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Pagpapaliban ng barangay polls kabilang sa maaaring prayoridad ng Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 08:01 PM

Ang pagpapaliban ng barangay elections ay para umano makatipid at mapondohan ang panibagong COVID-19 stimulus package. Read more »

Lawyer denies poll postponement plea meant to extend Duterte term

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:04 AM

A lawyer whose coalition is seeking the postponement of next year's polls denied Monday that his group's petition was intended to keep President Rodrigo Duterte in office. Read more »

Comelec urged to postpone 2022 elections

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 07:12 PM

A group calling itself Coalition for Life and Democracy on Friday filed a petition at the Comelec seeking to postpone the May 2022 elections. Read more »

Solon seeks to postpone 2022 barangay, SK polls

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 07:19 PM

In his explanatory note, Davao Oriental 2nd District Rep. Mayo Almario cited the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for his proposal. Read more »

Bill postponing Bangsamoro polls now up for Duterte nod

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:40 PM

The bill is now expected to be transmitted to Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte's approval or veto. Read more »

PBA: League postpones Blackwater vs Phoenix game due to COVID-19 protocols

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 08:54 PM

The Philippine Basketball Association postponed Saturday's game between Blackwater and Phoenix to a latter date to follow the league's COVID-19 safety protocols. Read more »

POC hopes Vietnam to push through with SEA Games this November

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 06:38 PM

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is hoping that Vietnam will push through with the 31st Southeast Asian Games in November. Read more »

Amid postponement talk, SEA Games must go on, says PH Olympic body head

Manolo Pedralvez
Updated as of Jun 09 08:57 AM

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said he would want the Vietnam Games to continue later this year. Read more »

Olympics: 'We cannot postpone again,' Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 07:29 PM

TOKYO - The head of Japan's Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. Read more »

Adviser frets about Japan Olympics, volunteers reported quitting

Antoni Slodkowski and Sakura Murakami, Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 08:17 PM

TOKYO - Japan's most senior medical adviser said on Wednesday that hosting the Olympics during a pandemic was "not normal" while media reported thousands of volunteers quitting in advance. Read more »

Olympics: Beset by coronavirus wave, Tokyo's doctors lead push against the Games

Reuters
Posted at May 26 06:19 PM

TOKYO - When Hiroki Saito took over the intensive-care ward on Tuesday morning, room No. 8 at the end of its cordoned-off section had been cleaned, locked up, and a ventilator beaming red light set in motion to disinfect the air.   Read more »

Tokyo Olympics chief commits to Games as infections surge

Reuters
Posted at Apr 16 09:17 PM

TOKYO - Tokyo's Olympics chief said on Friday that Japan was committed to holding a safe Games this summer, as a surge in COVID-19 cases prompted an expansion of contagion controls and with fresh calls for the Games to again be postponed or cancelled. Read more »

Tennis: French Open postponed to May 30 amid COVID-19 crisis

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 08 05:19 PM

PARIS - This year's French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) said on Thursday. Read more »

No reason to postpone 2022 elections, says Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:25 PM

MANILA - There's no reason to postpone the 2022 elections, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday, days after a lawmaker suggested to delay it due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Suhestiyong 'no-el' sa 2022 tinutulan, pinutakte sa social media

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 08:56 PM

Tingin ng Makabayan bloc, magkaka-constitutional crisis kung ipipilit ang pagpapaliban ng halalan dahil sa pandemic.  Read more »

Proposed postponement of 2022 polls 'unconstitutional': senators

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 11:57 AM

Several senators on Friday criticized a proposal to defer the 2022 national elections in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, extending the terms of elected officials is "unconstitutional." Read more »

Hong Kong police swoop on postponed poll protests

Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 09:53 PM

Nearly 100 people were arrested by Hong Kong police on Sunday as riot officers swooped on democracy protesters opposed to the postponement of local elections.   Read more »

UP Board of Regents rejects students' appeal to postpone school opening

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 01:01 PM

The University of the Philippines has rejected students' plea to postpone the start of the academic year over concerns on the shift to remote learning. Read more »

NBA players vote to continue playoffs after action halted for a day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 01:08 AM

The decision followed a day of tumult in the NBA on Wednesday, when the Bucks refused to play against the Magic in protest at the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin Sunday. Read more »

‘Mga guro natatakot’: Gatchalian wants Aug. 24 school opening rescheduled

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 01:02 PM

Meanwhile, the senator said private schools that are ready to conduct online learning may proceed with the scheduled school opening. Read more »