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sg.celebrity.yahoo.com - 13 May - True to hiswords, Richard Gomezwill take a temporaryhiatus from showbiz togive his full attention tohis new position as themayor of Ormoc City inLeyte. As reported onABS-CBN News, ...

Richard Gomez as Mayor: I'mgiving back to society

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mb.com.ph - Davao City, Philippines – ThePhilippines’ president-elect, rough-talking citymayor Rodrigo Duterte, announced plans onTuesday for an overhaul of the country’ssystem of government that would dev...

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visayanbizpost.tumblr.com - Spokesman clarifies Duterte's plans forcurfew, liquor ban DAVAO CITY - The spokesman for Davao City MayorRodrigo Duterte on Tuesday clarified some details about his plannedimplementation of a cu...

Spokesman clarifies Duterte's plans forcurfew, liquor ban

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interaksyon.com - MANILA - The closestadvisers of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte onThursday unveiled an 8-point economicagenda initially crafted with guidance from thepresumptive president, and priority given tome...

Duterte team unveils broad economicagenda

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - TACLOBANCITY – The wife of Mayor AlfredRomualdez is poised to take over hispost that he will vacate due to termlimits. Councilor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez, a former actress, wasproclaimed wi...

Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez is newTacloban City mayor

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visayanbizpost.com - Child workerstoiling in sugarcane plantations havebeen a sore issue hounding the sugarmanufacturing industry in Ormoc City.ORMOC CITY –– Residents from the onehundred and ten barangays of this...

Ormoc votersexpecting ‘results’ fromGomez and his team

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news.abs-cbn.com - MANILA - ActorRichard Gomez will be taking a break

After win, RichardGomez to take a breakfrom showbiz

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Vote-buying in full swing in Tacloban Citynews.abs-cbn.com Voting in the elections may beautomated but there's still cheating in the crudestform and that is vote buying. Atom Araullo tells uswhy it's difficult to stop the practice in...newspaper.visayanbizpost.com

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visayanbizpost.tumblr.com - Duterte criesat parents’ tombs, asks for help to lead nationDavao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, thecandidate leading the presidential race, visitedhis parents tombs early Tuesday and wept,GMA Da...

newsinfo.inquirer.net - WATCH Emotionsran high at LP Headquarters as @MARoxasconcedes to #Du30, supporters chant Roxas’name VotePH 2016 pic.twitter.com/EIilMlXMZ5— Julliane de Jesus (@JLDejesusINQ) May 10,2016 Emotio...

Roxas concedes defeat: I wish yousuccess, Mayor Duterte

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manilatimes.net - This was the message ofDavao City Mayor Duterte to his opponents inthe presidential race after he cast his vote onMonday. Speaking to reporters, Duterte saidthe past days of the election period...

Duterte to rivals: ‘Let us begin healingnow’

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visayanbizpost.tumblr.com - Leni Robredo welcomes possibleCabinet post under Duterte admin Leading vice presidential candidateCamarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo on Friday expressed willingness tojoin the Cabinet of presumptiv...

Leni Robredo welcomes possible Cabinetpost under Duterte admin

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channelnewsasia.com - MANILA: Thefrontrunner in the race to become thePhilippines' vice president, Leni Robredo, saidon Tuesday (May 10) that she will give her fullsupport to a future Rodrigo Duterteadministration,...

Robredo to give Duterte full support ifelected

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interaksyon.com - MANILA, Philippines --(UPDATE - 1:13 p.m.) Senate majority leaderAlan Peter Cayetano, who earlier conceded thevice presidential race, said administrationcandidate Leni Robredo had won the conte...

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visayanbizpost.tumblr.com - PENDINGPROBE ON SCRIPT CHANGE: Smartmaticpersonnel should not leave PhilippinesCommission on Elections (Comelec)

PENDING PROBE ON SCRIPT CHANGE:Smartmatic personnel should not leavePhilippines

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Richard Gomez will be taking a breakfrom show business now that he is themayor-elect of Ormoc City. Last Tuesday,the 50-year-old Gomez was proclaimedthe mayor of Ormoc City in Le...

interaksyon.com - TACLOBAN CITY,Philippines - In ground zero of typhoonYolanda (Haiyan), thousands of votersstill flocked to the precincts less than anhour before the official close of Monday'spolls. A big chal...

YOLANDA COUNTRY |Thousands hit bydisaster still hope forchange through theballot

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interaksyon.com - TACLOBAN CITY,Philippines -- A businessman on his firstforay into politics was on course to breakthe more than two-decade hold ofveteran politician Sergio Apostol on thesecond district congres...

Newbie on course tobreak veteran SergeApostol’s grip onLeyte's 2nd districtseat

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technology.inquirer.net - Thedaughter of Cristina Romualdez, thenewly-elected mayor of Yolanda-hitTacloban City, is in hot water forallegedly cursing and calling leading vicepresidential candidate Leni Robredo“ignoran...

Newly-electedTacloban mayorapologizes fordaughter’s tweetcursing Robredo

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - MAASIN CITY,Southern Leyte—The dominance of theMercados in Southern Leyte hascontinued. Gov. Roger Mercado wouldswitch places with his brother, Rep.Damian Mercado after both receivedlandslide...

Mercados continueLeyte dominance

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - TACLOBAN

Petilla wins freshmandate as Leytegovernor

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Commission on Elections (Comelec)Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said Sundaythat personnel of technology provider Sma...

smh.com.au - Bangkok: Thirty years after apopular uprising forced the Marcos family fromthe Philippines, the son of the late dictatorFerdinand Marcos has cried foul after fallingshort of pulling off a retur...

Philippines elections: Marcos jnr claimsfoul play as Leni Robredo leads VP race

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - Allies of Sen.Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday presented aself-styled “IT expert” who called on theCommission on Elections (Comelec) and itstechnology partner Smartmatic to open theircomputer sy...

Marcos camp seeks ‘public audit’ ofserver

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interaksyon.com - MANILA, Philippines --The Commission on Elections (Comelec) islooking to proclaim the 12 winners in thesenatorial race next week -- either on Tuesdayor Thursday (May 17 or 19). According toCom...

Comelec to proclaim 12 elected senatorseither Tuesday or Thursday next week

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news.abs-cbn.com - 1st transgenderrepresentative Geraldine Roman visits townchurch & offers prayer for her historic win.pic.twitter.com/JC5AWGLkIt |@mjfelipeMANILA -- Geraldine Roman on Tuesdaycelebrated overcom...

PH transgender politician celebrateshistoric win

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philstar.com - MANILA, Philippines – TheWorld Bank has approved $67 million infinancial assistance for two renewable energyguarantee programs that would help poorhouseholds in far-flung areas gain access toe...

World Bank extends $67-M grant forPhilippines renewable energy projects

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visayanbizpost.tumblr.com - Navy's brandnew sealift vessel arrives in Manila The BRPTarlac is part of te P3.87 billion two-vesselcontract entered into by the Philippinegovernment with an Indonesian shipbuilder PT

Navy's brand new sealift vessel arrivesin Manila

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - TACLOBANCITY, Philippines—Leyte Gov. LeopoldoDominico Petilla has just been given afresh mandate. He was proclaimed onTuesday night by the Board ofCanvassers after he trounced hisopponents in...

sunstar.com.ph - CATBALOGAN CITY --A mayoralty candidate in Samar townand his group were ambushed Monday,May 9, by armed men from the rivals’camp, the police said. Eastern VisayasPolice Director Jose Erwin Vil...

Samar mayoralty betambushed; 2 wounded

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mb.com.ph - TACLOBAN CITY -–Glitches in vote counting machines(VCMs) and consolidation canvassingsystem (CCS) had caused the delay inthe proclamation of some winners inLeyte, an official of the Commission...

Machine glitches delayofficial proclamation ofLeyte winners

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sunstar.com.ph - LIBERAL Party (LP)members who won the City Councilseats during May 9 elections vowed towork efficiently with the new TaclobanCity mayor to prevent a divisivegovernment. Councilor Jerry Uy said...

Tacloban oppositioncouncilors offer unitywith new mayor

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accuweather.com - A storm systemthat moved out of the Rockies and intothe central United States this weekproduced a plethora of severe stormsthat pounded the region with large hail,gusty winds and damaging torn...

Samar Weather -AccuWeather.com

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accuweather.com - A storm systemthat moved out of the Rockies and intothe central United States this week

produced a plethora of severe stormsthat pounded the region with large hail,gusty winds and damaging torn...

Leyte Weather -AccuWeather.com

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DZMM TeleRadyo:Duterte to revivedeath penaltydebates, says closeally

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24 Oras:PresumptivePresident Duterte,bagong cover ngTime magazine

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DZMM TeleRadyo:Candidates with theletter ñ: WhySmartmatic changedscript

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newsinfo.inquirer.net - ONCE upon a time,many of the lawmakers sported the coloryellow. That is why in a Congress whosemembers have a tradition of coalescing withwhoever occupies Malacañang, forming amajority in its ...

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Political clans retain control ofEastern Visayas’ 6 provinces

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Same names dominate EasternVisayas’ 12 seats in House ofRepresentatives

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gov.ph - Environment Secretary Ramon J.P.Paje has hailed the enactment of a lawpromoting the creation of “green jobs” oremployment activities that contributesubstantially to preserving the quality of th...

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bloomberg.com - Rodrigo Duterte isreinvigorating financial markets inthe Philippines with his transformation into abusiness-friendly leader. The peso is aloneamong Asian peers in gaining versus the dollarthis...

Duterte Has Investors SpellboundAdding Boon to Emerging Markets

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Philippine stocks bounce backfrom early losses

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news.abs-cbn.com - MANILA - After taking abreak from the taxing campaign period andelections, presumptive president RodrigoDuterte will start receiving well-wishers,including foreign dignitaries and members ofth...

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news.abs-cbn.com - MANILA - It all startedwhen someone from the media noticedsomething wrong with how the names of twoelectoral candidates were being displayed bythe Comelec server. Commission on ElectionsChairm...

Candidates with the letter ñ: WhySmartmatic changed script

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gov.ph - For the first time in Southeast Asia, a nationaltourism organization teams up with the award-winningcreative technology agency, Beautiful Destinations,[1]which built the largest travel and lifes...

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manilachannel.com - TACLOBAN CITY (Philippines) -Anative of this city is slowly making waves in New Yorkand as they say, “when you make it in New York, youcan make it anywhere.” This could appear to be thetrajecto...

LOOK: Tacloban cake makershines in New York

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