dissent in the run-up to this […]
by Suy Se and Joe Freeman Agence France Presse PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — Cambodia voted Sunday in an election set to extend strongman premier Hun Sen’s 33 years in power after the only credible opposition was dissolved, effectively turning the country into a one-party state. Hun Sen, who came to power in 1985, has cracked down on dissent in the run-up to the poll, squeezing out civil society, independent media and his political […]
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack on a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, as millions voted in a nationwide election Wednesday. “(The bomber) was trying to enter the polling station. When police tried to stop him he blew himself up,” a local administration official in Quetta, Hashim Ghilzai, told AFP. Dr Wasim Baig, spokesman for the Sandeman Provincial […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Prosecutors in Brazil ordered an investigation Wednesday of the appellate judge who caused a legal mess over the weekend, unsuccessfully ordering former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be freed. Attorney General Raquel Dodge ordered an investigaiton into the actions of appeals judge Rogerio Favreto, who was the weekend duty magistrate. Dodge said there was evidence that when he acted professionally, he did so “motivated by personal feelings […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s data regulator has said it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000) for failing to protect users’ data, in an inquiry into whether personal information had been misused by campaigns on both sides of Britain’s 2016 EU referendum. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has focused on the social media giant since earlier this year, when evidence emerged that an app had been used to […]
