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by Sonia Logre and Gildas Le Roux Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) – The people of Rome voted on Sunday to elect a new mayor who will have the daunting task of tackling poor public transport and disastrous rubbish management in the Italian capital, dubbed one of the dirtiest cities in the world. Across the country from the Eternal City to Milan, Naples and Bologna, voting kicked off late on Monday for municipal elections being […]
VP Leni to decide before Oct. 8 if she will accept 1Sambayan nomination to be its standard bearer (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo who has been nominated by the opposition coalition 1Sambayan as its presidential candidate, will decide this week whether she will run for the country’s top post or not. Her spokesperson, Barry Gutierrez, said this after President Rodrigo Duterte’s surprise decision to retire from politics and not run anymore for VP. […]
by Allison Jackson and Mikhail Flores Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend and 2022 presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is hanging up his gloves after a glittering decades-long career in the ring. The eight-division world champion and senator, who has his sights set on a high-stakes rumble to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, said quitting the sport that had lifted him out of poverty was the […]
by Michelle FITZPATRICK Agence France Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Germany goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that will see Angela Merkel step down after 16 years in power, sparking a knife-edge race to lead Europe’s biggest economy. The first chancellor not to seek re-election since 1949, Merkel’s decision to bow out sets the country synonymous with stability on course for change no matter who wins when the final count is […]
by Ron Lopez and Allison Jackson Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao declared he will run for president in 2022, vowing to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his rags-to-riches story. “The time is now — we are ready to rise to the challenge of leadership,” Pacquiao — currently a senator — said Sunday, as he accepted the nomination of a rival […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party was set Sunday to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running. The vote comes in the wake of an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition this year, with Russian authorities jailing Putin’s best-known domestic foe Alexei Navalny and banning his organisations as “extremist”. In the lead-up to this weekend’s vote, all of his top allies were arrested […]
(Eagle News)–Repatriated Filipinos have until Sept. 30 to apply for a transfer of their overseas registration. The Commission on Elections said it extended the deadline from Aug. 31 to “prevent the disenfranchisement of a great number of our kababayans who have been unexpectedly repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said they can still exercise their right to suffrage if they are in the Philippines on election day by casting their ballot […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Bong Go and Sherwin Gatchalian personally expressed their offer to run as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s vice presidential candidate in the 2022 elections. This is according to the presidential daughter herself, who made the revelation in a statement issued on Wednesday, Sept. 1. In the statement, the Davao mayor said a proposal for former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Jr. to run as her vice president, meanwhile, was “made known […]
Hits Pimentel, Munsayac for constantly blaming her for PDP Laban’s sitcom-like “sad state” (Eagle News) — Senator Christopher “Bong” Go will be President Rodrigo Duterte’s running mate in the PDP-Laban for the 2022 elections, according to Davao City mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte in a Facebook post. Mayor “Inday” Sara said that her father, President Duterte himself had confirmed to her that he would be running as Vice-President next year, and Go will […]
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused his Russian counterpart of seeking to disrupt the 2022 congressional elections by spreading “misinformation.” “Look at what Russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation,” Biden said during a trip to the office of the director of national intelligence near Washington, referring to information he receives during his daily briefing. “It’s a pure violation of our sovereignty.” He also lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]
“To maintain equilibrium, consider me a candidate for the vice presidency at this time,” says Duterte (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said his frequent statement that he could run as vice-president in the May 2022 elections is part of his “political posturing” and his way of maintaining political “leverage” The 76-year old Philippine leader known for his unpredictability and unconventional ways, told the media during the inauguration of the LRT 2 East Extension […]
“‘You do not deserve it. Anak kita, maawa ako sa iyo,” he tells his daughter (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he had talked to his daughter, Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, and advised her not to run for the presidency. The President said he talked to “Inday” Sara – which is how he calls her daughter – and said that he was advising her not to run for the highest post of […]
