Tag: voting

Slovenian center-right eyes comeback at snap election

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) — Slovenia’s former center-right Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his Democratic Party (SDS) look set to emerge on top in early parliamentary elections on Sunday, as campaigning enters the home stretch. The campaign has been overshadowed by controversy over Jansa’s strident anti-migrant rhetoric and the public support he has received from fellow firebrand Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. According to the latest poll published by daily Dnevnik on Wednesday, Jansa’s SDS is […]

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Comelec: No poll hitches in Metro Manila so far

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 14, said there were no reports of poll hitches in Metro Manila so far. “But we are continuing to monitor all of the other places,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press briefing at the Comelec command center in Manila. According to Jimenez, so far, in Maguindanao, “we are good.” All polling centers were also open in Basilan and Sulu. As for Regions 1, Caraga […]

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East-west clash as Czechs vote for new president

by Jan FLEMR Agence France-Presse PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — Czech President Milos Zeman appeared Saturday to be heading for a run-off as voting began on day two of a presidential election pitting the pro-Russian incumbent against a flock of more liberal pro-European rivals. Opinion surveys show the divisive 73-year-old ex-communist, who is also staunchly anti-Muslim and pro-Chinese, leading the pack of nine candidates ahead of Jiri Drahos, 68-year-old pro-European former head of the Czech […]

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Scuffles as police disperse protesters trying to block Kenya vote

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) – Kenyan police clashed with opposition protesters in parts of Nairobi and in the west of the country who tried to block voting Thursday in an election boycotted by their leader Raila Odinga, AFP correspondents said. In several western towns, protesters blocked roads and barricaded the entrances to polling stations, lobbing rocks at police who fired teargas to disperse them. In the slums of the Kenyan capital, police also engaged in running […]

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Hong Kong leader lays out difficulties in achieving universal suffrage

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday (July 5) and vowed to improve ties with the legislature, but she suggested fresh reforms to bring greater democracy to the Chinese city would not be tabled anytime soon. Lam, in her first week in office, spent about an hour answering lawmakers’ questions in an especially arranged meeting, where the mood appeared less hostile compared with sessions involving […]

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Australian conservatives edge ahead in Brexit shadow

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s ruling party Monday used the Brexit vote to warn against voting for Labor in upcoming elections as a poll showed the Liberals ahead for the first time in a drawn-out campaign. The country goes to the polls on Saturday with economic management assuming added significance in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, sparking global instability. “There will be considerable uncertainty for some time. You’re seeing that […]

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Britain votes in historic referendum on EU

by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters were registered to decide Britain’s future in the 28-nation European Union, which was born out of a determination to unite in lasting peace after the carnage of two world wars. Across much […]

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Things to remember today, May 9, election day

  (EAGLE NEWS) — Today, May 9, more than 54 million Filipino voters head to the polls for the National and Local Elections.  Voting starts from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., based on Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 10088.   This 2016 elections has the longest voting period in Philippine history. It could help if you verify your precinct number first with the Comelec with its online voter verification. https://comelec.gov.ph/?r=2016NLE/VoterVerification Online status verification of one’s […]

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Local absentee voting starts on April 27

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections announced that 24, 000 registered voters are expected to participate in the local absentee voting on April 27 to April 29. The COMELEC only allowed government officials and employees, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police as well as media practitioners to participate in the local absentee voting. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded […]

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The first time voter

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 20) – My dad decided to take me to the municipal hall seven months after I turned 18, so that I can register myself as a voter. Then, I realized that being a registered voter carries with it so much more significance not only for me but for our country as well. Being a registered voter means that you are considered as a legitimate citizen of the Philippines. The scene when I first […]

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“At last! I’m a registered voter!”

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 15) – Being a first time voter, you surely have that feeling of excitement and curiosity on how it feels like to go to the precinct, how to vote and how does it feel to see the indelible ink in your index finger. But of course, to fully experience what voting feels like, it is a must that you should first register yourself as a voter in the nearest COMELEC office in […]

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