Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:08:29 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday filed an urgent motion at the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branches 205 asking that she be granted furlough to vote in the coming May 2019 elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 06:43:10 +0000
The Maldives on Saturday held its first parliamentary election since former strongman leader Abdulla Yameen was forced to stand down
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:19:48 +0000
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May worked Friday to pull off an against-the-odds rescue for her European Union divorce deal, after Parliament voted to postpone Brexit to avert a chaotic U.K. departure in two weeks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:50:16 +0000
British MPs will on Tuesday vote again on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, making the historic decision whether to back her plan or risk a chaotic exit from the EU in less than three weeks time.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:16:54 +0000
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded voters on Friday to make sure that their ballots are not pre-marked before they cast their vote in the upcoming May 2019 elections.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:21:53 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — An election campaign material that promotes the negative side of a candidate is allowed as stated under the law, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday. “Under the law, campaign propaganda is defined as anything that promotes the victory or defeat of a candidate,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said on Wednesday. […]
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Read moreIn a referendum held alongside local elections, the Taiwanese electorate voted overwhelmingly to abolish a stipulation in the country’s Electricity Act that called for all nuclear energy-based power-generating facilities to completely cease operations by 2025. Many experts considered it a surprising victory for pro-nuclear activists. In January 2016, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party garnered widespread support […]
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Read moreGautam Nath runs for mayor of Toronto, and other Canadian immigrants seek seats in the upcoming municipal elections You may have had a knock at your door recently by a candidate for city councillor or school trustee or even mayor! These local politicians are looking for your vote in the upcoming municipal elections this fall […]
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Mexico City, Mexico – Anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidential election on Sunday by a large margin, exit polls showed, in a landmark break with the parties that have governed for nearly a century.
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Mexico City, Mexico – Mexico City has elected a woman mayor for the first time in history, local politician and scientist Claudia Sheinbaum, exit polls indicated.
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