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by Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said he hopes to resume campaigning Saturday after receiving a green light from his doctor, even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepares to unveil plans to probe the president’s capacity to govern after contracting Covid-19. With just 26 days until the November 3 election, Washington’s top Democrat took the extraordinary step of proposing a commission to […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — The Singapore prime minister’s estranged brother said Wednesday he has joined an opposition party ahead of elections next month, presenting a new challenge to the country’s long-ruling government. The city-state’s parliament was dissolved Tuesday for a general election on July 10, even as the country struggles to recover from a major coronavirus outbreak that has swept through migrant worker dormitories. Lee Hsien Yang is locked in a long-running row with his […]
by Amber WANG / Jerome TAYLOR Agence France Presse Taiwanese voters headed to the polls on Saturday for a closely watched presidential and parliamentary election in which the island’s fraught relationship with China is taking centre stage. Long queues formed outside election stations before polls opened across the island at 8 am (0000 GMT) with initial results expected late in the evening. The vote will reverberate far beyond Taiwan’s borders, with the two main candidates […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 27, expressed support for a proposal to have both the President and Vice President of the country voted in tandem. Lacson made the statement in an interview over ANC, after President Rodrigo Duterte fired Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. The Palace had said Duterte made the move following taunts from Robredo herself and members of her party, the […]
by Yan ZHAO / Xinqi SU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city’s pro-democracy movement hopes will add pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of violent protest. Lengthy queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the election for 18 district councils, where high turnout is expected to benefit democratic […]
by Raúl BURGOA LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia’s interim president said Sunday she will call new elections soon, as the country struggles with violent unrest a week after the resignation of Evo Morales. “Very soon we will announce news regarding our main mandate: calling transparent elections,” Jeanine Anez said in a speech at the presidential palace. She did not give details, saying only that the announcement will seek the “recovery of our country’s democratic […]
WASHINGTON, DC (AFP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday that Russia continues to threaten US elections, 16 months before the next presidential polls. “The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections,” Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “My view is until they stop they haven’t been deterred enough.” US intelligence and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation have documented a broad effort by Russian intelligence and a Russian social media […]
https://youtu.be/4lWrTXe4DKY (Eagle News) – Senator Grace Poe finally got to vote in her precinct in San Juan past noon today, Monday, May 13. Poe returned to vote in her precinct at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan after the vote counting machine earlier failed to work Monday morning. She first arrived at the polling precinct at 9:15 a.m. and waited for around 15 minutes. The Commission on Elections then decided to replace […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all candidates running for public office to shun violence and let the people exercise their right to vote freely in the face of reports of election violence in some areas. “So you just be careful allow everybody to vote freely, this is a democracy. This is an exercise of the right of the people to choose their leader. Iyan ang mandato ng Constitution natin so we […]
(Eagle News)—All Department of Foreign Affairs consular offices in the country will be closed on May 13, election day. The DFA made the announcement in a statement on its official website. According to the agency, its office at the Aseana Business Park will also be closed on that day “pursuant to” Proclamation No. 719 which declared the day a special non-working holiday throughout the country for the national and local elections. The DFA said applicants […]
