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Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Lucenito Tagle, Commissioner Christian Robert Lim, Chairman Sixto Brillantes, and Commissioner Elias Yusoph

Fourteen early winners in the party-list race have been named Friday even as the protracted count of votes continues.

Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano

Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano remained the poorest congressman in the 15th Congress, a document from the House of Representatives showed.

Pinoys protest vs. Cybercrime Law

Amid brewing uproar over Dan Brown's "gates of hell" reference to Manila, cultural activist Carlos Celdran sees the author's desrciption is only an exaggeration that should nonetheless encourage Filip…

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  • Comelec blames weak telecom signals for transmission delays
    Comelec blames weak telecom signals for transmission delays Tinig Ng Botante
    Comelec blames weak telecom signals for transmission delays

    Some 18,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines covering about 23 percent of the total clustered precincts experienced transmission problems on Election Day because of weak signals, Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said on Thursday. “It is not … Continue reading →

  • One more week of beach weather, Pagasa says Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
    One more week of beach weather, Pagasa says

    You still have at least a week to take advantage of the last few days in the dry season, state weather bureau Pagasa said.

  • First time MILF voters’ top senatorial choice: “Anak ni King” Tinig Ng Botante
    First time MILF voters’ top senatorial choice: “Anak ni King”

    By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews and VERA Files DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao – “Anak ni King.” “Anak ni Idol.” Movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr. is nearly nine years dead but he is still “King” or “Idol” for members of the … Continue reading →

  • 11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants AFP News
    11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants

    Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said.

  • The 'Bambike': A bamboo bike fit for kings [VIDEO] GMANews

    US President Barack Obama has one, and so does New Zealand Governor-General Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah "Jerry" Mateparae. It's President Benigno Aquino III's gift of choice to heads of state: the "Bambike", a bicycle made almost entirely from locally-sourced bamboo.

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  • Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks
    Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks Reuters Middle East
    Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks

    * Republicans push back on closing Guantanamo * Americans' main concerns are economy, domestic issues * Congress controls government's purse strings (Recasts with Republican reaction) By Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wantsto roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S."war on terror," but efforts to alter the global fight againstIslamist militants will face the usual hurdle at home: staunchopposition from Republicans

  • N. Korea wants peace, envoy tells China official AFP News
    N. Korea wants peace, envoy tells China official

    A special envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un told one of China's top officials Thursday that Pyongyang wants peace and is willing to pursue dialogue with key countries, state media reported.

  • Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials Reuters
    Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials

    By Elaine Porterfield MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers plunging into the frigid Skagit River in Washington state, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was caused when a truck crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday. The truck, after the accident, rumbled across the bridge safely before a portion of the structure collapsed, sending two vehicles and a mass of concrete and steel into the river on

  • Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children - media Reuters

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Ten children were injured in the blaze on the outskirts of Gujrat, 100 miles (170 km) southeast of Islamabad, DawnNews said. Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are common. (Reporting by Nick Macfie; Editing by Ron Popeski)

  • IMF chief avoids charges in French payout scandal AFP News
    IMF chief avoids charges in French payout scandal

    IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister.

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  • New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study
    New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study Reuters
    New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study

    By Lavinia Mo HONG KONG (Reuters) - The new H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted between mammals not only via direct contact but also in airborne droplets, and may be capable of spreading from person to person, Chinese and American researchers have found. A study published in the journal Science and presented at a briefing in Hong Kong on Friday found that three ferrets - an animal often used for research on flu - that were in the same cage as ferrets infected with H7N9 had contracted the

  • IMF chief grilled for second day over French payout scandal AFP News
    IMF chief grilled for second day over French payout scandal

    IMF chief Christine Lagarde's future was at stake Friday as French prosecutors grilled her for a second day to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister.

  • Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case Reuters

    By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) ...

  • Syria opposition unity talks face spectre of collapse Reuters
    Syria opposition unity talks face spectre of collapse

    By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on Friday. ...

  • Stockholm calmer but violence spreads outside Swedish capital Reuters
    Stockholm calmer but violence spreads outside Swedish capital

    By Ilze Filks and Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A nearly week-long spate of rioting spread outside Stockholm on Friday but authorities said police reinforcements sent to the Swedish capital had reduced the violence there, even though dozens of youths set cars and a recycling station ablaze. The rioting - set off earlier this month by the police shooting of a 69-year-old man - continued for a sixth night in mainly poor immigrant areas in Stockholm. ...

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  • Albay governor’s ‘bangka’ good to go

    By REYNARD MAGTOTO, VERA Files LEGAZPI City—After assuring Bicolanos that no one will be left behind in Albay’s surge to prosperity, reelected Gov. Joey SarteSalceda said he is ready to “paddle the boat” to fulfilling his vision for the province. … Continue reading → More »

  • Comelec proclaims 14 party-lists

    By Mikha Flores, VERA Files The Commission on Elections proclaimed on Friday 14 winning party-lists that are assured of at least one seat in the 16th Congress after obtaining two percent of the total votes cast for all party-lists in the … Continue reading → More »

  • Q and A with MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim: “Within this year we will start building our political …

    By Carolyn O. Arguillas, Mindanews and VERA Files DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao – The May 13 synchronized national, regional and local elections marked the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s first foray into electoral politics, albeit only partly, as a “testing ground,” … Continue reading → More »

  • First time MILF voters’ top senatorial choice: “Anak ni King”

    By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews and VERA Files DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao – “Anak ni King.” “Anak ni Idol.” Movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr. is nearly nine years dead but he is still “King” or “Idol” for members of the … Continue reading → More »

  • Comelec blames weak telecom signals for transmission delays

    Some 18,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines covering about 23 percent of the total clustered precincts experienced transmission problems on Election Day because of weak signals, Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said on Thursday. “It is not … Continue reading → More »

  • Former Comelec exec bares ‘intel’ funds

    By Mikha Flores, VERA Files First it was the source code for the PCOS machines they were quarrelling about. Now former colleagues, Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes, Jr. and Augusto “Gus” Lagman are squabbling about intelligence funds. Lagman, who … Continue reading → More »

  • Comelec threw efforts of PWDs to waste—NCDA exec

    By Darlene Cay, VERA Files Efforts of persons with disabilities and advocates in promoting the right of PWDs to suffrage went to waste in last week’s midterm elections, no thanks to the Commission on Elections, the executive director of National … Continue reading → More »