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Another teenager clerk, a junior at Christiana High School, tried to help out. She ran to the register, confronting the robber.
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"I don't believe this," she said.
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"You better believe it," he said before leaving.
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Twelve days later, the bandit was back. Again, he strayed away from Kirkwood Highway.
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His prey at 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 was Shelli's Place, a uniform shop owned by a nurse in Chestnut Hill Plaza. It sold puffy sleeve, white nurses' uniforms, pantsets, smocktops, lab coats and other outfits needed by service professionals.
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Inside the store that closed at 9:30 p.m., the bandit browsed the racks, picking up a silver and black woman's shirt.
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As he walked to the counter, the 21-year-old clerk Anna Roe Lynch watched him pull a wallet out of a pocket of his coat.
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But, he "never gave me any money," Lynch said.
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Instead, he reached into his other pocket and pulled out a gun.
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The bandit thanked her after she gave him $240 from the cash register.
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"He was so nice and polite that he didn't really scare me at all," said the tiny, dark-haired woman who peppered her sentences with casual laughter.
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Police saw the bandit differently.
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They believed the Gentleman Bandit was becoming less a gentleman. They feared he would hurt someone.
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“They wanted to prevent any injury to any future victims or the next people in line to be robbed,’’ Gebelein, the former state attorney general said in a recent interview with Delaware Online.
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The manhunt began. It didn't last long. Tips to police allowed them to zero in on one man.
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Father Bernard T. Pagano in 1979. Forty years ago, police charged the Catholic priest in the Diocese of Wilmington with the Gentleman Bandit crimes. The arrest shocked many of his parishioners.
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One of the most credible tips came from the wife of a retired city police sergeant, who said the sketch of the robber looked like a man with whom she had previously had a love affair with for 3 1/2 years.
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During that time, she said she also saw the man steal money.
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An arrest would soon follow – and it would shock not just Delaware, but the entire world.
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It was the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent – Feb. 27, 1979. A week after the seventh robbery. Forty-eight days after the spree started.
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And police had their man.
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The Rev. Bernard Thomas Pagano, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, was the Gentleman Bandit, police said.
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By all accounts, The Rev. Bernard Pagano did things his way and was no conventional ordained minister of the Catholic church. He didn't stay in a rectory. He had two separate homes. He lived with one woman and apparently had sexual relationships with others. Who was Father Pagano? And was he really the Gentleman Bandit?
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Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861, ptalorico@delawareonline.com or Twitter @pattytalorico. Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States would leave negotiations with North Korea if the upcoming meeting on leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear program goes south. “A bad deal is not an option," Pompeo said.
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the United States would leave negotiations with North Korea if the upcoming meeting on leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear program goes south.
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“A bad deal is not an option. The American people are counting on us to get this right. If the right deal is not on the table, we will respectfully walk away,” Pompeo said in his opening remarks for a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
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The nation's top diplomat has said that the United States is still working toward holding a historic summit with North Korea on June 12 in Singapore.
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He called denuclearization of North Korea "our top national security priority."
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"The maximum pressure campaign of diplomatic and economic sanctions is bearing fruit with the historic meeting set to take place on June 12th," and was supported by allies, Pompeo said. "Our posture will not change until we see credible steps taken toward the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
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He said the administration is "clear-eyed about the regime’s history."
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Past agreements with North Korea have resulted in many broken promises. "It’s time to solve this once and for all," he said.
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Pompeo has met twice with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, once in April as CIA director and earlier this month as secretary of State when he brought back three U.S. detainees held by North Korea.
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Kim appeared genuine and engaged in conversation, Pompeo said.
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"He knows the file. He doesn’t use notes. We had real conversations, not stilted talking points like we’ve had in the past with the North Koreans," Pompeo said. "He’s from a different generation. It’s my hope that when he meets with the president he’s willing to pursue a strategic shift."
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Pompeo defined "denuclearization" as President Trump's goal for North Korea to eliminate its nuclear weapons arsenal, and its capacity to develop and deliver such weapons.
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"There are multiple components of their system that threatens America," Pompeo said, including missiles, rocket engines, production of fissile nuclear material, and the capacity to produce that fissile material.
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"The president has made clear we are prepared to provide security assurances" to Kim, "if we get a good deal," Pompeo said.
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SPAIN’S National Geographic Institute (IGN) has registered 3.2 magnitude earthquake in the south of Spain this afternoon (Thursday).
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The 112 Andalucia emergency control centre confirmed they had received 34 from concerned residents in Granada, Churriana, Armilla, La Zubia and Ogíjares.
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The epicentre of today’s quake was Alhendín at an estimated depth of 5km.
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No personal or material damage has been reported.
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Earlier in the week six low-intensity earthquakes were felt in the Granada area on Monday afternoon between 2.29pm and 10.56pm and ranging between 1.5 and 2.8 on the Richter scale.
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The first had its epicentre in the municipality of Otura, the second in the Granada capital at 3.12pm (magnitude 2.8), the third (2.4) in Armilla at 3.48pm, fourth (1.5) in Huétor Vega at 5.06pm, fifth (2.2) in Armilla at 6.41pm and the last (2.4) in Ogíjares at 10.56pm.
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CALGARY, Alberta >> Ryan Getzlaf entered the NHL as a raw but talented rookie in 2005-06, joining a team with a roster filled with strong leaders on and off the ice. Scott Niedermayer was the Ducks’ captain in those days. Teemu Selanne was on the team and so was Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
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In time, Getzlaf found his voice. Niedermayer retired after the 2009-10 season and Getzlaf assumed the captaincy for 2010-11.
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“I think he’s evolved at it,” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said of Getzlaf’s leadership. “He’s gotten better at it. When I first got here, he did all the really good things off the ice. Sometimes he focused too much on all the team rather than his game.
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Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd and Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews are the other finalists for the award. Messier solicits nominations from league and team personnel and input from fans in making selections for the award.
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Messier was a six-time Stanley Cup champion during his playing days with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. The winner will be announced during the NHL’s awards ceremony June 24 in Las Vegas.
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Getzlaf credited his teammates for the recognition.
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Boudreau said he spoke to the NHL about Flames left wing David Wolf’s stick tap to Ducks right wing Corey Perry’s groin as the players passed during the Game 2 warmup Sunday at the Honda Center. Perry wasn’t injured, but looked over his shoulder to bark at Wolf.
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Perry feigned ignorance when asked about it, however.
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“I don’t remember,” Perry said.
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Reporters tried to refresh his memory.
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“I don’t remember,” he said.
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Defenseman Raphael Diaz returned to the Calgary lineup for Game 3 after sitting out for 12 games because of a lower-body injury. Left wing Micheal Ferland’s status was said to be a game-time decision after he didn’t play in Game 2 because of an unspecified injury.
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Calgary coach Bob Hartley wasn’t worried about overplaying anyone.
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“If I were working with bombs, minutes and seconds would be important,” he said.
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Brandon Huffman watched intently as Chip Kelly assembled his first full recruiting class at UCLA. Maybe recruiting would pick up after Kelly got his bearings during spring ball in April, the national recruiting analyst for 247Sports thought.
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When it didn’t, analysts waited to see if things would heat up once the season started. When it still didn’t, they waited until the season ended after Kelly had finished his first year at the helm.
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Now on the eve of the early signing period, analysts are still waiting.
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The Bruins, who had their scholarship numbers dip below 60 at some points last season due to injuries and transfers, have the second-smallest recruiting class in the Pac-12 entering this week’s early signing period with 12 known verbal commitments. The group is ranked 10th in the conference by the 247Sports composite. The three-star average per prospect is tied for second-lowest among Pac-12 schools, ahead of only Oregon State’s 2.9 stars per prospect.
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The UCLA offer is one of the most exclusive in the country, according to 247Sports. The Bruins offered the second-fewest recruits in the country among Power 5 schools for the 2019 class, barely ahead of Stanford, taking a deliberate approach that valued quality over quantity.
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UCLA’s highest-rated recruit, offensive lineman Sean Rhyan, is expected to sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday at San Juan Hills High. The four-star prospect is the No. 1 offensive lineman in California, according to 247 Sports, and the third-best offensive tackle in the country.
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Rhyan, a 6-foot-5, 302-pound prospect, was also courted by Alabama, Notre Dame, USC, Washington and Stanford, among others. The senior is one of three offensive linemen the Bruins have, joining Bishop Gorman High prospect Beau Taylor and Duke Clemens, a three-star prospect from Honolulu. Offensive line has long been a sore recruiting spot for the Bruins, but with newly promoted offensive coordinator Justin Frye leading the way, UCLA won a major recruiting battle to land Rhyan.
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“Justin Frye did a magnificent job on Sean Rhyan,” Huffman said.
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The Bruins could add another offensive lineman Wednesday with Sataoa Laumea, who will announce his commitment on the first day of the early signing period. The four-star prospect from Eisenhower High in Railto has narrowed his choices down to UCLA, Utah, Cal and USC.
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While UCLA is plugging holes on its offensive line, there are still major deficiencies on defense.
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The Bruins were so thin at linebacker last year that they had walk-ons playing significant snaps and at one point had just two healthy scholarship inside linebackers during practice. Nearing the first checkpoint of the recruiting cycle, UCLA has only one committed linebacker for the 2019 class. Palmdale’s John Ward will sign his NLI on Thursday. The 6-foot-3 linebacker is the only true prospect the Bruins have at the linebacker position for the early signing period, but they added a commitment from two-star athlete Hayden Harris on Monday. Harris, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound Washington native, played quarterback for Eastside Catholic High in Sammamish, Wash., but focused on outside linebacker as a senior.
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UCLA doesn’t have any committed defensive linemen, but are in contention for 6-foot-4, 330-pound defensive tackle Siale Liku, who will sign Wednesday. He had Cal, UCLA, Oregon State, Colorado and Illinois in his top five.
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Kelly is known for his unorthodox philosophies and perhaps his approach to the 2019 recruiting class is another example of the head coach thinking one step ahead. Although this year’s group is off to a slow start compared to other programs, Huffman said the staff is already working toward a strong 2020 class.
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This June 5-9 is the Ocean Conference, the high-level United Nations Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Coinciding with the global World Oceans Day, the Ocean Conference designed an official program for discussion around creating policy that ultimately enhances the conservation and sustainable use of oceans.
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While the UN has the significant task of galvanizing nations, government agencies and NGOs, creating discussion and initiative at the community level is key to reducing ocean pollution. But getting people working to solve environmental issues can take some strategy, especially for one this vast. Rising marine temperatures, ocean acidification and a seemingly insurmountable ocean plastic problem are topics that can be intimidating and are largely out of sight, out of mind for the average consumer.
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With so much on the line with regards to creating more sustainable infrastructures, it is important that we find ways to engage communities and make resources for clean ocean actions accessible.
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Kicking off the UN Ocean Conference June 4 is the inaugural World Ocean Festival, a day of celebration calling upon people to be “A Collective Voice for the World’s Ocean.” The Festival, organized by the Global Brain Foundation, invites current and potential stewards for the ocean to join them in New York City and around the world to bring public attention to the UN’s SDG Goal 14.
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The World Ocean Festival is an open, public event, recognizing that millions of people and organizations care about the oceans and will stand together for their protection. It provides opportunities for communities to participate in a global movement for the conservation, preservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems. In addition to the Ocean March, a first-of-its-kind parade of large and small boats on the water as a statement of unity for the ocean, and the Ocean Village on Governors Island, N.Y., the festival features art, education, innovation, and tools for action.
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The Festival may be one day out of the year, but celebrating oceans with a multi-faceted, exciting event has the potential to create collaborations and partnerships for positive change we can carry forward. Individuals and communities planning beach and river cleanups the day of the Festival and every time of year can tackle ocean pollution from another angle through TerraCycle’s Beach Plastic Cleanup Program. The program is free and offers local beach cleanup organizations the opportunity to recycle collected beach plastic for the first time.
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Beach cleanup organizations and other ocean-minded NGOs already partake in the important practice of picking waste up off of shorelines and working to restore ecosystems. But through the Beach Plastic Cleanup Program, they invest in the collection, processing and integration of beach plastics in new production, creating a market for these materials and diverting them from landfills, the avenue by which these items find their way into oceans and waterways.
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This year, the first discussion topic of the UN Ocean Conference’s official program session focuses on addressing marine pollution. It is estimated that 10-20 million tons of plastic end up in the world’s oceans each year. These include microplastics, which impose severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats. Recent reports confirm that deep-sea animals down in the Mariana Trench, Earth’s deepest point, are ingesting this pollution, which has also found its way into the Arctic. If things don’t change, we could see more plastics than fish in the ocean by 2050.
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Working toward UN SDG Goal 14 and the improvement of infrastructures affecting ocean and marine ecosystems is no small task. But shifting our collective gaze at all levels of engagement, from the UN to your weekend beach cleanup crew, is what will allow us to evaluate the nature of our systems and modify them for more sustainable development around the use of our oceans.
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You would think that high-profile model, New York Times bestselling author, and everyone's favorite Twitter presence Chrissy Teigen would have a superdetailed beauty and skincare routine, right? Not the case, she told us at SEPHORiA: House of Beauty in Los Angeles, Sephora's first foray into the experiential beauty festival space.
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Read on to see what Teigen said is her biggest (and most relatable) beauty mistake, her no-frills nighttime routine, and what she really thinks of her daughter Luna's makeup obsession.
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DEAR ABBY: My wife died a few years ago. I live alone and have been a bachelor since then. Old friends have been kind enough to pass along the names and phone numbers of widows or divorcees they felt would be of interest to me. I have taken several of them out to dinner. Some were interesting, but for one reason or another we didn�t have enough �chemistry� for me to call them for another date.
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DEAR WIDOWER: Conversations such as this can be awkward, which is why many people avoid having them. Because you feel you �should� say something, a way to handle it would be to say you had a nice time, but you are still grieving and are not ready for a relationship. Chemistry is supposed to be mutual, so don�t be surprised if some of the women aren�t interested in pursuing a relationship with you, either. That�s life.
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DEAR ABBY: I work in a store that is popular with teenagers. Every Christmas, parents and grandparents come in here with absolutely no clue what to get. Asking �What�s popular right now?� doesn�t help. (What�s cool to one teen may be lame to another.) I�d like to offer a couple of tips to help clueless relatives select the right gift for their teen.
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(1) Bring a recent photo of her or him. We can tell a lot by looking. It will provide hints as to what kind of gift they may like.
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(2) Copy a list of their �likes� from Facebook and bring it with you. It may mention books, music, movies or other interests that will make it easy to track down something they would enjoy.
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DEAR VALERIE: Bless you for writing. I�m sure many parents and grandparents will take your suggestions to heart. Santa isn�t the only one who needs a �helper� at Christmastime.
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DEAR ABBY: What do you think of a 30-year-old man who posted every detail about his breakup with my daughter on Facebook for all of their 1,000 friends and family members to read? There was some personal and very painful stuff.
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DEAR HURTING: Welcome to the wonderful world of the Internet, where millions of individuals have chosen to live their lives online for all to see. And while you and I might consider what happened to be a form of kissing-and-telling, bragging, a bid for sympathy and in poor taste, the people who love your daughter will � unfriend � this person, and those who love gossip will devour every detail with relish.
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In time your daughter will realize she is lucky this relationship is over. Whether her former boyfriend used Facebook to gain 15 minutes of fame or as a weapon to hurt her, I think she can do better. Don�t you?
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MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it will start shipping ballots to different posts abroad for the overseas absentee voting (OAV) next week.
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“First shipment will be second week of March. We have finished the printing of ballots and right now we have started the packing of the ballots which will be shipped to different posts to be delivered to voters overseas. These envelopes contain the ballots, instructions to voters and also the list of candidates for the 2019 elections,” Elaiza David, Director III at the Office for Overseas Voting, told reporters.
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Filipinos abroad will be voting for national positions only, 12 senators and one party-list group.
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The voting period is 30 days, which will begin on April 13, (host country time) and will end on May 13 (Philippine Time).
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There is a total of 1,822,173 overseas voters, majority of them are in the Middle East and Africa.
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The OAV turnout in the 2016 presidential elections was at 31 percent while the recorded participation of voters in the 2013 mid-term polls was at 16 percent.
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