Tag: May 13

Scattered rainshowers, thunderstorms expected in parts of PHL today, May 13

(Eagle News)– Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the country on Monday, May 13, election day. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said  Batanes and Cagayan will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to a frontal system affecting Northern Luzon. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy […]

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More than 61 million Filipinos troop to polling precincts today; voting from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Comelec urges public to report incidents of vote-buying (Eagle News) – Some 61.8 million Filipinos are expected to troop to polling precincts nationwide for the May 13, 2019 midterm elections which starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged voters to go out and vote and report incidents of vote-buying. There are 43,554 national and local candidates vying for 18,071 positions for this elections — from senator to […]

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President Duterte tells candidates to shun violence, “allow everybody to vote freely”

  (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 […]

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Infographics: Registered voters for the May 2019 National and Local Elections

(Eagle News) — It’s six days to go before the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. For the voting public to be better informed, here are some infographics for the coming elections, particularly data on the registered voters expected to turn out for next Monday’s crucial voting. There are 61.8 million registered voters, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Of this number, 51.45 percent are female (31,816,797 voters) while 48.55 percent are male (30,026,953). Below […]

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Comelec suspends elections for congressman in 1st district of S. Cotabato with creation of lone district of GenSan

  (Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has suspended the elections for representative of the first district of South Cotabato following the approval of the implementing rules on the law that reapportioned this district to create the lone district of General Santos City. In a resolution promulgated Thursday, April 11, Comelec approved the implementing rules and regulations for Republic Act No. 11243 entitled “An Act Reapportioning the First Legislative District of the Province of […]

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