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Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the coalition must work towards re-establishing its political dominance. (Facebook pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional hopes to expand its presence in the Federal Territories by contesting five parliamentary seats at the next general election, BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. He said BN will have discussions with its […]
TOKYO, Nov 15 (News On Japan) – The Ishiba Cabinet announced its appointments for vice ministers and parliamentary secretaries on November 13th, selecting Akiko Ikuina and Eriko Imai, both former idols and current members of the House of Councillors. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized a commitment to humble and action-driven governance. The selections notably excluded […]
Voting began in Sri Lanka’s snap parliamentary election on Thursday, where voters will decide whether newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will win enough seats to push his anti-poverty and economic recovery policies. More than 17 million eligible voters will elect lawmakers to parliament for a five-year term. There are 8,821 candidates vying for the 196 […]
MANILA, Philippines — The interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has yet to finalize its position on postponing its first parliamentary elections, said Senator Grace Poe on Monday. Poe said this during the Senate plenary debates for the 2025 General Appropriations Bill after being asked by Senate Minority Leader […]
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimates the Trans Mountain pipeline is worth less than it cost to build, according to an updated financial assessment of the controversial project. The budget watchdog says the pipeline could be worth between $29.6 billion and $33.4 billion, depending on what happens after the initial 20-year contracts expire. Meanwhile, the […]
MANILA, Philippines – The filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will begin on Monday. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Garcia said more military and police forces are deployed to the Bangsamoro region during the filing period which ends Nov. 9. “During the meeting […]
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party’s headquarters following the lower house election, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority, with public broadcaster NHK projecting that the Liberal […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president said Sunday she did not recognize the results of this weekend’s parliamentary vote, which election officials say was won by the ruling party, adding that the country fell victim to a “Russian special operation” aimed at moving it off a path toward Europe. Standing alongside opposition leaders, President Salome […]
Hungary has called on the EU to strip parliamentary immunity from the Italian MEP Ilaria Salis, who was detained for 16 months in Budapest after an alleged attack on neo-Nazis. The case of Salis, 39, a teacher from Monza, near Milan, sparked diplomatic protests and anger in Italy after she was brought last January to […]
(From left to right) Justice Mansoor Ali Shah , Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Yahya Afridi. — SC website A meeting of the newly constituted Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) to nominate the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) will meet again at 8:30pm after the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) members skipped its maiden proceeding. […]