2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, June
The Timber's played their final June league match at home against Houston Dynamo. Playing in 87(°F) degree weather, the Timbers fell behind two goals in the 28th and 30th minute. At the 2nd half, the Timbers would rally back with a goal from Lucas Melano, assisted by Diego Valeri in the 63rd minute. Diego Valeri was gifted a penalty at the 82nd minute which he successfully converted. Finally near the final whistle, at the 90+1 minute, Diego Valeri was given another penalty shot and successfully sent the ball to the back of the net, completing the Timber's comeback and collecting all 3 points.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, June
The Timbers would be eliminated from the U.S. Open Cup, following a 0–1 loss to LA Galaxy.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
The Timbers start their month of July on the road against Colorado Rapids, who would be starting veteran USA goalkeeper, Tim Howard for the first time. The Timbers were without Diego Valeri and Liam Ridgewell, however, both sides were able to keep a clean sheet and ended the match 0-0.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
Continuing their 6-match unbeaten streak, the Timbers traveled to New York to face the Red Bulls. Still without Adam Kawarsey and Diego Valeri, the Timbers held a clean sheet with New York at 0–0, giving both teams a point and raising the Timber's unbeaten streak to 7.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
After a very short break, the Timbers returned home to face Montreal Impact. With both sides still missing key players such as Diego Valeri for the Timbers and Didier Drogba for the Impact,  both sides would fight for a draw with Jack McInerney being the lone scorer for the Timbers. This put the Timbers to 8 games without a loss.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
For the first time this year, the Timbers met with their main rivals, Seattle Sounders FC at home. Diego Valeri would return from his injury and capture a brace in the 44th and 50th minute with one being assisted by Lucas Melano and the other by Jermaine Taylor. Chad Marshall of Seattle Sounders FC would give them one goal; however, Fanendo Adi would put the Timbers back up by two with a goal in the 64th minute, assisted by Melano. The Timbers would win 3–1 and putting them currently in first place for the Cascadia Cup by goal differentials.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
Attempting to continue to their undefeated streak, the Timbers went against LA Galaxy at home. LA was without Steven Gerrard and the Timbers without Liam Ridgewell. The Galaxy were able to take a commanding lead with goals from Robbie Keane in the 7th minute and Gyasi Zardes in the 11th minute. Zarek Valentin, assisted by Darlington Nagbe, was able to give the Timbers a goal before the end of the half. Shortly after, Nat Borchers would suffer an Achilles tendon injury that would leave him out for the remainder of the season. In the end, the Timbers would fall 2–1 and ending their streak at 9.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, July
Portland went on the road for the final time for the month and a start to a back to back match of home and away against Sporting Kansas City. The Timbers were table to hold the score 0–0 at the half, but a goal from Jacob Peterson off of a free kick from Benny Feilhaber. The Timbers would take another loss as they prepare for CONCACAF Champions League Group play starting mid week.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
For their 2nd time in MLS history, the Timbers began their play in the CONCACAF Champions League. Their first match in group B was at home against Club Deportivo Dragón. The Timbers struck first with a goal from Jack McInerney in the 21st minute from a light touch from Diego Valeri's pass. Dragón would answer back in the 76th minute with a goal from Kenroy Howell. Finally, in the 90th minute, Adi was able to take a header that hit the crossbar. Valeri was able to capture the rebound and take a shot that deflected off multiple players of C.D. Dragón and slowly roll slightly pass the line, sealing the Timber's victory, 2–1.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
The Timber's completed their first home/away back to back match, this time at home versus Sporting Kansas City. Vytautas Andriuškevičius started his first MLS league match and played in his natural left fullback position. The Timber's lost a man early with Diego Chará getting a straight red, however, 32 minutes later, Sporting Kansas City's Soni Mustivar would also be shown a straight red card, making it an even 10-man match. During the second half, the Timber's would burst to life with an amazing goal from Diego Valeri in the 65th minute that was taken from a bounce off the pitch.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
Near the end of the match, Jack Jewsbury would score a howler in the 87th minute from a burdened Darlington Nagbe who was able to complete the pass having dealt with two defenders attacking him. Finally, Fanendo Adi would seal the victory with a goal in final minutes of the match. The Timbers were able to get revenge from last week and again move into playoff positioning at 6th place.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
The Timber's traveled to the District of Columbia where they fell 0–2 to D.C. United.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
The Timbers traveled north to face their main rivals, Seattle Sounders FC. Both teams were able to keep it 0-0 at the half but at the 61st minute, Clint Dempsey was awarded a penalty from a clip from Vytautas Andriuskevicius. The Sounders would convert and make it 1–0. In the 80th minute, Dempsey was able to capture a brace from an assist from Cristian Roldan who would also score in the 83rd minute, putting Seattle up 3–0.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
Fanendo Adi, who did not start due to a report of the player missing the team plane as punishment, was able to score the last goal and prevent a shut out from Seattle in added time. The Timbers would fall 1–3 to their rivals who they will meet again next week.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
For the final time during regular season play, the Timbers went against their main rivals, Seattle Sounders at home. The Sounders would be without Clint Dempsey after he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat earlier in the week. Looking for revenge from last week's loss, the Timbers were able to provide a dominant first half, scoring 4 goals and keeping Seattle quiet until the second half. The first goal in the 16th minute was a header by Vytas, assisted by Jack Jewsbury.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
The ball took a deflection off an attempted save from Stefan Frei, hitting the top crossbar, and crossed the line before rolling back out. The 2nd goal was in the 29th minute by Fanendo Adi from a saved shot from Diego Valeri and send the ball into the back of the net. In the 29th minute, Lucas Melano captured a goal after passing the ball to Valeri, then sent to Chara, then back to Melano to complete the assists. On his 2nd start, Steven Taylor would get a quick header from a set piece from Valeri.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, August
This would be Taylor's first goal with the Timbers. Seattle would manage to get two goals in the 2nd half. One from  Andreas Ivanschitz, assisted by Nicolas Lodeiro in the 47th minute and one by Jordan Morris in the 51st minute, assisted by Ivanschitz and Lodeiro. The Timbers would hold on to collect 3 points from a final score of 4–2.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
The Timbers traveled to Frisco, Texas to attempt to get their first road win of the season that they still desperately seek. The Timbers, without Darlington Nagbe or Alvas Powell due to call-ups for national team play, went against FC Dallas who lost 5 starters due to national competition as well. The Timbers gave up an early penalty to FC Dallas in the 14th minute, taken and scored by Mario Díaz. Dallas would score again in added time of the first half, this time a goal to Victor Ulloa, putting Dallas up 2–0.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
In the 53rd minute, Dallas would put themselves comfortably in the lead again with a goal from Walker Zimmerman, assisted by Mario Díaz. The Timbers would be able to prevent a shut out with a goal from Diego Valeri in the 87th minute, assisted by Zarek Valentin; however, it would not be enough and the Timbers still look for a road win with only 3 more away matches left in regular season play.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
On September 7, 2016, Chris Klute was loaned out to Minnesota United FC until the remainder of the season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
On September 10, the Timbers hosted Real Salt Lake in a crucial match that would keep them fully in control of their playoff fate. They would prevail with a lone goal in the 12th minute from Fanendo Adi, who sent the Timbers on a 1–0 victory, shutting out Salt Lake. The Timbers would now prepare for their 2nd CONCACAF Champions League match.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
Playing their first CONCACAF Champions league away match of the year, the Timbers traveled to Costa Rica to take on Deportivo Saprissa. Diego Valeri would strike first putting the timbers up in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, Jermaine Taylor would equalize for Saprissa in the 33rd minute. In the 45th and 73rd minutes, Saprissa was awarded two penalties, both taken and scored by Marvin Angulo. Saprissa got their final goal from Fabrizio Ronchetti in the 60th minute. Finally, Fanendo Adi scored in the 68th minute but still would not be enough and the Timbers would settle for a 4–2 loss.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
On September 18, Jack Jewsbury, the first Timbers captain of their MLS era, announced he would retire at the end of the 2016 season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
Ending their busy week, the Timbers hosted Philadelphia Union. The match went scoreless during the first half, however at the start of the second, Diego Valeri put the ball in the back of the net in the 46th minute, assisted by Darren Mattocks. Immediately after, Chris Pontius would equalize Philadelphia making it 1–1. A few minutes later, Fanendo Adi would put the Timbers back in the lead with a goal in the 53rd minute. In the 85th minute, Philadelphia's Joshua Yaro would be should a 2nd yellow and be sent off, giving the Timbers breathing room to close out the match at 2–1. For the first time this year, the Timbers would move up to 5th place.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
The Timbers traveled to Houston where they went against Houston Dynamo. Still looking for their first road win of the season, the Timbers would fall 3–1 with a lone goal from Diego Valeri in the 51st minute. Houston's Mauro Manotas would capture a hat trick.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, September
The Timbers traveled to their final away match in CCL Group Stage play to face Club Deportivo Dragón in El Salvador. The Timbers would go down by a goal by Kevin Melara in the 54th minute. Fanendo Adi would score in the 79th minute, giving the Timbers a chance to pull back. In the 90th minute, Darlington Nagbe was able to take a free kick and send the ball in the back of the net, granting the Timbers first away win of the year by finishing the match 2-1 and keeping the Timbers hopes for CCL advancement alive.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
As the regular season begins to come to a close and still chasing a playoff spot, the Timbers traveled to Commerce City to face Colorado Rapids. The Timbers attempted to serve Colorado their first loss at home with a goal from Diego Valeri that was called offside. Later in the 63rd Sebastien Le Toux would put the Rapids ahead and take all 3 points from the Timbers with a final score of 1–0.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
On October 14, the Timbers announced that they have signed Portland Timbers 2 defender, Marco Farfan to a Homegrown Player deal. He will be on the active roster during the start of the 2017 season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
Playing their final regular season home match, the Timbers continued their away/home back-to-back matches with Colorado Rapids. Before the start of the anthem, Jack Jewsbury was honored and said his goodbyes to the crowd. After the anthem, the Timbers Army raised a tifo saying "Always keep your goals in focus and beautiful things will develop" with two sticks off of each player as a developed photo. The match began and in the 35th minute, the Timbers were awarded a penalty and it was successfully converted by Fanendo Adi.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
Shortly after in the 39th minute, the Timbers were awarded another penalty and was to be taken by Fanendo Adi, unfortunately, the shot was blocked and missed on the rebound. The Timbers would win 1-0, putting them in full control of their playoff destiny with a win next week in Vancouver.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
On October 18, Ned Grabavoy announced that he would retire at the end of the season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Season review, October
The Timbers traveled for their final match of the season up in Vancouver, B.C. where they challenged Vancouver Whitecaps F.C. for a chance to reach the playoffs and win the Cascadia Cup. The Timbers Army opened with an E.T. themed tifo saying "Let's get you home". The match would prove to be a disaster as the Timbers only scored a single goal off a penalty taken and converted by Diego Valeri in the 72nd minute. The Timbers fell, 1–4, losing both a playoff spot and the Cascadia Cup, marking an end to the 2016 season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Competitions overview
Updated to match played October 23, 2016Source: CompetitionsMLS Supporters' Shield, MLS Western Conference, and Cascadia Cup are all part of MLS regular season play. As a result, only the Supporters' Shield portion is included in the total.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, MLS regular season
The 2016 MLS regular-season schedule was released on January 7, 2016.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, MLS Cup Playoffs
The Timbers did not defend their 2015 MLS Cup win. They went into the final match of the season needing their first road win of the 2016 season to clinch a playoff berth. The Timbers lost the match against the Vancouver Whitecaps, 4–1, in what was a "shameful ending to a deeply disappointing season."


2016 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in MLS regular-season games versus the other participants.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Kits
Kits are used for a period of two years. Afterwards, a new kit is released. The year for each kit is offset so that one of the two changes each year. The primary kit is due to change at the end of this year.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Kits, Primary kit
The first kit was released in 2015 and was used until the end of the 2016 season. It features a large chevron on the chest with its primary colors being dark green, light green, and white. It features the sponsor Alaska Airlines on the front. In 2016, the first kit was altered to have Alaska's Airline's logo changed to their new logo, which just uses "Alaska". The kit also received a golden star, which is formal for any club who wins the MLS Cup the previous year. Inside the star can be found a "15" to commemorate the 2015 year.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Kits, Secondary kit
The new secondary kit will be used from 2016 until the end of the 2017 season. It features a red fading to black hoop style with each fade's border being the shape of thorns which represents Portland's nickname, the Rose City. The kit however is not full hoops, the back is a solid red where the player's  name and number are featured. The kit also has an alternative Alaska Airlines logo, however, with "Airlines" in small font below the logo.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Kits, Third, alternative kit
The Timbers did not have a third kit for the 2016 season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Squad information, First-team squad
All players contracted to the club during the season included. Last updated: August 8, 2016


2016 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions, 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft picks
The first stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 11, 2015. The second stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2015.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions, 2016 MLS SuperDraft Picks
Rounds 1 and 2 of the draft were held on January 14, 2016. Rounds 3 and 4 of the draft were held on January 19, 2016.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions, National Team Participation
Six Timbers players have been called up to play for their national teams during this season.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Goalkeeper stats
The list is sorted by total minutes played then by jersey number.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Top assists
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2016 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2016 Portland gas explosion
A large natural gas explosion occurred in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, USA, at NW 23rd Avenue and NW Glisan Street on October 19, 2016. Nearby excavation caused a natural gas leak that triggered the explosion, which injured eight people and caused $17.2 million in property damages. The PUC (Oregon Public Utility Commission) determined the cause to be inadequate notification by the contractor, Loy Clark Pipeline. Thirteen buildings were damaged, including total destruction of the Alfred C.F. Burkhardt House, built in 1906 and listed on the NRHP (National Register of Historic Places).


2016 Portland gas explosion, Timeline
The accident occurred while Loy Clark Pipeline was installing a junction box in a sidewalk for Comcast at NW 23rd Avenue and NW Glisan Street. At 8:55 a.m., an excavator called the local gas company NW Natural after he hit and dislodged a natural gas pipeline belonging to them. The pipe did not break, but was pulled out of a valve some distance away, causing leaking gas to travel under the sidewalk and fill the basement of 500 NW 23rd Avenue.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Timeline
NW Natural responded to fix the leak but decided to call the Portland Fire & Rescue because they found "dangerously high levels of natural gas". A limited number of firefighters (three engines and one truck) showed up and Battalion Chief Scott Beyers made the call to evacuate the businesses and residences near the intersection where the leak occurred.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Timeline
500 NW 23rd Avenue ultimately exploded. The blast occurred around 9:38 a.m. after reports of strong gas odor. Eight people were injured, including three firefighters and two police officers. After the explosion, hundreds of firefighters, police officers and paramedics responded. Hospitals and emergency services went into "mass-casualty mode" and made worst-case preparations. The nearby Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center went without power in four of its buildings. Some 2,500 customers lost electricity after the incident. About 420 students at Metropolitan Learning Center, many who were in the process of taking their PSAT tests, were evacuated and transported to the Portland Public Schools headquarters as a precaution.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Aftermath
In 2018, ten lawsuits were filed against Loy Clark Pipeline, the company responsible for the blast. Loy Clark Pipeline was founded in 1957 and in 2016 was a part of Bismarck, North Dakota-based MDU Construction Services Group, Inc. The Oregon Public Utility Commission concluded "Insufficient Notice to the Oregon Utility Notification Center by Loy Clark Pipeline Co." as the root cause. KATU reported that Loy Clark Pipeline in five years leading up to the accident had six OSHA violations. Asbestos was found in the debris two days after the explosion. The building had abatement work done in 1990, but it did not include the roofing, which contained 35% asbestos.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Aftermath
Among the eight injured was a dental hygienist who was hit by glass shards. They filed a lawsuit for $689,000 against Loy Clark Pipeline. The owners of the building at 520–526 NW 23rd Avenue also named Comcast and Bremik Construction in addition to Loy Clark Pipeline in their lawsuit for "not properly vetting Loy Clark before hiring the contractor." For this incident, The Oregonian reported that OSHA fined Tualatin, Oregon-based Loy Clark Pipeline $4,900, and noted they dug on the north side of NW 23rd Avenue even though their notification was to dig on the south side. The American Red Cross set up a shelter for people displaced by the explosion.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Aftermath
In a press conference Portland Mayor Charlie Hales later stated that "It's a miracle no one was killed. ".


2016 Portland gas explosion, Aftermath
The Oregonian reported in December 2019 that two additional businesses, Portland Bagelworks and Dosha SalonSpa, had filed lawsuits.


2016 Portland gas explosion, Aftermath
The destroyed Alfred C. F. Burkhardt House had been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2000.


2016 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
The 2016 Portland mayoral election was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 to elect the 53rd mayor of Portland, Oregon. Ted Wheeler was elected after garnering 54% of the primary vote. Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales did not seek a second term.


2016 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
Portland uses a nonpartisan system for local elections, in which all voters are eligible to participate. All candidates are listed on the ballot without any political party affiliation.


2016 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
Fifteen candidates competed in a blanket primary election on May 17, 2016. As Ted Wheeler garnered 54% of the vote, a scheduled November 8 runoff election, scheduled in case that no candidate received an absolute majority, did not take place. Jules Bailey was the first runner-up in the primary, receiving 16% of the vote.


2016 Portland, Oregon mayoral election, Primary, Withdrawn
The deadline for withdrawing from the race was March 11, 2016. Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales was widely seen as the frontrunner in the election, announcing his bid for re-election in March 2015. In an unexpected move in October 2015, however, Hales announced he would drop his re-election bid and focus on running the city during his final year in office.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots
On November 10, 2016, three days of protests in Portland, Oregon, turned into a riot, when a group of anarchists broke off from a larger group of peaceful protesters who were opposed to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Riots
A number of businesses were damaged, and 26–29 people were arrested during the first day of the incident. Police used rubber bullets, pepper spray and flash bang devices to disperse the protesters who became violent. During the riot, glass bottles and trash cans were thrown at police. Rioters used rocks and baseball bats to cause much of the damage. A dumpster was also lit on fire. Members of the protest who opposed the violence intervened when a man tried to destroy a piece of electrical equipment with a bat. Another altercation began when a woman began throwing laundry detergent at people in the crowd.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Riots
The riot spread from the Downtown area, into the Pearl District, where additional businesses were vandalized. At 10:00 p.m., police told protesters who had not returned to Pioneer Courthouse Square that they would face arrest. Authorities also closed local stretches of Interstate 5 (I-5) and I-84 as a precaution, and warned motorists to watch for people in roadways.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Riots
On November 11, the next day, protests continued. Police used flash bangs to disperse crowds until nearly midnight, including one group in front of City Hall. Police made several additional arrests throughout the day. Early the next morning, several people in a vehicle on the Morrison Bridge got into an argument with a protester. A man exited the vehicle, and shot the protester before escaping; the injured man's wounds were not considered life-threatening. Police later arrested four men in relation to the shooting, and charged two of them with attempted murder. Police seized a TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol that was found in the suspects' vehicle.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Riots
The protests remained ongoing into the night of November 12. Police arrested nineteen additional protesters who either refused to leave the area, or were suspected of other crimes. A reporter for local television station KOIN was assaulted. In reaction to the ongoing disturbances, police closed Pioneer Courthouse Square and a two-block perimeter around the park, and warned that anyone who remained would face arrest. Two other people were also assaulted, and a total of 62 people have been arrested as a result of the rioting and other disturbances. On November 13, police updated the figure of total arrests to 113, with 71 arrested on November 12 alone. Protesters reportedly threw lit road flares at police officers.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Damage and aftermath
Numerous businesses were damaged during the rioting. Windows of a Chase Bank, a Starbucks, and many other privately owned shops were smashed. Twelve vehicles at a Toyota dealership, across the Willamette River, had windows smashed out, and had roofs caved in. Anti - Trump graffiti was spray painted on buildings downtown. By the fourth day of the riots, Portland police chief Mike Marshman estimated that damages exceeded $1 million. In addition, the cost to the City of Portland exceeded $500,000 in police overtime alone. This cost does not include use of, or damage to, police ammunition, equipment or other property. Police used postings on social media to track down vandals with numerous arrests made in the days following the riots.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Damage and aftermath
The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced it would not be prosecuting some of the people arrested during the riots, although all 113 arrested were given a criminal citation for failing to obey a police officer, along with a class B traffic violation that carries a presumptive fine of $260. Detectives and prosecutors will continue to investigate and have three years to file felony charges.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Reaction
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales said that while he supports the right of citizens to peacefully protest, he condemned the violence and warned protesters to stay out of traffic.


2016 Portland, Oregon riots, Reaction
KGW compiled a list of the 112 people arrested during the riots and compared them to state voter logs. They found that at least 79 of the arrested rioters either didn’t turn in a ballot or weren’t registered to vote in the state.


2016 Portsmouth City Council election
The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council. This took place on the same day as other local elections taking place around the UK, including the London Mayoral election, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections.


2016 Portsmouth City Council election
14 of 42 seats were contested during these elections within this unitary authority.


2016 Portsmouth City Council election
After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election):


2016 Portsmouth City Council election
Following the election, the Conservative minority administration that had governed Portsmouth since 2014 continued in office.


2016 Portsmouth City Council election, Election result
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2012.


2016 Portsmouth City Council election, Ward results
The incumbent councillor, Aiden Grey, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to Labour six months after his election.


2016 Portugal wildfires
The 2016 Portugal wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across mainland Portugal and the Madeira archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean during August 2016 that prompted the evacuation of more than one thousand people and destroyed at least 37 homes near Funchal on Madeira island. Flights were also disrupted at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport due to high levels of smoke.


2016 Portugal wildfires
At least seven major fires were burning out of control in the north of Portugal on August 9, according to officials, the fire of Arouca and S.Pedro do Sul was the biggest.


2016 Portugal wildfires
The authorities say around 3,000 firefighters are trying to extinguish hundreds of forest fires across the country.


2016 Portugal wildfires
An emergency was declared in Portugal's northern Norte Region as firefighters battled numerous wildfires.


2016 Portugal wildfires, Fire in Madeira
On 9 August 2016 a fire, allegedly by arson, started at the S. Roque parish in Madeira that quickly spread throughout the region of Southern Madeira and to its capital Funchal. Though still burning in several fronts, the fire was, according to Madeira's regional president Miguel Albuquerque, "under control". The statement was later qualified.


2016 Portugal wildfires, Fire in Madeira
Four deaths are attributed to the wildfire as well as a thousand displaced people. The five-star hotel "Choupana Hills" was also gutted by the flames. Three suspects of arson are currently detained and one of them is currently in pre-trial detention.


2016 Portugal wildfires, Reactions
The hashtag #PrayForPortugal trended on social media in response to the wildfires.


2016 Portugal wildfires, International support
The South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service in the United Kingdom sent a large amount of specialist equipment to volunteer colleagues in Portugal after an appeal for equipment. The shipment included hose-reel fittings, ropes and tools. The European Union is helping Portugal combat the wildfires. Italy and Spain have sent three Canadair airplanes. Morocco is also sending two Canadair airplanes. East Timor is donating €2M to Portugal to help fight the fires and to help the victims. Russia is also expected to send air help due to a bilateral agreement between the two countries. Cristiano Ronaldo also donated £100,000 to his hometown of Funchal.


2016 Portuguese presidential election
A Portuguese presidential election was held on 24 January 2016. This election chose the successor to the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term.


2016 Portuguese presidential election
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate supported by PPD/PSD, CDS-PP and PPM, won the election on the first round with 52% of the vote. Marcelo also won in every single district in the country and only lost a few municipalities in the south of the country. Turnout was higher than that of the 2011 election, but reached a record low in a presidential election with no incumbents as only 48.66% of the electorate cast a ballot.


2016 Portuguese presidential election, Background and election procedure
Aníbal Cavaco Silva had served two consecutive five-year terms as president, the maximum number, and the 2016 election was to choose a successor for a term beginning on March 9. In Portugal, the president is the head of state, has mostly ceremonial powers. However, the president does have some political influence and can dissolve the Parliament of Portugal if a crisis occurs. The president also has an official residence in the Belém Palace in Lisbon.


2016 Portuguese presidential election, Background and election procedure
In order to stand for election, candidates had to each gather 7,500 signatures of support one month before the election, and submit them to the Constitutional Court of Portugal. On December 29, 2015, the Constitutional Court certified ten candidates as having met the requirements to appear on the ballot. This was a record number; the highest number of presidential candidates had previously been six.


2016 Portuguese presidential election, Background and election procedure
Under Portuguese law, a candidate must receive a majority of votes (50% plus one vote) to be elected. If no candidate achieved a majority in the first round, a runoff election (i.e., second round, held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round) would have been held on February 14.


2016 Portuguese presidential election, Campaign period, Candidates' debates
There were several number of debates between all the candidates in the three TV networks RTP, SIC, TVI. There was a radio debate between all candidates plus on January 19, there was a final debate between all of candidates on RTP1.


2016 Portuguese presidential election, Results, Maps
Strongest candidate by municipality: Marcelo - orange; Nóvoa - magenta; Edgar Silva - red.


2016 Poznań Open
The 2016 Poznań Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 9 to 11 July 2015, including the qualifying competition in the first two days.


2016 Poznań Open
For the first time in the tournament's history, evening sessions under floodlights were scheduled on rebuild centre court. The prize money has decreased to €42,500 + Hospitality, and because of calendar congestion caused by the 2016 Summer Olympics no top 100 player entered that year, which had not happened in Poznań Open before. However, when the tournament started, a top seeded Radu Albot was ranked 92.


2016 Poznań Open
Due to bad weather, some of the first round doubles matches were played indoors.


2016 Poznań Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Poznań Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Poznań Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry as a lucky losers into the singles main draw:


2016 Poznań Open – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Mateusz Kowalczyk were the defending champions, but only Kowalczyk chose to participate, partnering Kamil Majchrzak. Kowalczyk and Majchrzak lost in the final to Aleksandre Metreveli and Peng Hsien-yin 6–4, 3–6, [10–8].


2016 Poznań Open – Singles
Pablo Carreño Busta was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 Poznań Open – Singles
Radu Albot won the title, beating Clément Geens in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
The 2016 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Willie Simmons and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field. They were a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–4, 7–2 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.


2016 Preakness Stakes
The 2016 Preakness Stakes (in full, the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes, due to sponsorship) was the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes. The race was held on May 21, 2016, and was scheduled to be run at 6:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and was televised on NBC. Exaggerator won the race, while 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist finished third. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 135,256, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2016.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Field
After the running of the Kentucky Derby connections of the winner Nyquist sent the horse to Pimlico on 9 May. Other runners from the Derby included second placed Exaggerator, who arrived at Pimlico on May 15, and 9th placed Lani. Of the other 17 Derby contenders, Gun Runner remained under consideration until Tuesday of Preakness week, then his trainer decided to rest him and train for races later in the summer instead. Derby contenders Brody's Cause and Suddenbreakingnews were set to skip the Preakness and point to the 2016 Belmont Stakes.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Field
A total of eight new horses who did not contest the Derby were pointed at the Preakness. Awesome Speed, who won the Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park, earned an automatic entry to the Preakness. Other new contenders included Cherry Wine and Laoban, both Derby also-eligibles who were not able to start in the Kentucky race.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Field
Of the horses who had not been on the Kentucky Derby trail, Stradivari, a lightly-raced colt trained by Todd Pletcher, Collected, a Bob Baffert-trainee who won the Lexington Stakes, and Uncle Lino, a west coast horse who won the inaugural California Chrome Stakes drew press interest. Abiding Star was in question for a time, as he was stabled at Parx Racing, which was under a quarantine due to an outbreak of EHV-1 at that track. However, the quarantine was lifted on May 17, allowing him to ship to Pimlico and enter the race.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Field
The draw for the race was held at 5:30 pm (EDT) on May 18 and Nyqist was installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Race
On a rainy day, the race went off at 6:52 PM, EST. In spite of the weather, attendance was a record-breaking 135,256, beating the previous year's record of 131,680. The pari-mutuel take of $94,127,434 for the entire day's races also broke the previous record of $91,028,000 in 2005.


2016 Preakness Stakes, Race
On a sloppy but sealed track, Nyquist fell prey to a blistering early pace set by Uncle Lino. He led briefly at the 1/2 mile pole, but by the stretch he faded, and Exaggerator won by 3 1⁄2 lengths. The second-place finisher, Cherry Wine, had hit his head on the starting gate and was second-to-last for much of the race but saved ground on the rail and rallied in the stretch to take second place over Nyquist by a nose, thus destroying any chance for the first back-to-back Triple Crown winners since 1977–78.


2016 Premier Badminton League
2016 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports Premier Badminton League 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Premier Badminton League. The season was held from 2–17 January 2016. The opening ceremony was held in Mumbai and the Finals in Delhi. Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) became the champions after beating Mumbai Rockets in the final.


2016 Premier Badminton League
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was the brand ambassador of the league.


2016 Premier Badminton League
Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) won the title by defeating Mumbai Rockets 4–3.


2016 Premier Badminton League, Schedule
The following is the schedule for 2016 Premier Badminton League. A total of 15 league matches, two semifinal, and 1 final match were played.


2016 Premier Badminton League, Points Table
Each tie (MP) will have five matches each. Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point, Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points, Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.


2016 Premier Futsal season
The 2016 Premier Futsal was the inaugural tournament of Premier Futsal. The season featured six teams, each playing four matches before culminating to the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016.


2016 Premier Futsal season
Mumbai won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 3-2 on penalties via sudden death.


2016 Premier Futsal season, Rules
Note: Premier Futsal tournament does not follow all the rules of international Futsal.


2016 Premier Futsal season, Telecast
Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV.


2016 Premier Futsal season squads
The 2016 Premier Futsal season is the inaugural season of Premier Futsal. The season features six teams each playing four matches before culminating to the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016.


2016 Premier League Darts
The 2016 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twelfth edition of the tournament.


2016 Premier League Darts
The event began on 4 February at the First Direct Arena in Leeds and ended with the Play-offs at The O2 Arena in London on 19 May. The tournament saw its first visit to the Netherlands after agreeing to go to the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on 12 May, joining 15 other venues across the UK and Ireland. This is the third year that the tournament was sponsored by Betway.


2016 Premier League Darts
Gary Anderson was the defending champion, but he lost to Phil Taylor 10–7 in the semi-finals. Michael van Gerwen won his second Premier League Darts title by beating Taylor 11–3 in the final.


2016 Premier League Darts
Van Gerwen also recorded the highest televised 3-dart average of 123.40 against Michael Smith during night 4 in Aberdeen.


2016 Premier League Darts, Format
The tournament format remained identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2), each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.


2016 Premier League Darts, Venues
Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena became the first arena from outside the British Isles to host a Premier League event, it replaced the Brighton Centre.


2016 Premier League Darts, Players
The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship final on 3 January 2016, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards. The ten players made up the top ten in the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship. Stephen Bunting (world number 16) and Kim Huybrechts (world number 14) did not return from last year. Robert Thornton returned after a year out, and Michael Smith made his début.


2016 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The 2016 Premier League saw the introduction of a £25,000 League Leader's Bonus for the player who topped the league table following the 15 league nights, taking the total prize fund for the event up to £725,000 from £700,000 in 2015.


2016 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, 4 February – Week 1 (Phase 1)
*Gary Anderson was originally scheduled to play against Adrian Lewis, but was sidelined with an illness, so Michael Smith played twice in Round 1. Anderson played Lewis on 17 March (Round 7), giving Smith the night off.


2016 Premier League Darts, Results, League stage, 11 February – Week 2 (Phase 1)
*Robert Thornton was originally scheduled to play against Michael Smith, but was sidelined with an illness, so James Wade played twice in Round 2. Thornton played Smith on 24 March (Round 8), giving Wade the night off.


2016 Premier League Darts, League summary, Table
After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. Each remaining player plays a further seven matches (phase 2). The top four players then compete in the playoffs.


2016 Premier League Darts, League summary, Table
When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.


2016 Premier League Darts, League summary, Table
Last updated: 12 May 2016Source: Match reports from the results section.


2016 Premier League Darts, League summary, Table
Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 15. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = AverageC% = Checkout PercentageHC = High Checkout.


2016 Premier League speedway season
The 2016 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. The title was won by Somerset Rebels who defeated Sheffield Tigers in the Grand Final.


2016 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2016 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 49th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the last time it would be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup because the following season it would be the SGB Championship Knockout Cup.


2016 Premier League speedway season, Final
Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 104–76.


2016 Premios Juventud
The 13th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 14, 2016.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
The 2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the fifth season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec; the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec and one of two Division 3 semi-professional soccer leagues in the Canadian soccer pyramid (the other being League1 Ontario).


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
CS Mont-Royal Outremont was the defending champion from 2015 and won the title again this season.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2015
The league will again feature seven teams, as in 2015.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2015
In December 2015, the league announced that FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière had dropped out of the league and that the club's regional soccer association, ARS Lanaudière, would field a new club in the PLSQ called FC Lanaudière. This club is meant to represent the whole Lanaudière region, and is supported by the association's 14 clubs, including L'Assomption-Lanaudière.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Teams
The following seven teams will take part in the 2016 season:


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Standings
Each team plays 18 matches as part of the season; three against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season and faces the League1 Ontario league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all seven teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup), albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Cup
The 2016 PLSQ Cup will maintain the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, Lakeshore SC will obtain a bye for the first round.


2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Inter-Provincial Cup Championship
The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.


2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Harold Nichols and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.


2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
On December 20, head coach Harold Nichols resigned. He finished at Presbyterian with an eight year record of 21–67.


2016 President of Ireland's Cup
The 2016 President's Cup was the third President's Cup contested for. The match was played between 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division champions Dundalk and 2015 FAI Cup runners-up Cork City on 27 February 2016, at Turners Cross. Cork City won the match 2-0, taking the lead in the 20th minute through Gavan Holohan and doubled the advantage in the second half through Sean Maguire’s header.


2016 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election
Election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 16 November 2016. Milan Štěch was reelected for his fourth term when he received 54 votes of 78.


2016 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
Czech Social Democratic Party remained largest Senate party after 2016 senate election. The party decided to nominate the incumbent Milan Štěch for the position of Senate President. The Civic Democratic Party and ANO 2011 agreed to support him.


2016 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Mayors and Independents announced on 3 November 2016 that they won't support Štěch's reelection due to his signature under controversial Declaration of four constitutional representatives which they consider "servile" towards China. Neither party nominated a candidate.


2016 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background and voting
Voting took place on 14 November 2016. Štěch received 54 of 78 votes and was elected for another term.


2016 President's Cup (Maldives)
The 2016 President's Cup is the 66th season of the President's Cup. Maziya Sports and Recreation Club are the defending champions, having beaten New Radiant Sports Club in last season's final.


2016 President's Cup (Maldives)
This is the second tournament under its current tournament format.


2016 President's Cup (Maldives), Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 6 teams divided among two groups of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.


2016 President's Cup (Maldives), Format
For any match after the group stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.


2016 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights
The broadcasting rights for some matches of 2016 Maldives President's Cup are given to the [www.psm.mv/ Public Service Media (PSM)].


2016 President's Cup (Maldives) Final
The 2016 President's Cup (Maldives) Final was the 66th Final of the Maldives President's Cup.


2016 President's Cup (tennis)
The 2016 President's Cup (tennis) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition, for men, and 8th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $75,000, for men, and $25,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 25–31 July 2016.


2016 President's Cup (tennis), Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 President's Cup (tennis), Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Konstantin Kravchuk and Denys Molchanov were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Toshihide Matsui and Vishnu Vardhan.


2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Yaraslav Shyla and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Mikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Mikhail Kukushkin was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title.


2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Evgeny Donskoy won the title defeating fellow Russian Konstantin Kravchuk in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey
The 2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey was a road cycling stage race that took place in Turkey between 24 April and 1 May 2016. It was the 52nd edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. The race included eight stages; seven of these were moderately hilly, while Stage 6 ended with a summit finish at Elmalı. The defending champion was Lampre–Merida's Kristijan Đurasek.


2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Participating teams
Fifteen (15) team participated in the 2016 edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey.


2016 Preston City Council election
Elections to Preston City Council took place on 5 May 2016, the same day as other local elections. The council is elected in thirds, which means one councillor from each three-member ward and selected councillors from a number of two-member wards are elected each year, followed by one year free from any elections to ensure all councillors serve a full term.


2016 Preston City Council election
Due to the "in thirds" system, the 2016 election results below are directly compared with the corresponding elections in 2012, with the change in vote share calculated on this basis.


2016 Preston City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2016 Preston City Council election, Ward results, St George's
There was no election in St George's ward because of an uncontested poll.


2016 Priceline Pharmacy Classic – Draw
The 2016 Priceline Pharmacy Classic took place between 12–15 January at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.


2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
The 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2016 resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 4 August 2016 and all honours were gazetted as one list on 16 August 2016. This was the first Prime Minister's Resignation Honours since 1997.


2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
On 22 July 2016, it was alleged that officials in the Cabinet Office and the House of Lords Appointments Commission had blocked the list, citing ethical concerns about some of the intended recipients of honours, particularly those destined for the peerage. Many of the names of those honoured were leaked and published in the press on 31 July. On 1 August, Downing Street spokesperson said that the incoming prime minister, Theresa May, would not intervene in Cameron's resignation honours.


2016 Primeira Liga
The 2016 Primeira Liga is the first edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 12 clubs, the Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina leagues provide three entrants, while Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná provide two each.


2016 Primera B Metropolitana
The 2016 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana was the 117th season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on 13 January and ended in June. Twenty teams competed in the league.


2016 Primera B Nacional
The 2016 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 31st season of the Argentine second division. The season began in January and ended in July. Twenty-two teams competed in the league, sixteen returning from the 2015 season, two teams that were relegated from Primera División and four teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.


2016 Primera B Nacional, Competition format
The league's format has changed from last season. In this year there were twenty-two teams who played each other once in one Round-robin tournament. One team would be crowned as champion and automatically promoted to the Primera División. One team would be relegated at the end of the season.


2016 Primera B Nacional, Relegation
The bottom team of this table face relegation. Clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana.


2016 Primera C Metropolitana
The 2016 Argentine Primera C is the 116th season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on January and will end on July. Twenty teams are competing in the league.


2016 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Prince Edward Island, was held from January 15 to 18 at the Montague Curling Club in Montague, Prince Edward Island. The winning Suzanne Birt rink represented Prince Edward Island at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
A non-binding referendum on electoral reform was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island between 27 October – 7 November 2016. This was the second electoral reform referendum to be held in Prince Edward Island, following a vote to maintain the status quo in 2005. The referendum asked which of five voting systems residents would prefer to use in electing members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The referendum involved four instant run-off counts and indicated mixed member proportional representation was the majority choice with 55.03% support on the final ballot, with support of 52.42% of votes cast.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
However, the plebiscite result was a product of a low voter turnout. Despite a variety of voting options and a long voting period, the final 36.46% turnout was very low by PEI standards. The province regularly gets more than 80% turnout in provincial general elections.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
Although he had set no threshold of minimum turnout for the plebiscite to be considered binding, Premier Wade MacLauchlan cited the low turnout as a factor in choosing not to proceed with immediate electoral reform. A third referendum on the subject was held in 2019.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Question
"Rank the following electoral systems in your order of preference, 1 through 5 (with "1st Choice" being your most preferred and "5th choice" being your least preferred). You may choose as many, or as few, of the electoral system options as you want."


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Results
The result of the plebiscite was found by using the Preferential Voting system, itself one of the options for elections being considered. Voters were given the opportunity to rank the five options from most preferred to least preferred, although they did not have to rank all five options. If more than half of the voters chose one option as their first choice, that option won; if no option captured a majority of first-choice votes, the winner was determined using instant-runoff voting. The option with the fewest votes was dropped, and those ballots were distributed to the other options based on the second choice on those ballots. This was repeated as necessary until one option had a majority of the votes cast.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Results
After four counts, the Mixed Member Proportional Representational option received a majority of the votes, followed by the existing first-past-the-post system.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Voting eligibility and methods
This plebiscite marked several firsts in Canadian electoral history. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-old PEI residents were permitted to vote on the grounds that they will be aged eighteen (and therefore eligible to vote under normal election rules) in the next provincial election, which would potentially be held using the voting system that wins this plebiscite. As well, plebiscite voters were able to submit their votes online or via touch-tone telephone for the first time in a major Canadian vote.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Voting eligibility and methods
Internet and telephone voting was open from 12:00 noon Saturday 29 October 2016 and ran until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, 7 November 2016. In-person voting was open in polling stations across the province on Friday, 4 November 2016, 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, 5 November 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Aftermath
Premier Wade MacLauchlan said after the vote that he is doubtful the result of the referendum "can be said to constitute a clear expression of the will of Prince Edward Islanders" due to the unusually low turnout. MacLauchlan did commit to discussing the results when the provincial legislature resumed on 15 November 2016; noting the need to examine the urban and rural breakdown of votes, among other issues.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Aftermath
MacLauchlan's government introduced a motion in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island to hold a second referendum on electoral reform at the next provincial general election, stating that the low turnout for the referendum did not provide a mandate to implement the change and the need for a more specific referendum question with two choices. A motion by Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker to implement mixed-member proportional representation in line with the referendum results was defeated on 22 November 2016 by a vote of 6–20.


2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Aftermath, Subsequent referendum held in April 2019
The next Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum was held on 23 April 2019 simultaneously with the 66th Prince Edward Island general election. Results of this referendum were very close with 51.7% voting No and 48.3% voting Yes. Neither side met the conditions for the results to be considered binding.


2016 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2016 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013.


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Chantilly on Sunday 2 October 2016. The race could not take place at its usual venue at Longchamp Racecourse as that course was closed in 2016 for major redevelopment. It was the 95th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The race was won by Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier's four-year-old filly Found, trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore. Moore had previously won the race on Workforce whilst O'Brien was also recording his second success, having trained Dylan Thomas.


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The five-year-old British-trained horse Postponed was regarded as the most likely winner after six consecutive wins including the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Dubai Sheema Classic, Coronation Cup and International Stakes. The only other British runner was The Grey Gatsby who had been an outstanding three-year-old in 2014 (winning the Prix du Jockey Club and the Irish Champion Stakes) but had not won for over two years. Japan was represented by Makahiki, a three-year-old colt whose wins included the Tokyo Yushun in Japan before taking the Prix Niel on his most recent start.


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The best of the Irish runners appeared to be Harzand who had won the Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby but who was recovering from an injury incurred in the Irish Champion Stakes.


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The remainder of the Irish consisted of three four-year-olds from the Aidan O'Brien stable, all of whom had been sired by Galileo: Found was a filly who had won the Breeders' Cup Turf but finished second in her last five races; Order of St George was a stayer who had won the Irish St Leger and the Ascot Gold Cup, whilst Highland Reel was a seasoned international campaigner whose wins included the Hong Kong Vase and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The best-fancied of the French-trained runners were the 2015 Prix du Jockey Club winner New Bay, the three-year-old filly Left Hand who had won the Prix Vermeille over the same course and distance in September and Silverwave, the winner of the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the Prix Foy. The other six runners were Talismanic (winner of two Listed races), Savoir Vivre (Grand Prix de Deauville), Siljan's Saga (Grand Prix de Deauville), Vedevani (acting as a pacemaker for New Bay), Migwar, and One Foot In Heaven (Grand Prix de Chantilly).


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
Postponed was made the 2/1 favourite ahead of Makahiki on 3.9/1 and Harzand on 6.5/1. New Bay (9/1) and Found (9.6/1) were next in the betting ahead of Left Hand (13/1), Order of St George (14/1) and Silverwave (16/1).


2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The race
Vedevani took the lead soon after the starts and set a strong pace with Order of St George, Highland Reel Postponed and The Grey Gatsby. Harzand, Found, Left Hand, Silverwave and Makahiki raced in mid-division whilst New Bay was restrained towards the rear of the field. Vedevani maintained his advantage into the straight but was overtaken by Found 400 metres from the finish. The Irish filly quickly opened up a clear advantage and won decisively from her stablemates Highland Reel and Order of St George. Siljan's Saga finished strongly from the rear of the field to take fourth ahead of Postponed.


2016 Pro A Leaders Cup
The 2016 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup season was the 20th edition of this tournament, the fourth since it was renamed as Leaders Cup. The event included the eight top teams from the first half of the 2015–16 LNB Pro A regular season and was played in Disneyland Paris. AS Monaco Basket, a newcomer in the Pro A, took the title and Jamal Shuler was named the tournament's MVP.


2016 Pro Bowl
The 2016 Pro Bowl (branded as the 2016 Pro Bowl presented by USAA for sponsorship reasons) was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2015 season, which was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 31, 2016.


2016 Pro Bowl
Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs and Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers were selected to coach the teams due to their teams being the highest seeded teams from each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of 2015–16 NFL playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl. On January 27, Mike McCarthy announced that he would not be coaching the Pro Bowl due to an illness and also announced that assistant head coach Winston Moss would take over head coaching duties. This was also the sixth consecutive year that the Pro Bowl took place prior to the Super Bowl. At the Pro Bowl Draft, the Chiefs' coaching staff was assigned to Team Rice, and the Packers' coaching staff was assigned to Team Irvin.


2016 Pro Bowl
The game continued the fantasy draft format that debuted with the 2014 Pro Bowl. The two teams were to be drafted and captained by two Hall of Famers, Jerry Rice (winning 2014 Pro Bowl captain) and Michael Irvin (winning 2015 Pro Bowl captain). Darren Woodson and Eric Davis served as defensive co-captains for Irvin and Rice respectively, in both cases reuniting two former teammates (Irvin and Woodson were teammates on the Dallas Cowboys from 1992 to 1999, while Rice and Davis played together with the San Francisco 49ers from 1990 to 1995). The Fantasy draft was held January 27 at 7:30 P.M. EST on ESPN2 at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii as part of an extension to the NFL's military appreciation campaign.


2016 Pro Bowl, Game format
The game format was nearly the same for 2016 as it had been in 2015. The previous year's experimental rule of kicking the point after touchdown from the 15-yard line became a permanent rule. The goal posts remained at their normal 18-foot width in 2016, as compared to the narrower 14-foot width from the 2015 Pro Bowl.


2016 Pro Bowl, Rosters, Selected but did not participate
Notes:Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined, such as Philip Rivers, are not considered Pro Bowlers.


2016 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
The game was televised nationally by ESPN, which has the exclusive broadcast rights to the Pro Bowl through to 2022.


2016 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
Westwood One radio broadcast the game nationally, with Kevin Kugler on play-by-play, Tony Boselli on color commentary, and Laura Okmin on the sidelines.


2016 Pro Golf Tour
The 2016 Pro Golf Tour was the 20th season of the Pro Golf Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2016 Pro Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 19 events in six countries. All tournaments had prize funds of €30,000 except the Castanea Resort Pro Golf Tour Championship, which had a prize fund of €50,000.


2016 Pro Golf Tour, Graduates
The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2017.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw astounding success in its second season, was all set to make its much awaited return for a third season from 30 January 2016, just five months after completion of the second season. Hyderabad hosted the opening leg of Season 3, with the first match being played between Telugu Titans and U Mumba at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. The winner is Patna Pirates.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, organized by Mashal Sports and Star India, in association with the International Kabaddi Federation, Asian Kabaddi Federation and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India is now going to be a bi-annual league with two seasons every year, promising much more action for the audiences and also encouraging them to take up to playing Kabaddi.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
The third season of the league will feature 60 games played on specially developed mats, in state of the art indoor stadiums across 34 days in 8 cities. Following the same ‘caravan style’ format like in the first two seasons, the league will be played at each franchise city for a duration of 4 days, where the home team will play 4 of the visiting franchises. All seven visiting franchises will play a set of away games in each city.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
After the opening leg in Hyderabad, the caravan will move to the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru, followed by Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. This season, the badminton arena in the Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune will be the venue for the culmination to the first half of the league. The indoor stadium at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna will play host to the second half of the league with the caravan then moving to Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on 20 February 2016. Moving on from Jaipur, the league will be played in at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi and move to the home of the reigning champions, U Mumba at National Sports Club of India, Mumbai. The playoffs will return to the national capital for the semi-finals, playoffs and the finals.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi is the only domestic Indian sports league to witness a strong rise in viewership as compared to its inaugural season. The rise in viewership in the second season validates the viewers’ progression from initial curiosity of season 1 to a deeper level of affinity and engagement with the aspirational avatar of Indian sport of Kabaddi.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
The appeal of the league continues to deliver strongly with core urban youth audiences passionately following the game. The metro contribution in the first two weeks of Season 2 was 65% to overall television viewership demonstrating that the urban, millennial audiences have a strong affinity for the sport. The League has not only seen the viewership grow on TV but has also made a big impact digitally. The online viewership of Season 2 increased nearly 20 times already and over 13 million unique visitors to date. It has also been among the most talked about events on social media and has generated 5.73 billion potential impressions globally across 310,000 conversations so far.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January), Franchises, Stadium and locations, Points Table
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January), Playoff Stage
All matches played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.


2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June)
The 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the fourth season of Pro Kabaddi League, that ran from 25 June to 31 July 2016.


2016 Pro Mazda Championship
The 2016 Pro Mazda Championship was the 18th season in series history. The season will begin on March 12 at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and end on September 11 at Monterey Grand Prix.


2016 Pro Mazda Championship
Patricio O'Ward dominated the first half of the season, winning six of the first seven races (and finishing second in the remaining race), vaulting himself into a huge points lead. However, his Team Pelfrey teammate Aaron Telitz vaulted himself back into contention by winning the next four races while O'Ward faltered. Both drivers won one of the three races during the final race weekend but Telitz's non-winning finishes were higher and he won the championship by 28 points.


2016 Pro Mazda Championship
Reigning U.S. F2000 National Championship champion Nico Jamin swept the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished third in the championship, well back. The only other driver to win a race was Argentinean Nicolas Dapero who captured his maiden victory in the penultimate race of the season and finished fifth in points, behind Will Owen who finished on the podium in eight of the sixteen races but failed to win.


2016 Pro Mazda Championship
American Bobby Eberle won the National Class championship, largely uncontested.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final
The 2016 Pro12 Grand Final was the final match of the 2015–16 Pro12 season. The 2015–16 season was the second with Guinness as the title sponsor and the seventh ever League Grand Final. The final was played between Leinster and Connacht.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final
Connacht claimed their first title, winning on a 20–10 scoreline.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Route to the final, 2016 Playoffs
The semi-finals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system with the games being played at the home ground of the higher placed teams.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Build-Up
It was announced on 8 September 2015 that the seventh Pro12 Grand Final was awarded to Murrayfield Stadium, the headquarters of the Scottish Rugby Union in Edinburgh on 8 September 2015 with the final to be played 28 May 2016. This is only the second time that the Pro12 Grand Final had been awarded to a host city after the success of Belfast in hosting the 2015 final.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Build-Up
Connacht, who made the play-offs for the first ever time, were appearing in their first ever Pro12 final, while Leinster were making their sixth appearance in the final. Leinster were favorites to win the game, priced at 4/9 with Paddy Power Bookmakers, while Connacht were priced at 13/8.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Build-Up
The match was shown live on Sky Sports in Ireland and the UK, and on TG4 in Ireland.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Team selection
Connacht named an unchanged team from their semi-final win over the Glasgow Warriors. They were forced to plan without injured loosehead prop Denis Buckley, part of the league's Dream Team for consecutive seasons, with veteran Ronan Loughney continuing to deputise in his place. At tighthead prop, Ireland international Nathan White remained absent due to a concussion sustained against Leinster in the league meeting between the sides in the regular season. His Ireland teammate Finlay Bealham started in the number 3 jersey.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Team selection
The team also had to deal with the continued absence of Jack Carty, their top points scorer for the season, as he struggled to return to full fitness following a freak water slide injury in Dubai. United States international AJ MacGinty started at fly-half, with Canada under-age player Shane O'Leary covering from the bench.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Team selection
Leinster were without their captain Isa Nacewa, who suffered an arm injury in the semi-final against Ulster. Rob Kearney returned from an ankle injury to start in his place at fullback, while the captaincy was taken on by Jamie Heaslip. Their other change to the starting lineup from the semi-final saw Ross Molony come into the second row. He replaced Devin Toner, who was a late withdrawal from the squad following the death of his father. Among the team's longer term absentees was Seán O'Brien, who picked up a hamstring injury in Ireland's Six Nations clash with France that February. Having struggled for fitness over the course of the year and slipped behind Jack McGrath in Leinster's pecking order, Cian Healy was ruled out for the remainder of the season in May.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Summary
Connacht full-back Tiernan O'Halloran got the opening try in the 13th minute, running it over in the left corner after Matt Healy had broken through the defence. AJ MacGinty converted to put Connacht in a 7–0 lead. Leinster were forced into an early change shortly after, when second row Mick Kearney was removed from play with a head injury, to be replaced by Hayden Triggs. Winger Niyi Adeolokun scored Connacht's second try midway through the half after his own high kick and chase to go over in the right corner, giving Connacht a 12–0 lead. MacGinty kicked a penalty on 27 minutes to give Connacht a 15–0 lead which they took into the interval.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Summary
Despite the 15-point deficit, Leinster made no replacements at half-time, while Connacht replaced flanker Eoin McKeon with Seán O'Brien. Jonathan Sexton opened the scoring for Leinster with a penalty on 43 minutes. MacGinty had an opportunity to respond with his own penalty minutes later, but dropped his effort short. He made amends shortly after however, when his kick through the Leinster defence let Matt Healy in for Connacht's third try on 57 minutes, stretching the lead to 20–3.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Summary
Former Connacht player Seán Cronin gave Leinster their first try of the game after 67 minutes when he scored in the right corner, with Sexton converting. Injuries to Tiernan O'Halloran and replacement scrum-half John Cooney forced Connacht to reshuffle their backline, with Healy moving to scrum-half, but Leinster were unable to capitalise as neither team scored again with the game finishing 20–10. The win was the first major trophy for Connacht in their 131-year history.


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Details
Touch judges:Ian Davies (WRU)Ben Whitehouse (WRU)Television Match Official:Jon Mason (WRU)


2016 Pro12 Grand Final, Post-match
The victorious Connacht Rugby squad were welcomed back to Galway city on 29 May and paraded around the city on an open-topped bus, from outside the Town Hall Theatre in Courthouse Square to Eyre Square and finally to the Sportsground.


2016 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a  leadership election on October 22, 2016 as a result of the resignation of David Alward on September 23, 2014, following his government's defeat in the 2014 provincial election. The Conservatives last had a leadership election in 2008.


2016 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election, Process
All members who have paid the $40 membership fee were eligible to vote on October 22 at the Aitken Centre or at one of several satellite locations around the province. The election used a one member, one vote process. Balloting continued until one candidate received 50% + 1 of ballots cast. A maximum of four candidates were allowed to proceed to the second ballot. As there was no victor on the second ballot, the lowest placed candidate was dropped from the third and subsequent ballots until one candidate received the required level of support.


2016 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election, Results
(Dubé eliminated, endorses Higgs; Macdonald and Stewart eliminated, endorse Barley)


2016 Prosperita Open
The 2016 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 25 April and 1 May.


2016 Prosperita Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik were the defending champions but chose to participate with different partners. Martin chose to participate with Tomasz Bednarek, while Podlipnik chose to partner with Lukáš Dlouhý. Martin and Podlipnik faced each other in the semifinals, with Podlipnik advancing to the final. Podlipnik failed to defend his title, losing to Sander Arends and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 7–6(10–8), 6–7(4–7), [10–5] in the final.


2016 Prosperita Open – Singles
Íñigo Cervantes was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 Prosperita Open – Singles
Constant Lestienne won the title after defeating Zdeněk Kolář 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan
The 2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan were a massive, unauthorized protests that were held in Kazakhstan against the new amendments to the Land Code, which began on 24 April 2016 in the city of Atyrau. Three days later, the rallies were held in the cities of Aktobe and Semey. During the first three rallies, the authorities did not try to harshly suppress the protests, but tried to calm the protesters and offer other forms of dialogue. Only on May 21, the authorities thoroughly prepared to suppress any protests in all administrative centers of the republic. This is was the first mass unrest in Kazakhstan since the Zhanaozen massacre in 2011.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Background
On 30 March 2016, Minister of National Economy, Erbolat Dosaev, announced that from starting from 1 July, 1.7 million hectares of agricultural land would be put up for auction. This initially caused discontent on social networks, which turned into calls for protests. According to some Kazakh journalists, the boiling point was not the amendments to the Land Code, but the country's difficult economic situation due to declining oil prices and the devaluation of the tenge despite promises by President Nursultan Nazarbayev to fix the problems. On 11 April, a petition letter was sent to the Nazarbayev and the authorities.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Background
The text of the letter appeared in the Kazakh media and on some websites. The letter said that "more than 50 thousand signatures have already been collected in the regions". “If the land is leased or sold to foreigners, then the people will go to extraordinary measures”. Among the signatories of the petition were Abdijamil Nurpeisov, a writer, Murat Auezov, a culturologist, Murat Kalmataev, retired general, Abugali Kaydarov, academician, and Mels Eleusizov, an ecologist.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Background
On 20 April, in Astana, civil activist Galymbek Akulbekov held a single picket against the sale of land to foreigners, but he was soon detained by police. On 22 April, in Almaty, around three dozen group of citizens called for the permission of the rally to be held on 21 May.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 24 April, a first mass rally was held in the center of Atyrau against the sale of land to foreigners, where around 700 to 4000 people gathered. On the same day, in Oral, on Abai Square, a single picket was launched by Isatay Utepov, who was holding the poster “Қытайға жер сатпа!! !”, meaning (“Do not sell land to China!! !”).


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 27 April, in the cities of Aktobe and Semey, with the participation of hundreds of people, rallies were held against changes in the land code of Kazakhstan and against plans by the authorities to sell agricultural land.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 28 April, several dozen people gathered in Aktau in the central square, but the police did not allow the rally to be held, citing that the square was necessary to prepare for the holiday of the Unity of the People.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 29 April, authorities in Astana and Almaty did not allow public figures to hold a press conference "on the land issue." In Astana, the hotel at the last moment refused to rent premises to activists due to pressure from the KNB. In Almaty, the police managed to detain all activists before the event. In Oral, an activist Bauyrjan Alipkaliev was detained by police, who was going to hold a single picket that day.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 1 May, on the Day of Unity of the People, protests were held in Zhanaozen, where around hundred people gathered. In the city of Kyzylorda, the security forces dispersed protesters from the square.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On May 4, a spontaneous rally was held in the central square of Oral with the participation of several dozen people. As in previous protests in other cities of Kazakhstan, the protesters opposed the transfer of agricultural land for a long-term rent to foreigners.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 5 May, Nazarbayev announced a moratorium on some provisions of the Land Code. Vice-Minister of National Economy Kairat Uskenbaev was dismissed, Dosaev himself resigned from office on his own, and Minister of Agriculture Asyljan Mamytbekov was reprimanded, but the next day he also resigned. In addition, Nazarbayev ordered the creation of a new Ministry of Information and Communication, which would monitor the information space and develop the state's information policy.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Chronology
On 21 May, rallies were planned throughout Kazakhstan. The authorities rejected permissions for rallies to be held in the cities of Almaty, Astana, Oral and Semey. On this day, law enforcement authorities detained dozens of activists, as well as journalists in several cities of the country. Attempts to hold unsanctioned rallies were recorded in the cities of Aktobe, Atyrau, and Pavlodar, where a small number of citizens gathered and after warning about the illegality of the rally, a group of people obediently left the embankment of the Irtysh river, and the organizer Serikbay Alibaev was fined 50 MCI.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
After a rally in Atyrau at a session of the People's Assembly, Nazarbayev expressed his vision of the land issue and stated that it was necessary to find and punish all the instigators of misinformation about the issue. However, later on 5 May, he had accused the officials of the relevant ministries of the lack of land reform.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
In some Kazakh cities, Day of Unity of the Peoples celebrations were cancelled. In Karaganda, the reason for the rejection of the processions was due to weather conditions by the Deputy Akim, Nurlan Aubakirov. In Temirtau, according to the Deputy Head of the city, Galymzhan Spabekov, was in order not to block the public transport in the city along the main streets. The authorities of Aktau did not give a reason for the cancellation.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
On 29 April 2016 Nazarbayev, after the exercises of special forces (“Sunkar” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, “Arlan” of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Almaty, the “Golden Eagle” of the National Guard and others) in the Almaty Region, emphasized that “the Motherland entrusted you with a matter of special importance - vigilantly guard the interests of the state, be a reliable guarantor of national security and internal stability of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This requires not only high training, but also dedication, sincere patriotism".


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
Some Kazakh officials and pro-government media have suggested that the unrest was triggered and financed by foreign nations, although no evidence was provided.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
On 1 May, President Nazarbayev spoke in Almaty with a festive speech, that without unity and stability, a political crisis similar to the Ukrainian one would be expected.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
Before the nationwide protests scheduled for May 21, the authorities did allow permissions in any city, and law enforcement agencies began arresting suspects in organizing and inciting unauthorized rallies. As of May 20, more than a dozen people received sentences of 10 to 15 days of administrative arrest for violating the law on peaceful assembly.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Reactions by authorities
In the early morning of May 20, popular social networks like VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter, and instant messengers such as WhatsApp, Viber, as well as YouTube were inaccessible throughout Kazakhstan. This was confirmed by residents of several regions of the country. The incident was connected with the upcoming calls to rallies on 21 May. However, the authorities denied the fact of “blocking” and that the issues were caused by “technical problems".


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Media coverage
Most of the Kazakh media since the beginning of the protests did not cover the events, only after a while, a sparse information was given which was distributed mainly through social media. Some opposition websites were also actively reporting on the events, but they were generally not available in Kazakhstan.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Media coverage
According to AsiaTerra, in Uzbekistan, on the website of the Russian BBC service, the section "Editor's Choice" was blocked, where an article about the events in Kazakhstan was published.


2016 Protests against land reforms in Kazakhstan, Media coverage
On April 29, a coverage was shown on the First Channel, which stated that the organizers of the protests received monetary rewards in the amount of 50 to 150 dollars from foreign nations to each person who came to the rally. Two weeks later, another story came out about the evidence of the paid-up mass protests. After the broadcasts, social networks immediately responded, pointing to a weak evidence base of stories and the propaganda nature of the programs.


2016 Provo Premier League
The 2016 Provo Premier League is the sixteenth season of the top football division in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The season began on 9 January 2016.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
The 2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia was the 93rd edition of the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia road bicycle race. The race took place on 25 July 2016. It was  won by British rider Simon Yates.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
An overcast and sticky morning in Northern Spain welcomed the riders to the start line for the early roll out towards the hills of the Basque country.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
A nine-rider breakaway formed early in the stage and including Christian Meier of Orica–BikeExchange.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
After 45 kilometers of racing the leaders had over four minutes advantage with much climbing ahead.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
Orica–BikeExchange controlled the front of the race for most of the 165.7 kilometers before super-domestique Damien Howson moved up the road as the breakaway was neutralized towards the final climb.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
Howson perfectly set up Simon Yates for the winning move with a blistering attack ahead of the final climb, thinning out the field before the acceleration of Yates.


2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Race report
With a few kilometers to go Yates made the decisive attack on the last climb, holding off Angel Madrazo, Alexander Vdovin, Javier Moreno, and David Belda to take an impressive solo victory and set the race record for the fastest ascent of the final climb.


2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
The legislative assembly election in the Indian union territory of Puducherry was held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory to constitute Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.


2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, Background
By the requirement, the election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the President. The previous election was conducted on 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 2 June 2016. The election was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).


2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, Background
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian National Congress were in an alliance and contested 9 and 21 seats respectively. Ruling AINRC, BJP & ADMK will contest separately.


2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, Background
The polling booths in three Assembly constituencies in Puducherry (out of total 30 segments) were equipped with Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines along with EVMs.


2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, Voting
The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded. The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day.


2016 Puerto Rican general election
The 2016 Puerto Rican general elections were held in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government that will serve from January 2017 to January 2021, most notably the Governor of Puerto Rico. Rossello was elected Governor of Puerto Rico with the second lowest percentage of votes. The election also resulted in a historic 23% drop in turnout. 2016's participation was the lowest voter turnout in Puerto Rican history. Rossello would go on to serve a 2 year term, having to resign after historic protests as a result of Telegramgate scandal. Wanda Vázquez Garced succeeded Rossello.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations
Before the election year, the Constitution of Puerto Rico provides for any qualified person to present their candidacy for a specific position. If two or more candidates from the same party present their candidacy for the same position, and they can't reach an agreement within the party, a primary election is held. This election is held within the inscribed members of each party, to select which of the candidates will represent the party in the general election.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations
Both of the main parties: New Progressive Party (PNP) and Popular Democratic Party (PPD), held primaries for several positions on June 5, 2016.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations, New Progressive Party (PNP)
The primaries were held on June 5, 2016 to determine candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico, the Senate, House of Representatives, and others.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations, Popular Democratic Party (PPD)
The primaries were held on June 5, 2016 to determine several candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives, and others.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations, Minor parties
Two minor parties officialized their gubernatorial candidates. The Working People's Party (PPT) nominated Rafael Bernabe once again. The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) nominated María de Lourdes Santiago.


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Governor of Puerto Rico, Nominations, Independents
As of November 2015, two independent candidates expressed their interest in running for Governor:


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Governor
The official candidates for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico are:


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Resident Commissioner
The official candidates for the position of Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico are:


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Senate of Puerto Rico, At-large
The ballot featured sixteen (16) candidates from four different parties and one independent candidate (bold denotes incumbent candidates)


2016 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, House of Representatives, At-large
The ballot featured sixteen (16) candidates from four different parties (bold denotes incumbent candidates)