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Greek ‘religious’ government sworn in

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 11:49 PM

ATHENS - Greece's new conservative government was sworn in on Tuesday, a day after new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office vowing to turn the page on a decade of economic crisis. Read more »

Abe's ruling bloc on course to win majority in Japan election: media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 12:26 AM

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is on course to grab a solid majority in Japan's upper house elections this month and cement his premiership, local media reported on Saturday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 2, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 01:27 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

LP likely to decide between Romualdez, Velasco for Speaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 01:11 AM

Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice said that after consultation with LP solons, the opposition party are now exploring cooperation with Velasco and Romualdez. Read more »

US Democratic frontrunner Biden drops in polls after debate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 10:17 AM

WASHINGTON - Support among Democrats declined for frontrunner Joe Biden following last week's US presidential candidate debate, while Senator Kamala Harris saw her popularity rise, according to CNN poll released on Monday.   Read more »

Trump to Putin: Don't meddle in US elections

Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Posted at Jun 28 03:18 PM

OSAKA - President Donald Trump on Friday told Russian President Vladimir Putin not to meddle in the U.S. elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to a two-year investigation into his campaign's contact with the Kremlin during the 2016 elections. Read more »

Indonesia court rejects bid to overturn President Widodo's victory

Kiki Siregar, Harry Pearl, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 12:54 AM

Indonesia's constitutional court Thursday rejected a bid to overturn President Joko Widodo's re-election victory and dismissed his defeated challenger's claims of widespread voter fraud as groundless. Read more »

DICT looks to develop alternative automated election system

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 10:19 PM

Secretary Eliseo Rio said his department is looking to use optical character recognition technology, which officials say is a vcheaper, more transparent AES. Read more »

Biden, Trump trade barbs in duel for blue collar votes in Iowa

Mandel Ngan and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 07:28 AM

President Donald Trump branded his leading Democratic opponent Joe Biden a "dummy" Tuesday as they gave dueling speeches in the 2020 battleground state of Iowa. Read more »

6,302 nabbed for violating election gun ban – PNP

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 03:14 PM

MANILA – A total of 6,302 individuals were apprehended for violating the 5-month election gun ban, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Tuesday. Read more »

Race to replace UK's May gets underway

Joe Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 10:09 AM

Around a dozen British Conservative MPs will formally throw their hats into the ring on Monday in the fight to replace Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister, with her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson seen as the runaway favorite.   Read more »

Halalan 2019 pinakatumpak ang VCM, ayon sa audit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 08:39 PM

Sa 4 automated na halalan, ang sa 2019 daw ang may pinakamataas na accuracy rate ng vote counting machines. Read more »

Vico Sotto wishes Eusebio ‘inner peace’, as outgoing mayor protests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 09:34 PM

The Pasig mayor-elect said he hopes Robert Eusebio, whom Sotto beat in last month's poll, would find "inner peace to accept the truth" that he lost. Read more »

Comelec bukas sa hirit ni Duterte tungkol sa Smartmatic

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 07:32 PM

Pag-aaralan ng Comelec ang pahayag ni Pangulong Duterte tungkol sa Smartmatic at sa pag-aalis sa bidding.  Read more »

Election-related attacks continue; 8 killed, 14 hurt since election day

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 01:32 PM

MANILA — Three weeks after the midterm polls, the Philippine National Police (PNP) continued to receive reports of election-related incidents against local officials.   Read more »

Ina at kapatid ng alkalde sa Misamis Oriental, nakuhanan ng armas

Joey Yecyec, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 10:16 PM

Nakuhanan ng iba't ibang uri ng armas ang ina at kapatid ni Claveria Mayor Meraluna Salvaleon sa Barangay Malagana, sa kaniyang bayan Martes ng madaling araw. Read more »

Microsoft, Facebook to help tame internet ahead of Canada's election, official says

Kelsey Johnson and David Ljunggren, Reuters
Updated as of May 28 07:52 AM

Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc have agreed to help boost the security of Canada's October election by removing fake accounts and cracking down on bots, a top government official said on Monday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 23, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 01:20 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Integrated ABS-CBN News solidly tops online #Halalan2019 coverage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 04:20 PM

ABS-CBN News dominated online coverage of the 2019 polls on election day, and even online buzz the months before it. Read more »

Riot in Indonesia

Dita Alangkara, AP
Posted at May 23 12:32 PM

Fire crackers explode near supporters of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto during clashes with the police in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday evening. Read more »