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Massive vote buying reports challenge for PNP: Albayalde

May 13, 2019

Philippine National Police ( PNP) General Oscar Albayalde on Monday said massive reports of vote buying nationwide has been a challenge for them. “A total of 332 incidents were recorded with 297 persons arrested and three minors rescued,” Albayalde said

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PPCRV receives initial unofficial results of senatorial race at 6:05pm; Villar leading

May 13, 2019

Election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting ( PPCRV) has started to receive the partial unofficial results of the senatorial elections five minutes after the polling precincts in the country closed at 6pm on Monday. Based on the PPCRV-Kapisanan

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Japan protests S. Korea’s survey plans near Takeshima: Suga

May 13, 2019

Tokyo–Japan has strongly protested against South Korean ocean survey plans covering areas near disputed islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. The national Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency started to post plans on such surveys using drones around

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PNP says 2019 midterm ”generally peaceful” but will not lower guard

May 13, 2019

As voting precincts closed, the Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Monday said the 2019 midterm election is “generally peaceful”. “The 2019 national and local elections turned out to generally peaceful nationwide with no reported major untoward incident that affected

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Coast Guard rescues soldiers, Comelec personnel in boat off Samar

May 13, 2019

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued five Philippine Army soldiers and two Commission on Election (Comelec) personnel on boat off the waters of Samar province on Sunday. Capt. Armando Balilo, PCG spokesman, said the Philippine Army and Comelec personnel were

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Duterte sees results of senatorial polls referendum for his administration

May 13, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte acknowledged on Monday that the senatorial elections could be taken as a referendum for his administration. Duterte made the statement after casting his vote in a precinct in Davao City on Monday afternoon. The President’s long-time partner

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Two sons of MILF commander wounded in shooting incident in Maguindanao

May 13, 2019

Two sons of a Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF) commander were wounded in a shooting incident in Maguindanao on Monday morning. Major. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the 6th Infantry Division, said a still unidentified gunban positioned near the house

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PPCRV on malfunctioned VCMs: Not alarming

May 13, 2019

The election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting ( PPCRV) downplayed on Monday the possible effect on the midterm elections of the “400 to 600” vote counting machines that were initially reported to have malfunctioned. In an interview, PPCRV

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