Tag: Presidential

Poland’s Duda holds slim lead in presidential election, exit poll suggests

Poland’s Duda holds slim lead in presidential election, exit poll suggests

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Poland's incumbent President Andrzej Duda holds a slim lead after Sunday's presidential election, according to an ... Read More

Poland presidential election heads for second round – exit poll

Poland presidential election heads for second round – exit poll

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Exit polls in Poland's presidential election suggest the incumbent, Andrzej Duda, has finished first but without ... Read More

Poland’s clash of values in presidential election

Poland’s clash of values in presidential election

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Poles vote on Sunday in a presidential ballot that could place significant curbs on the power ... Read More

Malawi presidential election: Polls to open in historic re-run

Malawi presidential election: Polls to open in historic re-run

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Polls are to open in Malawi a year on from President Peter Mutharika's disputed election victory ... Read More

Presidential Task Force to protect archaeological sites

Presidential Task Force to protect archaeological sites

May 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that a Presidential Task Force will be appointed under the Defence Secretary ... Read More

Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election – [IMAGES]

Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election – [IMAGES]

Jan 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Bissau) - Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been elected president after winning a run-off vote ... Read More

Presidential election voting begins

Presidential election voting begins

Nov 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Voting for the presidential election commenced at 7 am today at 12,845 polling centres island-wide. The ... Read More

Royal Park murder convict released on presidential pardon

Royal Park murder convict released on presidential pardon

Nov 10, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha, who was sentenced to death over the Royal Park murder case in ... Read More

Hemasiri to appear before Presidential Commission on Oct 18

Hemasiri to appear before Presidential Commission on Oct 18

Oct 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando has been asked to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry ... Read More

UPDATE: Kumara Welgama steps out of presidential race

UPDATE: Kumara Welgama steps out of presidential race

Oct 7, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama who placed his cash deposit as an Independent candidate will not contest the ... Read More

Top Presidential hopefuls to share platform today

Top Presidential hopefuls to share platform today

Oct 5, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A special forum at which all front running Presidential candidates will be granted the opportunity to ... Read More

Chamal Rajapaksa enters Presidential race

Chamal Rajapaksa enters Presidential race

Oct 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Parliamentarian Chamal Rajapaksa today (Oct 4) made his cash deposit to contest at the upcoming Presidential ... Read More

Closing date for presidential poll postal vote applications on Sept 30

Closing date for presidential poll postal vote applications on Sept 30

Sep 21, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Polls chief Mahinda Deshapriya has informed that the closing date to accept postal vote applications for ... Read More

PAFFREL calls for new laws on presidential candidates

PAFFREL calls for new laws on presidential candidates

Sep 21, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -An elections monitoring group has called for new laws to prevent individuals from coming forward as presidential candidates to gain ... Read More

Presidential Commission issues notices to Secretary to PM

Presidential Commission issues notices to Secretary to PM

Aug 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Secretary to the Prime Minister Saman Ekanayake has been issued notices to appear before the Presidential Commission of ... Read More