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by Sébastien BLANC WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — FBI agents are plumbing hundreds of thousands of emails in search of potentially incriminating evidence against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, in a high-pressure probe seven days before the US presidential election. What will come out of it and when is not known, but the impact of the FBI’s bombshell discovery of a new trove of Clinton emails is already reverberating in the neck-and-neck race for the White […]
by Jerome CARTILLIER RALEIGH, United States (AFP) — With just over two weeks to go before Americans vote for a new president, a new poll released Sunday shows Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump, who is now in jeopardy in traditionally Republican states. The Democratic former secretary of state leads the Manhattan real estate mogul among likely voters by 50 percent to 38 percent in a four-way contest with two minor party […]
by Ivan Couronne with Michael Mathes in Washington DETRIOT, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations took more tough hits Monday as the nation’s top elected Republican all but conceded the race to Hillary Clinton, who returned to the campaign trail invigorated by polls showing her lead expanding. With Trump’s campaign already teetering on the precipice after revelations of his lewd comments about women, House Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republican lawmakers that he […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The American presidential election falls this year on November 8. The quadrennial exercise always takes place on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the US Constitution. How the voting system works The vote, by universal suffrage, is conducted in a single round in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (the city of Washington, which is not part of any state). Voters choose among […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull Tuesday rejected calls for him to resign after the weekend’s disastrous election, as senior government figures pleaded against infighting. Three days after polls closed the result is still too close to call, with Turnbull’s Liberal/National coalition and the opposition Labor each short of the 76 seats needed to govern, raising the prospect of a hung parliament. On Monday, Labor leader Bill Shorten urged the prime minister to […]
SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton tore into her likely election rival Donald Trump as never before Thursday, saying his foreign policy is dangerously incoherent and labeling him unfit for office. “He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility,” Clinton said, cranking up the rhetoric in what is already a deeply acrimonious election. “This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear […]
Nananatiling nangunguna sina Senate President Franklin Drilon at dating TESDA director-general Joel Villanueva sa senatorial race ayon sa partial and official tally ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa araw na ito. Sa naturang tally, nakuha ni Drilon ang top 1 rank na may 18,307,801 votes habang nakuha naman ni Villanueva ang 18,212,639 votes. Pumapangatlo naman si Senador Vicente Sotto III na nakakuha ng 16,985,226 votes at sinusundan nina Senador Panfilo Lacson na may 16,687,586 votes […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) 5/10/2016 –Incendiary Philippine politician Rodrigo Duterte vowed a relentless crackdown on crime after claiming a landslide presidential victory built on foul-mouthed populist tirades that exposed deep voter anger at the establishment. The 71-year-old firebrand stormed to victory in Monday’s election, securing an insurmountable lead of nearly six million votes over his nearest rival, as a growing global howl for strong, populist leaders swept across the Southeast Asian nation. Duterte, the longtime mayor […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang kanilang National Election Monitoring Center (NEMC) anim na araw bago ang halalan. Sa naturang pasilidad umano isasagawa ng AFP ang monitoring sa election-related incidents na maaaring maganap sa gitna ng ginagawang preparasyon mula sa delivery ng vote counting machines (VCM’s), sa sitwasyon sa mismong araw ng halalan, at hangang sa isasagawang canvassing. Ayon kay AFP Public Affairs Office deputy chief Captain Celeste […]
(Eagle News) — Sinabi ngayon ng Commission on Election (Comelec) na nasa 90% na sa bilang ng mga balota para sa May 9 elections ang nakarating na sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng bansa. Ayon sa ahensya, ang mga balotang para na lang sa Metro Manila at mga karatig-lugar ang natitira sa kanila. Samantala, siniguro ng Comelec na matatapos ang shipment ng election materials bago ang Mayo 9 kung saan target na matatapos ang paghahatid sa mga […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Energy countered its earlier statement, now saying that the DOE is not sure that the May 9 election will be “brown-out free”. Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada said that the DOE is doing all that it can to guarantee that there will be a sufficient energy supply during the elections and that there are no problems in the Luzon Grid. Monsada defended that the government does not control electric […]
(Eagle News) — Napanatili ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ang pangunguna sa pinakabagong presidential survey ng Pulse Asia matapos itong makakuha ng 32% sa survey na isinagawa mula Abril 5 hanggang Abril 10 sa may 4,000 respondents. Dalawang porsyento ang itinaas ng alkalde mula sa kaparehong survey na isinagawa naman mula Marso 29 hangang Abril 3. Dahil dito, mayroon nang seven-point margin si Duterte laban kay Senadora Grace Poe-Llamanzares na nakakuha naman ng 25%. […]
