MANILA, Philippines (AFP) Monday 5/9/2016 –Monday’s Philippine presidential election to replace Benigno Aquino is likely to turn on five key issues that candidates agree weigh on the minds of many of the nearly 55 million voters: Crime Popular anxiety over Filipinos’ personal safety has pushed tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte to the top of the polls. The nation has been troubled for decades by Muslim and communist insurgencies, Islamist militants, clogged courts and a corrupt police force. Duterte has […]
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Former President Ramos votes in Asingan,Pangasinan
Former President Fidel V.Ramos voted early in his hometown in Narciso Ramos Elementary School Asingan,Pangasinan. Around 7:00am, the former President arrived in the polling place together with some oh his relatives running for office. Local police did not provide extra security for the 12th President. After casting his vote, Ramos posed for pictures with other residents. Ramos supports presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. .
Seven dead in Philippine election day ambush
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) Monday 5/9/2016 – Seven people were shot dead and another was wounded when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed in the Philippines Monday just hours before polls opened for national elections, police said. Unknown gunmen opened fire on the jeep and two motorcycles before dawn in the town of Rosario, just south of the capital Manila, said Chief Inspector Jonathan del Rosario. The motive for the attack was not yet known. However the incident […]
VP Binay casts vote in Makati City
Vice President Jejomar Binay, together with his son former Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay cast their vote in San Antonio National HighSchool in Makati City, Philippines.
Philippine elections begin with Duterte poised for presidency
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – Voting begins in the Philippines on Monday to elect a new president, with anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte the shock favourite after an incendiary campaign in which he vowed to butcher criminals. Polls opened at 6:00am and voting is to continue until 5:00pm, election officials said. Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, has held a commanding lead over other presidential rivals in recent surveys as he hypnotised millions with profanity-laced tirades promising […]
IBP Cavite provides free legal services for public school teachers serving as BEI’s
The Department of Education in Cavite and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Cavite signed an agreement for the protection of public school teachers in their role as Board of Election Inspectors in this elections. The IBP will give free legal services to the teachers in case complaints will be filed against them in connection with their performance as BEI’s. (Courtesy of EBC Cavite Correspondents Avril Diña and Myk Amarante)
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to conduct regular joint maritime patrols
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia guaranteed the conduct of regular joint maritime patrols in the Sulu and Celebes Seas by signing an agreement. The patrols are in response to the kidnapping incidents perpetrated by the Abu Sayyaf Group. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Philippines not ready for another Yolanda
QUEZON City, Philippines – Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez continues to reiterate his position that the Philippines is not ready for another storm of the same level as that of “Yolanda” which is the reason why he is adamant in proposing the creation of a Department of Disaster Preparedness which will be more effective compared to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council which is a mere coordinating agency.
Philippine militants threaten hostages in video warning
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the Philippines issued a fresh warning Tuesday threatening to harm three hostages, just over a week after they beheaded a captive. The trio – from Canada, Norway and the Philippines – appealed for help from the Philippine and Canadian governments in a video uploaded to YouTube Tuesday and reported by SITE intelligence group, which monitors jihadist media. “To the Philippine government: Please stop shooting at us and trying to […]
El Nino dries up Asia as its stormy sister La Nina looms
by Satish Cheney TEMERLOH , Malaysia (AFP) –Withering drought and sizzling temperatures from El Nino have caused food and water shortages and ravaged farming across Asia, and experts warn of a double-whammy of possible flooding from its sibling, La Nina. The current El Nino which began last year has been one of the strongest ever, leaving the Mekong River at its lowest level in decades, causing food-related unrest in the Philippines, and smothering vast regions […]
China warns Southeast Asia over maritime dispute
SINGAPORE ,Singapore (AFP) — China urged Southeast Asian nations on Thursday to resolve territorial disputes through dialogue and repeated a warning of “negative consequences” if the Philippines wins an arbitration case in The Hague. Four ASEAN member states — the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei — have rival claims with China to parts of the South China Sea and tensions have mounted in recent years since China transformed contested reefs into artificial islands that can […]
Indonesia to host talks on maritime security after kidnappings
JAKARTA , Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia hopes next week to secure an agreement with Malaysia and the Philippines on conducting joint military patrols on the high seas where Islamic militants have been on a kidnapping spree, an official said Thursday. The plight of hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf militant group could also be on the agenda when the foreign ministers and military commanders of the three neighbours meet next Thursday in Jakarta for talks. […]
