Tag: elections

East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter as their next leader

The former priest said he feels “a prophetic challenge and urge to act, or even a call and duty to enforce the politics of conscience”

Political scions, celebrities and ex-convicts are among the contenders vying for more than 18,000 posts in the May 9 polls

The campaign has a website that serves as a depository of profiles of candidates and their stand on various issues

Just over 1.3 million registered voters, or 29.28 percent, had cast their ballots in geographical constituencies by 9.30 p.m.

The election is a key provision in a 2014 peace agreement aimed at ending conflict and is due to take place in May 2022

Opinion polls show Duterte remains hugely popular, despite his bloody anti-drugs campaign and criticism of the pandemic response

One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s general election on Nov. 8, Sithu Maung, worries fake news...

Election officials wore transparent face shields while medical personnel were deployed to ensure voters abided by rules to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus