2019 Baltimore ransomware attack
During the Baltimore ransomware attack of May 2019, the American city of Baltimore, Maryland had its servers largely compromised by a variant of ransomware called RobbinHood. Baltimore became the second U.S. city to fall victim to this new variant of ransomware after Greenville, North Carolina and was the second major US city with a population of over 500,000 people to be hacked by ransomware in two years, after Atlanta was attacked the previous year.


2019 Baltimore ransomware attack, Attack
On May 7, 2019, most of Baltimore's government computer systems were infected with the aggressive ransomware variant RobbinHood. All servers, with the exception of essential services, were taken offline. In a ransom note, hackers demanded 13 bitcoin (roughly $76,280) in exchange for keys to restore access. The note stated that if the demands were not met within four days, the price would increase and within ten days the city would permanently lose all of the data.


2019 Baltimore ransomware attack, Attack
The attack had a negative impact on the real estate market as property transfers could not be completed until the system was restored on May 20. However, the restoration of all systems was, as of May 20, 2019, estimated to take weeks more.


2019 Baltimore ransomware attack, Attack
Baltimore was susceptible to such an attack due to its IT practices, which included decentralized control of its technology budget and a failure to allocate money its information security manager wanted to fund cyberattack insurance. The attack has been compared to a ransomware attack on Atlanta the previous year, and was the second major use of the RobbinHood ransomware on an American city in 2019, as Greenville, North Carolina was also affected in April.


2019 Bandipur forest fires
In February 2019, massive forest fires broke out in numerous places across the Bandipur National Park of the Karnataka state in India. The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) carried out an assessment of the total area affected by the fire. On 25 February 2019, it estimated the extent of burnt area to be about 10,920 acres in the last five days since 21 February 2019.


2019 Bandipur forest fires
Though the major fire was brought under control by 24 February 2019, some areas continued to burn. The fire also spread to Mudumalai forest range in Tamil Nadu, causing damage in around 40 acres. The Tamil Nadu forest department took action to ensure that it did not spread further.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Background
On 21 February 2019, wildfire broke out in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Unlike in previous years, this is the first time the wildfire in Bandipur flared up earlier due to the sudden climatic change and rapid growth of dry grass and Lantana. Officials reported that there appeared to have been no deaths of the larger mammals in the Park, such as bison, elephants, leopard and tiger.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Background
Over 10,000 acres of forest in Bandipur area was destroyed. With the fire spreading rapidly due to winds, the authorities closed the Gundlupet-Ooty National highway and safaris in Bandipur National Park were also cancelled. Strong winds were making the job of firefighters, forest staff and volunteers more difficult.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Background
The fire that destroyed Kundakere Range, spread to Barakatte and Guddakere, then to the Himavathi Gopalaswamy Hills. It also destroyed forests in Jarkal Kere and Gowri Kalu hills. Many smaller mammals and reptiles were killed, along with thousands of trees. There had been no forest-fire incidents noted in Bandipur National Park in the previous two years.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Firefighting
Two Mi-17 Indian Air Force helicopters were deployed on 25 February 2019 afternoon to douse the fire, which had been raging for three days in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The operation on 25 February 2019 was primarily limited to the Gopalaswamy Hills Range in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district. The other two ranges that were seriously affected were Kundakere and Bandipur. The helicopters were deployed after Karnataka state Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called on the Indian Air Force for help. One proceeded towards Karadikal hill ranges while the other fought fires in the general area of Chammana halla top.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Firefighting
Bolagudda and Kanive temple area were also subject to helicopter fire control A total of 10 sorties were flown, dropping approximately 30,000 litres of water.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Damage assessment
Satellite images shown the extent of the damage caused by the wildfire. The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hyderabad, released a report based on Sentinel-2 satellite data, which reported that 15,443.27 acres of forest area damaged by the fire between 23 February 2019 and 25 February 2019 in Bandipur forest region alone. Nature Conservation Foundation's Wildlife Scientist Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan estimated that 17,000 acres would have been affected since the National Remote Sensing Centre excluded the damage in administratively part of Bandipur (Revenue land).


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Damage assessment
Number of casualties due to fire has not estimated yet. Wildlife officials say that small animals, reptiles, which are slow-moving, would have borne the brunt, while bigger mammals like leopards and tigers would have fled to the Bandipur Tiger Reserve and taken refuge in nearby areas.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Investigation
Karnataka's top forest official confirmed that an "act of sabotage" had caused the blaze. Forest officials have arrested two shepherds for allegedly setting fire to the forest. Fearing tiger attacks on their cattle in Bandipur, on 22 February 2019 they had sparked the fire to chase away a tiger which was spotted in the area for a month or so, leading to massive fire, which destroyed thousands of acres of Bandipur forest area. The accused were booked under Indian section 27, 29, 30, 31, 50 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Gallery
Forest fire spreading across the forest region due to dry grass


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Gallery
Smoke coming out of Bandipur Forest area in February 2019


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Gallery
Bandipr Forest Fire satellite image taken by NASA's VIIRS sensor


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Gallery
Large smoke can be seen from distance due Bandipur forest fire


2019 Bandipur forest fires, Gallery
The effect forest fire that spread to Mudumalai destroying over 40 acres


2019 Bandy World Championship
2019 Bandy World Championship was held in Vänersborg, Sweden, between men's national teams among bandy playing nations. It was the XXXIXth Bandy World Championship.


2019 Bandy World Championship, Host selection
The tournament was supposed to be held in Irkutsk in Russia. However, the decision was reconsidered and the tournament was held in Vänersborg in Sweden instead. Irkutsk might get the right to host the 2020 tournament, if FIB is given guarantees that the planned indoor arena will be ready for use in time. The Russian government has expressed its support for the building of such a stadium.


2019 Bandy World Championship, Qualified nations
A total of 20 nations took part in the championships.


2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup
The 2019 Bangamata U–19 Women's Gold Cup was the 1st edition of Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup, an annual international women's youth football tournament hosted by Bangladesh Football Federation. The main goal of this tournament to make strong pipeline of Bangladesh women's national football team in future. After the 4th edition of this tournament it will be National women's team tournament instead of Bangladesh women's national under-20 football team.


2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup, Draw
The draw was held at the Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on 12 March 2019.The six teams were divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group qualified for the Semi-Finals.


2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup, Goalscorers
There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.


2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup, Sponsorship
Local sports marketing company K-Sports bought the rights for the tournament.


2019 Bangkok Challenger
The 2019 Bangkok Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 11 and 17 February 2019.


2019 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Bangkok Challenger II
The 2019 Bangkok Challenger II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 18 and 24 February 2019.


2019 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles
James Cerretani and Joe Salisbury were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles
Li Zhe and Gonçalo Oliveira won the title after defeating Enrique López Pérez and Hiroki Moriya 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2019 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles
Marcel Granollers was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles
James Duckworth won the title after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles
Gerard and Marcel Granollers were the defending champions but chose not defend their title.


2019 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Bangkok Challenger – Singles
Marcel Granollers was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Bangkok Challenger – Singles
Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Dudi Sela 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Bangkok United F.C. season
The 2019 season is Bangkok United Football Club's 11th in the new era since they took over from Bangkok University Football Club in 2009. It is the 4th season in the Thai League and the club's 9th (7th consecutive) season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since returning in the 2013 season.


2019 Bangkok bombings
On 2 August 2019, series of small bombs have detonated over five locations throughout Bangkok Metropolitan Area. The blasts location included Chong Nonsi BTS Station, near the King Power Mahanakhon tower, the Chaengwattana Government Complex, the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, and inside a branch of Miniso; a utility goods store at Siam Square One. The blasts have resulted in total of seven injuries.


2019 Bangkok bombings
The initial investigation carried out by Thai police has reported that the suspect of the insurgent is related to the same group that has carried out similar attack during 2016. The bombings also coincided with an ASEAN summit that was taking place in the city.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Attack
On 2 August 2019, at 04:45 Bangkok time (UTC+7.00), a minor bomb detonated at a branch of Miniso, a utility goods store, in Siam Square One shopping center, Pathum Wan District. The bomb was stuffed inside a doll from the We Bare Bears cartoon series. The shelves and goods in the store were damaged, no one was injured as the store was not yet opened. The security camera later revealed that the bomb was planted by a masked man covered in sunglasses the day before. The store remained closed for two days for maintenance on damaged shelves.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Attack
At 07:00 local time, four bombs at the Chaengwattana Government Complex has been reported to the local police station. The first two bombs has detonated in front of the entrance of the Government complex, while followed by the third bomb that has exploded in front of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters. The fourth bomb was successfully defused by the EOD at the building B of the government complex. There is no reported of death or injury.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Attack
At 08:00 local time, two bomb has been detonated in front of the Chong Nonsi BTS Station, and at the entrance of the King Power Mahanakhon Tower, which is followed by a suspect object was reported that was located in front of the BTS entrance. The local police has destroyed the suspect bombing device by high pressure water gun. Two injuries has been reported, and no death was reported.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Attack
At 8:50 local time, the seventh bomb has detonated in Rama Nine District yaek 57/1, which has resulted in total of 4 injuries and 2 serious injuries. Many false positive suspect of bombing device has been reported after the first 3 incidents.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
The initial investigation reported by Intelligence Agencies reported that this attacked could potentially be linked to an expansion of operations by the insurgents that were supported by the opposition leader of the government. However, the Royal Thai police lead by the police chief Chakthip Chaijinda reported that this incident is perpetrated by the same group of insurgents that has carried out similar attacked in seven southern district in 2016.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
The explosive devices reported by the Royal Thai Police was believed to be a homemade bomb that has a size of a tennis ball. Although the motives of this attack remain unknown, however it is appears to been an attack on the country's image as Bangkok hosted an ASEAN summit, where political leader from each southeast asian nation have attended the summit, while also other nation representatives, such as the UK foreign secretary, US secretary of State, and China's Diplomat.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
The Royal Thai Police has ordered the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) to further investigate the attacks that happened on the 2 August. The Crime Suppression Division has work closely with the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) to gather intelligence and evidence on the attacks and has reported that the attacks was planned near the Thai-Malaysian border.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
On 5 August, the Royal Thai Police has published a report regarding the attack, the attack was orchestrated by group of 15 people, where the evidence was drawn from inquiry of the 2 suspects that were arrested on the 2nd of August. While the inquiry, the police has examine the blasting site, and has gathered CCTV evidence and fingerprint and DNA sample from the site. The Office of Police Forensic Science has examined the sample and has crossed check with the criminal profile to narrow down the search for the other 13 suspects.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
On 16 August, the Royal Thai Police led by Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul has issued arrest warrants to 9 different suspects, the authorities also has claim that some of the suspect may have criminal background. While the other 2 suspects that has been arrested on the 2nd of August has been temporary imprison with court order.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
On 2 September at the Crime Suppression Division another 2 suspects that has been arrested in the Narathiwat province, the 2 suspects has denied all allegations against all of their alleged charged. The 2 suspects has been accused of handing over the explosive device to the bombers at various location on 2 August. The DNA and fingerprint samples have been collected by the Forensic Science Police officers to cross check with the sample that was collected at the blasting site.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Investigation
By the 4th of September the Criminal Court has issued in total of 14 arrest warrants and has arrested in total of 3 suspects.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Reaction
The military junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha respond to this attack by condemning to those who planned the attack and has destroyed the peace and order to the country. While the Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has told the reporter that the insurgent was orchestrated to create a situation to embarrassed the government as the city hosted ASEAN summit.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Reaction
Chief Police Chaktip Chaijinda also believe that the motives behind the attack was believed to be political related, as Thailand held its first general election in March since the 2014 Thai coup d'état. Nonetheless, many government opposition believe that this attacks was responsible by the government itself in order to divert the public attention on the current poor public image of the government.


2019 Bangkok bombings, Other arrests, detentions, and prosecutions
On August 2, two suspect were arrested in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters, and sent to temporary confinement. Other two suspects that help orchestrated the attacks were also arrested in the southern province of Thailand on the 2nd of September.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite
The 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite was a two-part plebiscite held in Mindanao, Philippines that ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as well as the scope of the said region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite
Under the organic law, the government would have to hold the plebiscite not more than 150 days from the signing of the BOL into law (July 26, 2018) but not earlier than 90 days from the law's signing. The first part of the plebiscite was held on January 21, 2019, where voters from the ARMM voted in regards of the BOL's ratification and residents of Cotabato City and Isabela City voted for or against their cities' inclusion to the then-proposed region. The second part was held on February 6 to potentially expand the BARMM; with voters from six municipalities in Lanao del Norte and 67 barangays in Cotabato province voting for or against their localities' inclusion to the BARMM.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite
On January 25, 2019, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced that the BOL was "deemed ratified" after results in the first part of the plebiscite showed majority support for the law's ratification. The election body also officially announced that majority of voters in Cotabato City voted in favor of joining the then-proposed autonomous region while voters of Isabela City rejected their inclusion. During the February 6 referendum, however, 63 of the 67 Cotabato barangays, and 9 of 22 towns in Lanao del Norte saw voters in favor of joining the then-proposed region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite
Despite the fact that the six municipalities in Lanao del Norte which petitioned to join were among the 9 voting in favor of inclusion, a majority of support was required from not only from voters in the individual municipality, but also from voters throughout the rest of the province as well. As a result, no municipality in Lanao del Norte joined the autonomous region. All of the barangays in Cotabato province which saw voters vote in favor of joining, however, joined the region as well.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Bangsamoro 'core' territory
Voters in localities referred to as the core territory of the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region were eligible to participate in the plebiscite. The core territory covers:


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Bangsamoro 'core' territory
Voters in the whole provinces of Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato also had to vote if they consented to a locality's secession from their parent province to join the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas
Additionally, adjacent local government units bordering the localities above could opt for inclusion in the plebiscite through their local governments or a petition by its registered voters. The Comelec released guidelines regarding this concern on October 22, 2018 and gave local government units seeking this course of action until October 31, 2018 to comply. Voters or the local government of the petitioning locality had to pay a ₱10,000 filing fee and a ₱100 research fee as imposed by the election body.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas
A total of 62 localities was initially announced to have made bids to participate in the plebiscite, although not all of them were contiguous to the defined Bangsamoro core territory. Fifty-six of these petitions were initiated by local governments while six were made by registered voters of the petitioning localities. The Comelec planned to decide on all of these petitions initially by mid-November 2018 but later moved their target to December 15, 2018.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas
Due to the large number of petitions, the Comelec decided on December 7, 2018 to schedule the planned plebiscite on two separate dates (January 21 and February 6, 2019) stating that they could not process all petitions by December 15 with localities with successful petitions taking part in the February vote.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas
A total of 103 petitions were filed, but only 28 were accepted. Petitions not accepted were either due to the petitioning locality not being adjacent to the defined core territory of the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region or failure to submit sufficient requirements for their bid to get included in the plebiscite. Voters from the 28 accepted barangays were permitted to participate in the February polling.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas, Approved additional areas
By early January 2019, the Comelec has approved the petition of 20 barangays in North Cotabato:


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas, Approved additional areas
On January 11, 2019, the Comelec announced the final list of additional participating localities for the plebiscite. The petitions of eight more barangays, all from North Cotabato, were approved by the election body.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Scope, Other areas, Unapproved petitions
At least twelve localities in Zamboanga del Sur filed petitions for their participation in the plebiscite. Three island barangays of Zamboanga City also reportedly filed petitions, a supposed move which was condemned by city mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco. The barangay captains of the three Zamboanga City barangays later denied filing petitions.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Voters' registration
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a three-day satellite voter registration in select venues in the constituent provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as well as in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato, and in the cities of Cotabato and Isabela, Basilan from September 11 to 13, 2018. Alongside with voter's registration, residents were able to transfer, reactivate, or correct their registration, as well as have their records included or reinstated. Those who had registered for the most recent barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan elections were not required to undergo the registration process.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Voters' registration
Fifteen satellites centers were set by the Comelec, one of which was in a camp controlled by the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which played a major part in the conception of the BOL. MILF members were also among those who registered for the plebiscite, some of whom lacked government-issued IDs such as birth certificates. Despite this, their own self-issued identification documents were accepted as valid IDs for the purpose of registration.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Voters' registration
The Comelec recorded a total of 2,839,659 registered voters from 3,273 in certain areas in Mindanao and expected a 75% turn-out for the vote.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
The campaign period for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region creation plebiscite began on December 7, 2018 and ended on January 19, 2019, while the plebiscite period was scheduled to be held between December 7, 2018 to February 5, 2019. The voting for the plebiscite took place on January 21, 2019 as per an en banc decision by the Commission on Elections.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
During the campaign period, a gun ban was imposed in localities set to participate in the plebiscite. During the same period, the following acts were also prohibited: the establishment of a new voting precinct or alteration of the territory of an existing one, the transfer or detail of officers and civil service employees, the organization and maintenance of "strike forces" or similar entities, and the suspension of any elective public official from the barangay to the provincial level including elective officials in independent cities.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
The Comelec was also tasked to aid in holding information campaigns in every participating local government unit as well as allow the conduct of information dissemination and public advocacy events by other government agencies, non-government organizations and private individuals in relation to the plebiscite. Every barangay was also directed to hold at least one assembly during the campaign period informing constituents on matters regarding the BOL.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
On January 6, 2019, a rally was organized in Jolo, Sulu as an expression of support to the ratification of the BOL which was attended by former Sulu governor Benjamin Loong as well as former and incumbent mayors of some of the towns of Sulu. Similar actions were planned in Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, and other parts of Sulu.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
There was also reluctance or opposition against the ratification of the BOL. In Basilan, officials of Isabela City actively campaigned against their city's inclusion in the proposed region. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman allayed concerns of Christians living in the city regarding potential marginalization should their city become part of the new autonomous region reasoning that the neighboring town of Lamitan has been governed by Christians despite being part of the ARMM.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
Hataman also said that Christian practices such as fiestas and eating pork would not be made illegal should the BOL be ratified contrary to what people against the legislation is saying in their campaign. Basilan Governor Jim Hataman on his part claimed that the BOL is a "sure win" in his province. Meanwhile, Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayad expressed reservations on the potential inclusion of her city in the proposed region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
In Sulu, Governor Abdusakur Tan Sr. was against the ratification of the BOL and questioned the law's constitutionality at the Supreme Court. However, some Sulu leaders voiced support for the law.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Campaign and plebiscite period
The provincial government of Lanao del Norte campaigned for a "No" vote since it opposed the inclusion of six of its municipalities in the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Quibranza Dimaporo as well as her husband Abdullah and son Mohammad Khalid, who were both members of the House of Representatives lead the provincial government's campaign. Abdullah Makapaar, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's North Western Mindanao Command, campaigned for a "Yes" vote – promising to double the salary of teachers and the establishment of orphanage centers in the province.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
The crafting of the questions to be use in the plebiscite by the Comelec was already being finalized by mid-September 2018.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
In October 2018, it was reported that in the defined core territories of the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, voters will be asked to answer "Yes" or "No" if they approve the Bangsamoro Organic Law or not while in surrounding areas and non-core areas, voters will be presented a "two-folded" question.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
The plebiscite questions were be in Arabic and Filipino; both languages were used in the existing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao areas while only Filipino was used in the rest of the plebiscite's scope. No ballots with English questions were printed.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
Voters in the existing ARMM had to answer one question:


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
"Payag ba kayo na pagtibayin ang Batas Republika Blg. 11054 na kilala din bilang "Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao"?


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
ه‍ل أنت توُد الموافقة على القرار الجمه‍ورى رقم ١١٠٥٤ المعروف باسم: "القانون العضوى للحكم الذاتى امنطقة بانجسامورو فى مسلمى مينداناو".


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
Are you willing to adopt the Republic Act No. 11054 also known as "Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao"?


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
Voters in Basilan were asked whether they wanted to include the city of Isabela in the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in addition to the question above regarding their stance on the ratification of the BOL. The question was presented as follows:


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
"Payag ba kayo na isama ang Lungsod Isabela, Basilan sa Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Bangsamoro?"


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
هل انت توافق على ادراج مدينة ايسابيلا، باسيلان فى الحكم الداتى لمنطقة بانجسامورو؟


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
"Are you willing to include the city of Isabela, Basilan in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region?"


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Question
Voters in the cities of Isabela and Cotabato were asked one question: whether or not they were in favor of their locality's inclusion in the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Organization
The Comelec held a simulation of the plebiscite on October 23, 2018 at its main office in Intramuros, Manila. Ballot printing started on December 7, 2018 and lasted for three days. Around 2.8 million ballots were printed.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Organization
The plebiscite was originally planned to be held at a single date on January 21, 2019. However the Comelec announced on December 7, 2018 that the plebiscite would be held in two separate days instead; on January 21 and February 6, 2019. The election body reasoned that the move was to allow the resolution of pending petitions for voluntary inclusion of additional local government units in the plebiscite.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Organization
Voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao including Cotabato City and Isabela City in Basilan would take part in the January 21 vote while the rest of the named participating localities in the BOL as well as additional localities which successfully petitioned for their inclusion would take part in the February 6 vote.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Organization
For both dates, the Comelec had allotted eight hours of voting. Voting was set to start at 8:00 a.m. (UTC+8) and close at 3:00 p.m. Voters within 30 metres (98 ft) of the polling area would still be allowed to vote past 3:00 p.m. Voting was to be done manually with the ballot containing questions answerable by "yes" or "no" in English or its equivalent in Filipino or any other indigenous Philippine languages. Answers made with any other mark such as a check, a cross, or a thumb mark were not accepted as valid.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Organization
At least 25 international observers were permitted to oversee the plebiscite in order to establish credibility of the plebiscite. A few restrictions and regulations were to be imposed such as the requirement for the observer to identify themselves to election authorities at the site and for them to provide copies of their report to the government. They would not be allowed to interfere in the process of the plebiscite itself. Their reports would also be used by the Comelec as a reference to improve the process of future elections and plebiscites.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Budget
It was estimated that the plebiscite would require ₱857 million pesos. By mid-September 2018, the proposed national budget for 2019 still did not include the budget for the January 2019 plebiscite.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Budget
In an event that the Congress failed to appropriate part of the 2019 national budget for the holding of the plebiscite, it was proposed that funds acquired by Comelec in the 2018 barangay elections be used to partially satisfy the financial needs of the plebiscite.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Preparations, Budget
By November 2018, budget for the plebiscite had been allocated. The Department of Budget and Management stated that the funds would be drawn from the fund allocation of the Comelec.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Legal challenges
Governor Abdusakur Tan II, the provincial governor of Sulu questioned the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law before the Supreme Court of the Philippines through a petition filed in October 2018. He asked the high court to rule the BOL unconstitutional and for the stoppage of the planned plebiscite. According to the petition, the BOL which sought to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region was illegal, citing a view that the constitution provided for only one organic act for the establishment of an autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Legal challenges
It also argued that only a constitutional amendment could legally abolish the ARMM and not legislation by the congress. In addition, it questioned the provision that the ARMM would be considered as "one geographical area" for the purpose of the plebiscite as well as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's lead role in the Bangsamoro Transition Commission to the prejudice of other Muslims who are affiliated with other rebel groups and non-Muslims.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Legal challenges
The Philippine Constitutional Association (Philconsa) also filed a similar petition against the BOL while an intervention was filed by the Philippine Association of Islamic Accountants (PAIA) seeking for the dismissal of the two petitions filed by the Philconsa and the Sulu provincial government. The two petitions were ordered to be consolidated by the Supreme Court on January 8, 2019. Associate Justice Mario Victor Leonen would handle the cases.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Opinion polling
The International Alert (IA) conducted a survey in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with 614 respondents aged 18–35 regarding their position on the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region creation plebiscite. Of the respondents, 89.4 percent reported that they would vote in favor of the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, while 2.5 percent said that they would vote against; the rest were unsure. However, in the same survey, respondents in the Sulu archipelago were largely undecided compared to their counterparts in mainland Mindanao.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Ratification of the BOL
On January 25, the Commission on Elections, as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers, declared the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law creating the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), after a majority of votes from the present Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) approved its creation.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Ratification of the BOL
On the ratification of the BARMM from the then components of the ARMM, the entire ARMM voted as one; therefore, Sulu's rejection of the BARMM does not remove them from the BARMM.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Cotabato City and Isabela, Basilan
Residents of Cotabato City and Isabela City, the latter of which is part of Basilan province but not the ARMM, voted on January 21 regarding their inclusion in the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Isabela being a part of Basilan province, the residents of the other towns of Basilan had to consent if they were in favor of Isabela's potential inclusion in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Cotabato City, as an independent component city, only needed a majority of its voters to vote in favor or against.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Cotabato City and Isabela, Basilan
On January 25, the Commission on Elections, as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers, announced that a majority of voters in Cotabato City voted in favor of inclusion in the BARMM. In Isabela City, a majority of voters rejected their city's inclusion in the proposed BARMM while a majority of voters in the rest of the province agreed to the potential inclusion. Lacking a double majority, Isabela remains a part of the Zamboanga Peninsula region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Municipalities in Lanao del Norte
A majority of voters in the six Lanao del Norte towns voted in favor of their municipality's inclusion in the Bangsamoro, and in the cases of Munai and Tangcal, overwhelmingly, to join the BARMM.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Municipalities in Lanao del Norte
Like in the case of Isabela in Basilan, the six towns' inclusion in the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region also needed consent from the rest of the towns in Lanao del Norte. Each town needed to secure consent individually. The city of Iligan, a highly urbanized city not under the jurisdiction of Lanao del Norte, did not participate in the plebiscite.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Municipalities in Lanao del Norte
The other towns in Lanao del Norte rejected to allow the towns petitioning to be a part of the BARMM from joining. Because of this, the six towns that voted in favor of their inclusion would not join the proposed region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Barangays in Cotabato
Out of 67 barangays of Cotabato that were included in the plebiscite, 63 voted for inclusion. The four that rejected the measure were Galidan in Tulunan, Balatican in Pikit, and Pagangan and Lower Mingading in Aleosan; these four would not be joining the BARMM. Meanwhile, each municipality consented to its barangays in joining the BARMM. In Pikit, only one barangay that voted in the plebiscite declined to join. The 22 barangays that voted to join the BARMM included Barangay Fort Pikit, which was the site of the Municipal Hall. The municipal government declared that they would ask that the hall and adjacent plaza be annexed by neighboring Barangay Poblacion, one of the 20 barangays that are remaining in Cotabato.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Results, Inclusion to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, Barangays in Cotabato
The barangays in Aleosan and Tolonan voted in favor of their inclusion but majority of voters in the rest of their parent municipalities voted against the barangays' inclusion. Barangay Baltican in Pikit rejected their inclusion while the rest of Pikit consented the barangay's inclusion and would have been part of the new autonomous region if Baltican voters also voted for their inclusion.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the January 21 vote
Discrepancies were noted regarding the actual number of votes cast in Cotabato City: a total of 39,027 votes were recorded but 6,682 "yes" votes were recorded and 24,994 "no" votes with the combined total of the yes and no votes at 61,676. The National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers ordered a re-tabulation of the votes from Cotabato City to validate the votes.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the January 21 vote
The mayor of Cotabato City, Guiani Sayaidi, was to file a protest because of the results. She alleged harassment of voters who were not supportive of the BOL and "flying voters" or non-residents voting in another precinct. Sayaidi later alleged a conspiracy between the national government and the MILF for the result of the plebiscite in her city.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the January 21 vote
She said that the military did not respond to her pleas to disperse MILF members which she claimed were harassing voters and also mentioned an alleged detention of a barangay chief at the headquarters of the Philippine Army's 6th Infantry Division after being told to attend a seminar in relation to the plebiscite on the eve of the plebiscite voting date. The claim has been denied by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Sayaidi was told to bring the matter to a "proper forum".


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the January 21 vote
Less than a week after the plebiscite, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo of Sulu Province was bombed on January 27, one inside the church and another outside after the first bombing when the armed forced responded. Around 18 people were killed, while 82 others were injured. The Armed Forces of the Philippines blamed the Ajang-Ajang group of the Abu Sayyaf as the perpetrators. Sulu narrowly rejected inclusion in the BARMM, but since the old ARMM voted for inclusion, Sulu could not opt out of inclusion. The military stated that it had received reports that the Abu Sayyaf, with foreign collaboration, had been planning to attack an urban area for a "long time" and insisted that it had yet to establish a connection between the bombings and the plebiscite itself.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the January 21 vote
The United Nations and the European Union acknowledged the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the result of the plebiscite as a significant achievement in the Mindanao peace process. The government of Turkey issued a statement with the same message. while Japan has pledged continued support for aiding developments in Mindanao in accordance with the peace process.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Reactions to the results, To the February 6 vote
Following unofficial results, that the majority of voters in Lanao del Norte voted against the inclusion of six municipalities of the province in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the Philippine National Police decided to keep officers stationed in various parts of the province for election duties for the plebiscite to remain in anticipation of adverse reaction to the defeat of the "Yes" votes.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Aftermath
The Commission on Elections announced on January 25, 2019 that the BOL was "deemed ratified", which meant that the ARMM would be abolished and that the process of the formal establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region would begin. The election body also announced that Cotabato City would be part of this new autonomous region while Isabela City in Basilan, which was never part of the ARMM, would remain outside of the new autonomous region.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Aftermath
The election body also confirmed on February 14, 2019, that all six Lanao del Norte municipalities which could then-potentially be part of the new region voted in favor of their inclusion but failed to gain approval from voters in other towns in the province. 63 out of 67 barangays were also announced to form part of the proposed autonomous region after they verified that voters in this barangays voted in favor of their inclusion while the rest of the voters from their respective parent municipalities consented their inclusion.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Aftermath
The barangays that would be part of the BARMM did not immediately secede from their parent municipalities and province once the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region was effectively established. They were expected to vote for municipal officials of their parent municipalities and North Cotabato provincial officials in the 2019 Philippine general election in May if the barangays were not reorganized into a new municipality or merged with any of the neighboring municipalities of Maguindanao in time before the elections.


2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite, Aftermath
The members of an interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority took their oaths on February 20, 2019 along with the ceremonial confirmation of the plebiscite results of both the January 21, and February 6, 2019 votes. The official turnover from the ARMM to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region took place on February 25, 2019, thereby abolishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after 30 years of existence.


2019 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2019 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 9 to 15 September 2019.


2019 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik Castillo were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul won the title after defeating Sergio Galdós and Facundo Mena 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2019 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Alessandro Giannessi was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Tallon Griekspoor won the title after defeating Sumit Nagal 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400
The 2019 Bank of America Roval 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on September 29, 2019, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 109 laps on the 2.28-mile (3.67 km) road course, it was the 29th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the third race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 16.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Report, Background
Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is  2.28 miles (3.67 km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, 400 kilometres (250 mi).


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Report, Background
During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Report, Background
If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, First practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 80.968 seconds and a speed of 103.152 mph (166.007 km/h). Michael McDowell was replaced by Austin Cindric for the session while he was treating a kidney stone, but returned for qualifying later in the day.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Qualifying
William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 80.932 and a speed of 103.198 mph (166.081 km/h).


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 81.977 seconds and a speed of 101.882 mph (163.963 km/h).


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 81.801 seconds and a speed of 102.101 mph (164.316 km/h).


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider, and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network, with talent and production assistant from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow, and Jeff Hammond called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. IMS Radio's Nick Yeoman was assigned the entrance to the road course and into the Bank of America bridge (Turns 1-3). Voice of the Indianapolis 500 Mark Jaynes was assigned the action from the Bank of America bridge to the middle of the infield section.


2019 Bank of America Roval 400, Media, Radio
Doug Turnbull called the action exiting in infield into the oval Turn 1 banking (Turns 7-9). Pat Patterson called the action on the backstretch and into the bus stop. Rob Albright was assigned to the oval Turn 3-4 end. (Turns 13-15). Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Steve Richards, and Wendy Venturini had the call from the pit area for PRN.


2019 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
The 2019 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season is the 40th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2019 Barcelona City Council election
The 2019 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2019 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Barcelona (Catalan: Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Barcelona) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Barcelona, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Barcelona and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Council composition
The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the time of dissolution.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Campaign budget
According to a report from the Catalan newspaper Diari Ara, Manuel Valls, the candidate of Citizens, would have received funds from a group of businessmen to prepare the campaign, that would have included a salary of €20,000 monthly for him. Valls rejected those accusations and said all funds he received for the campaign were declared.


2019 Barcelona City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 21 seats are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.


2019 Barcelona Formula 2 round
The 2019 Barcelona FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 11 and 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Catalonia, Spain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the third round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round
The 2019 Barcelona FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 11 and 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. It was the first round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Background
Following the 2018 GP3 Series, the series became the FIA Formula 3 Championship after merging with the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Background
The round saw the début of the new Dallara F3 2019 chassis. The new chassis uses the same Mecachrome 3.4 litre (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine that powered its predecessor, the GP3/16, but the power output is slightly reduced. The chassis also uses Pirelli tyres, as its predecessor GP3 did, and features the "halo" device used for cockpit protection.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Background
Ten teams were listed to compete in the inaugural season; Reigning GP3 champions ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, Jenzer Motorsport, MP Motorsport and Trident were chosen from the GP3 Series teams, while Carlin, Hitech Grand Prix, and reigning European F3 champions Prema Racing were chosen from the Formula 3 European Championship. Both Carlin and Prema Racing had entries in the championship's sister series Formula 2, as did Charouz Racing System, who later formed a partnership with former Formula 1 team Sauber. The final entry went to HWA Racelab, who joined the championship after Mercedes-Benz left the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship to focus on their Formula E entry.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Qualifying
Prema Racing's and Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman became the first pole sitter of the series, ahead of ART's Christian Lundgaard and Prema teammate Marcus Armstrong.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Race 1
At the start, Christian Lundgaard took the lead into turn one from Robert Shwartzman, with Marcus Armstrong in third place. Lundgaard led for the entire race and became the first race winner of the new championship, with Shwartzman and fellow Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong completing the podium in third, giving Prema a double podium finish. However, on the cool-down lap, Lundgaard would be awarded a penalty for exceeding the Full Course Yellow speed limit, which would hand the win to Russian driver Shwartzman.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Race 1
The only retirement of the race was Campos Racing's Alessio Deledda, who spun off on lap 14 at turn 12. Liam Lawson would also not be classified following a late pit-lane start having suffered a mechanical failure on the warm-up lap.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Race 2
Niko Kari, who returned to the championship with Trident after racing for MP Motorsport in GP3 and Formula 2 in 2018, qualified in reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the first race. He was immediately overtaken at the start by the third Prema driver Jehan Daruvala, who competed in both GP3 and European F3 in 2018. The start saw four drivers eliminated following a collision at turns 1 and 2; Raoul Hyman, Ye Yifei, Jake Hughes, and Artem Petrov, which brought out the safety car. On lap 9, Fabio Scherer made contact with Bent Viscaal at turn 2 and Simo Laaksonen and Alex Peroni collided at the same turn, putting an end to both the Charouz and MP Motorsport drivers' respectively.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Summary, Race 2
As Lundgaard did in the first race, Daruvala led the entire race and brought home a victory for Prema, with Red Bull Junior Jüri Vips in second and Kari third for Trident. The result gave Prema a 32 point lead over ART in the teams' championship, and Robert Shwartzman a 13 point lead over Lundgaard in the drivers' championship.


2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round, Classification, Race 1
Driver awarded a five-second penalty for exceeding the VSC delta.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
The 2019 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 67th edition of the event and part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 22 through April 28, 2019.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles
Feliciano López and Marc López were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Feliciano López played alongside Pablo Carreño Busta, but lost in the semifinals to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Marc López teamed up with Marcel Granollers, but lost in the first round to Raven Klaasen and Joe Salisbury.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles
Cabal and Farah went on to win the title, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles
Dominic Thiem defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–4, 6–0, to win the Singles title at the 2019 Barcelona Open.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Thiem.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles, Seeds
Note: Diego Schwartzman, who would have been placed in the entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of 11 March 2019 and seeded 11th, entered late and played in the qualifying tournament.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season
The 2019 season was Barcelona Sporting Club's 94th season in existence and the club's 61st season in the top flight of Ecuadorian football. Barcelona was involved in three competitions: the main national tournament Liga Pro, the national cup called Copa Ecuador, and the international tournament Copa Libertadores.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season
In their Copa Libertadores campaign, Barcelona played the second qualifying phase against the Uruguayan Defensor Sporting. Barcelona won the first leg match 2-1 away from home, but Defensor Sporting claim CONMEBOL for an infraction of Barcelona. CONMEBOL awarded Defensor Sporting a 3–0 win as a result of Barcelona fielding an ineligible player. In the second leg match, Barcelona won 1-0 at home but Defensor won 3-1 on aggregate, so Barcelona was eliminated from the tournament.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season
In their Copa Ecuador campaign Barcelona started playing in the round of 32. Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate against Mineros SC and advanced to the round of 16. Then Barcelona won the key by the away goals rule (the aggregate score ended up in 2–2) against Santa Rita and advanced to quarterfinals. Barcelona also won in their quarterfinals key against El Nacional by the away goals rule (the aggregate score ended up 1–1) and advanced to semifinals. However, in their semifinals key, Barcelona tied 4-4 on aggregate but lost by the away goals rule against Delfín SC and was eliminated from the tournament.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season
In their Liga Pro campaign, Barcelona was one of the sixteen fighting for the championship. In the first stage Barcelona won 17 matches, had 4 draws and 9 losses obtaining 55 points at the end of the stage and a +18 of goal difference. Barcelona ended up in the second place of the table, qualifying to 2020 Copa Libertadores first stage and the playoffs. In the quarterfinals Barcelona lost the key against Aucas 0-1 on aggregate and was eliminated from the tournament.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
On 6 February, Barcelona started their season and their Copa Libertadores campaign defeating Defensor Sporting 1-2 away from home. Ely Esterilla scored the first goal of the 2019 Barcelona season. Álvaro Navarro scored for the Uruguayan club getting a temporary draw, but Barcelona took the lead again by a goal from Xavier Arreaga near the end of the match.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
On 9 February, Barcelona started their Liga Pro campaign defeating El Nacional 5–2 at home. Fidel Martínez scored the first goal of the match by penalty kick. Two goals scored by Martínez and another more by Stalin Caicedo made Barcelona taking the lead in the first half. In the second half, El Nacional scored two goals by Jordy Caicedo, but Barcelona expanded their score by two more goals from Ayrton Cisneros y Ángel Quiñónez in the last minutes of the match.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
On 11 February, CONMEBOL awarded Defensor Sporting a 3–0 win as a result of Barcelona fielding the ineligible player Sebastián Pérez Cardona in the first leg.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
On 12 February, Barcelona defeated Uruguayan Defensor Sporting again 1-0 at home, but due to the CONMEBOL punishment Defensor Sporting won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
In their second Liga Pro match held on 16 February, Barcelona drew 0-0 against Macará.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, February
On 24 February, Barcelona defeated Mushuc Runa 2-0 away from home. Oscar Estupiñan and Ángel Quiñonez scored for Barcelona.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, March
Barcelona lost their two first matches in March: the first one was held on 3 March against Independiente with a 3-0 lost away from home, ad the second one was against Universidad Católica with a 2-1 at home held on 10 March.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, March
On 17 March, Barcelona defeated Fuerza Amarilla 0-3 away from home. Barcelona goals were scored by Pedro Pablo Velasco, Fidel Martínez and Christian Alemán.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, March
In the seventh round of the Liga Pro first stage, Barcelona drew 1-1 against Liga de Quito in a match played on 30 March. Barcelona goal was scored by Fidel Martínez in the 25th minute, but in the last minutes of the match Rodrigo Aguirre scored for L.D.U.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, April
Barcelona started April with a draw against América de Quito in a match played on 6 April which ended 2-2 away from home.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, April
Barcelona's biggest win of this season was held on 12 April against Deportivo Cuenca which was defeated 6-2 at home.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, April
On 21 April, Barcelona defeated Delfín 3-1 at home. Barcelona goals were scored by Fidel Martínez, Robert Herrera and Leonardo Campana.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, April
On 24 April, Barcelona started their Copa Ecuador campaign with drew match against Mineros SC with a 1-1 away from home.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, April
Also Aucas was defeated by Barcelona in a match played on 27 April which ended 3-4 away from home.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, May
On 5 May, Barcelona defeated Guayaquil City 1-0 at home. Barcelona's only goal was scored by Leo Campana.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, May
On 12 May, Barcelona defeated their big rival Emelec 0-1 away from home. In the first official Clásico del Astillero of the year, Barcelona's only goal was scored by Fidel Martínez.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Season overview, May
On 16 May, Barcelona played the second leg match of the Copa Ecuador Round of 32 against Mineros SC winning with a 2-0. Osbaldo Lastra and Ely Esterilla scored for the Canarios. Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate and advanced to Round of 16.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Liga Pro, Playoffs
Aucas won 0–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Semifinals.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Copa FEF Ecuador, Round of 16
The aggregate score ended up in 2–2, but Barcelona won the key by the away goals rule and advanced to quarterfinals.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Copa FEF Ecuador, Quarter-finals
The aggregate score ended up in 1–1, but Barcelona won the key by the away goals rule and advanced to semifinals.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Copa FEF Ecuador, Semi-finals
The aggregate score ended up in 4–4, but Barcelona lost the key by the away goals rule and Delfín advanced to the final.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores
Barcelona joined the competition in the second stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages.


2019 Barcelona Sporting Club season, Competitions, Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, Second stage
Defensor Sporting won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages.


2019 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2019 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Barrow Raiders season
This article details the Barrow Raiders rugby league football club's 2019 season.


2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election
The 2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election
The Labour Party held their control of the council, even though their majority decreased to 12.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2019 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results were announced on January 22, 2019, with the BBWAA electing Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martínez and Mike Mussina to the Hall of Fame. Rivera and Halladay were elected in their first year of eligibility, while Martínez was elected in his last year of eligibility. Rivera became the first player to be unanimously elected, appearing on all 425 ballots; he broke Ken Griffey Jr.'s record of 99.32 percent (437 out of 440), set in 2016.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The Today's Game Era Committee, one of four voting panels that since 2016 have taken over the role of the more broadly defined Veterans Committee, convened on December 9, 2018, to select from a ballot of retired players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport after 1987, with Harold Baines and Lee Smith elected by this body. The formal induction ceremony was held at the Hall's facilities in Cooperstown, New York, on July 21, 2019.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA election rules remained identical to those that were in effect for the most recent elections. The most recent rules change, announced in 2015, tightened the qualifications for the BBWAA electorate. Beginning with the 2016 election, eligible voters must not only have 10 years of continuous BBWAA membership, but also be currently active members, or have held active status within the 10 years prior to the election. A BBWAA member who has not been active for more than 10 years can regain voting status by covering MLB in the year preceding the election.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Edgar Martínez and Fred McGriff were on the ballot for their final time; McGriff dropped off the ballot, while Martínez was the sixth player to be elected in his final ballot, after Red Ruffing, Joe Medwick, Ralph Kiner, Jim Rice, and Tim Raines.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
319 votes were needed for election; a total of 425 ballots were cast, with 3404 votes for individual players, an average of 8.01 names per ballot.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Players who were eligible for the first time in 2019 but were not on the ballot included Wilson Betemit, Henry Blanco, Tim Byrdak, Jamey Carroll, José Contreras, Jesse Crain, Ryan Dempster, Mark DeRosa, Matt Diaz, Octavio Dotel, Chad Durbin, Chad Gaudin, Édgar González, Mike Gonzalez, Jerry Hairston Jr., Ramón Hernández, Eric Hinske, Brandon Inge, César Izturis, Austin Kearns, Casey Kotchman, Mark Kotsay, Ryan Langerhans, Brandon Lyon, Corky Miller, Brett Myers, Laynce Nix, Ramón Ortiz, Cody Ransom, Jon Rauch, Chris Snyder, Yorvit Torrealba, Jake Westbrook, Ty Wigginton and DeWayne Wise.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Rivera's unanimous election was not the only significant historic milestone from the 2019 BBWAA voting results. Halladay, who died in a plane crash in November 2017, became the first player to have been elected posthumously on the first ballot in a regular BBWAA election since Christy Mathewson in the first BBWAA election of 1936. Roberto Clemente was voted in via a special BBWAA election in 1973, shortly after his death in a plane crash, and before he would have been eligible.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Today's Game Era Committee
On July 23, 2016, the Hall of Fame announced changes to the Era Committee system. The system's timeframes were restructured to place a greater emphasis on the modern game, and to reduce the frequency at which individuals from the pre-1970 game (including Negro league baseball figures) will have their careers reviewed. Considering candidates whose greatest contributions occurred in 1988 and later, the Today's Game Era Committee met in 2018 as part of the elections for the next calendar year.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Today's Game Era Committee
The Hall announced the 10 candidates for the Today's Game Era Committee ballot on November 5, 2018, with the committee scheduled to meet and vote at the 2018 winter meetings. Voting results were announced immediately after the committee meeting adjourned on December 9. The cutoff for election and induction remains the standard 75%, or 12 of 16 votes.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Today's Game Era Committee
All candidates except George Steinbrenner were living when the ballot and results were announced. Harold Baines, being considered by the committee for the second time, received the necessary votes for election to the Hall of Fame in this balloting. Lee Smith, being considered by the committee for the first time, was also elected, unanimously. Lou Pinella missed election by a single vote.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Today's Game Era Committee
Note: Piniella, Baines, Belle, Clark, Hershiser, Johnson and Steinbrenner were on the previous Today's Game Era Committee ballot in 2017.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
The J. G. Taylor Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. Through 2010, it was awarded during the main induction ceremony, but is now given the previous day at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation. It recognizes a sportswriter "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing". The recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
The three finalists for the 2019 award were announced on July 18, 2018 during the All-Star break:


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Stark was announced as the recipient during the 2018 winter meetings on December 11. Stark received 270 of the 463 ballots cast (including 2 blank ballots) to Reeves' 111 and Reusse's 80.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Various changes in July 2016 were also made to the annual Ford C. Frick Award elections, presented annually to a preeminent baseball broadcaster since 1978. According to the Hall, the new criteria for selection are "Commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers."


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Additionally, a ballot of eight candidates is now set, down from 10 in years past. The three ballot slots previously determined by fan voting on Facebook are now filled by a committee of historians.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
A new election cycle has been established, rotating annually between Current Major League Markets (team-specific announcers) with the 2017 Frick Award; National Voices (broadcasters whose contributions were realized on a national level) with the 2018 Frick Award; and Broadcasting Beginnings (early team voices and pioneers of baseball broadcasting) with the 2019 Frick Award. This cycle will repeat every three years.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Hall announced the following finalists for the 2019 Ford C. Frick Award on October 22, 2018.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
All finalists had been deceased for at least 30 years when the ballot was announced, the most recently deceased being Hoyt in 1984. Two finalists, Heilmann and Hoyt, are members of the Hall of Fame as players.


2019 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Hall announced Al Helfer as the recipient on December 12, 2018. Helfer (1911–1975) called games for eight MLB teams in a career that spanned more than 30 years. He was most notable as forming one of MLB's first play-by-play teams in the 1930s alongside fellow Frick Award recipient Red Barber, and also as the lead announcer for the Mutual Broadcasting System's Game of the Day in the 1950s.


2019 Bashkir head election
The 2019 Bashkir head election was held on 8 September 2019 in the autonomous republic of Bashkortostan. The result was a victory for Radiy Khabirov who won 82.02% of the vote.


2019 Bashkir head election, Background
Since July 2010, Bashkortostan was headed by President Rustem Khamitov. First, he was appointed as an acting president by Dmitry Medvedev after the early resignation of Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov, and a few days later, on 19 July 2010, Khamitov was confirmed as the new president of the republic for a 5 year term through the procedure of approval by the deputies of the State Assembly.


2019 Bashkir head election, Background
In early May 2012, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law returning direct elections for heads of regions to Russia. The law came into force on 1 June 2012.


2019 Bashkir head election, Background
On 27 February 2014, amendments were made to the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, according to which, from 1 January 2015, the post of the President was changed to the Head of the Republic.


2019 Bashkir head election, Background
In early 2014, Khamitov sought for re-election for presidency. On 30 May 2014, he resigned ahead of schedule and was immediately appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the acting president of Bashkortostan and also received permission to participate in the elections. Snap presidential elections were held on 14 September 2014. From there, Khamitov won 81.8% of the vote with a turnout of 74.9%. He was elected for a 5 year term which was set to expire in September 2019.


2019 Bashkir head election, Background
On 11 October 2018, at the Day of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Khamitov resigned ahead of the elections, citing as a "personal decision" noting that he wouldn't run for re-election. The acting head of the republic was appointed 54 year old Radiy Khabirov, whom prior to that, was the head of the Krasnogorsk City District in Moscow Oblast.


2019 Basildon Borough Council election
The 2019 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party lost control of the council. which fell under no overall control.


2019 Basildon Borough Council election, Result summary
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2016 election.


2019 Basilicata regional election
The 2019 Basilicata regional election took place on 24 March 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Regional Council of Basilicata, as well as for the President of the Region, who is also a member of the council. This election was the last one in Italy before the European election of 26 May 2019.


2019 Basilicata regional election
The original election date was 26 May 2019, but a snap election was called upon the resignation of the incumbent president Marcello Pittella, a member of the Democratic Party (PD), on 24 January 2019. After the subsequent dissolution of the Regional Council, Vice President Flavia Franconi (PD) became acting president.


2019 Basilicata regional election
The centre-left coalition had won each regional election in Basilicata since 1995 with a large margin. However, in the general election of 4 March 2018 both the centre-right coalition and the M5S substantially improved their performance: the center-right, for the first time, tied with the center-left (including LeU, which in 2018 was not a member of the coalition led by PD) and the M5S won about double the votes gained by the PD and LeU combined.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Electoral law
In addition to the newly elected president, the candidate for president of the coalition who ranks second automatically gains one seat (the first of his coalition or single party list), in the Regional Council, according to the Tatarella Law of 1995. The remaining 19 seats will be assigned on a province basis, proportionally with respect to the population of the provinces of Potenza and Matera.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Electoral law
The new electoral law follows proportional representation with a threshold of 3% for party lists and 4% for lists in coalitions that failed to reach the 8% threshold. If the first coalition wins 30% of the vote, the parties collectively receive 11 (55%) to 14 seats (67%). For the presidential election, a candidate needs to win by a simple majority (first-past-the-post). To cast his vote, the voter can make a single mark on the name of a presidential candidate, and in this case the vote is not transmitted to any party list.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Electoral law
If the voter marks the symbol of one of the lists, the vote is automatically transferred to the candidate supported by that list. Since the approval of the new regional electoral law in 2018, split voting is not possible, i.e. voting on a list and a candidate who is not supported by it.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Electoral law
The voter can express two preferences, reserving the second to a candidate of a different sex, otherwise the second preferences will not be valid. Among the innovations there is the introduction of gender equality (each party list cannot have more than 60% of candidates of the same sex), and the abolition of the price list and of the split vote.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Campaign
On 20 February 2019, governor Marcello Pittella announced he would not run for a second term and decided to support Carlo Trerotola (PD), the new centre-left candidate. With the retirement of Pittella, the majority of the left-wing Free and Equal (LeU) returned in the centre-left coalition with the list Progressives for Basilicata. A joint list of left-wing parties ran alone with Valerio Tramutoli as its presidential candidate.


2019 Basilicata regional election, Campaign
The presidential candidate of the centre-right coalition is Vito Bardi, an independent, former General of Guardia di Finanza, who later joined Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia. The presidential candidate of the Five Star Movement (M5S) is Antonio Mattia. The presidential candidate of Lega Sud Ausonia (a regional party who usually run alone) Antonio Postorivo was excluded due to bureaucratic issues.


2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election
Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.


2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Results
The Conservative Party lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour held their incumbent seats. Whilst Labour remained the second largest party (and largest opposition party), the Liberal Democrats won more votes for the first time.


2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Results
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final
2019 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, the 3rd season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Four were played in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. The game was held 5 May 2019.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final
Virtus Bologna from Italy won its first BCL title and its first European title in ten years. Canarias played in its second final and finished second.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final, Background, Virtus Bologna
Virtus' 2018–19 season began with the appointment of Alessandro Dalla Salda as new club's CEO and the hire of Stefano Sacripanti as new head coach. Aradori and Filippo Baldi Rossi were confirmed and the club signed, among others, Tony Taylor, Kevin Punter, Amath M'Baye and Brian Qvale, to participate in the Basketball Champions League, which was Virtus's first European competition after ten years. The team reached a record of seven wins in the first seven games of the continental competition, which had never been achieved before. In March 2019, the team signed Mario Chalmers, two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final, Background, Canarias
Canarias, playing as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, had another successful BCL season.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the second season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Final Four took place on 3–5 May 2019. The tournament is hosted by the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Virtus Bologna won its first ever Champions League title, Iberostar Tenerife were runners-up. Antwerp Giants took the third place over Brose Bamberg.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Draw
The draw for the final four pairings was held on 10 April in Antwerp.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Teams, Background, Telenet Giants Antwerp
Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Teams, Background, Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Teams, Background, Brose Bamberg
After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.


2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four, Teams, Background, Iberostar Tenerife
Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.


2019 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs
The 2019 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia season. The playoffs is scheduled to start on 2 June and end on 20 June 2019.


2019 Basque foral elections
The 2019 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th Juntas Generales of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Basque foral elections, Foral deputation control
The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
The 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race presented by Wendy's was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 17, 2019 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the .533-mile (0.858 km) short track, it was the 24th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background
During driver introductions, a unique tradition is held where drivers are allowed to introduce themselves with a song of their choosing.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background, Entry list
† - Bayley Currey was entered for the No. 52 but was suspended by NASCAR on Thursday before the race due to violating the substance abuse policy. Kyle Weatherman will replace Currey in the No. 52 as a result.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, First practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.920 seconds and a speed of 128.606 mph (206.971 km/h).


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, Final practice
Matt DiBenedetto was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.892 seconds and a speed of 128.848 mph (207.361 km/h).


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Qualifying
Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.848 and a speed of 129.230 mph (207.976 km/h). It was the first pole for Toyota in the Cup Series in 2019.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2008 Food City 500 winner Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Television
NBC Sports relieved Dale Earnhardt Jr. of duties for this race after an incident at Elizabethton Municipal Airport where a bounced landing led to the Earnhardts' private plane crashing. He, his wife Amy, daughter Isla, and dog Gus were not severely injured, but he was kept out as a precaution.


2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the broadcast booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Rob Albright called the race when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Wendy Venturini handled the action on pit road for PRN.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election
The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the 12 seats it was defending. Both Independents and Labour gained seats from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from Labour in East Retford West, the first Liberal Democrat elected in Bassetlaw since 2006.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election
The Conservative Party have won 4 by elections in 2021, taking 2 seats from Labour Party and 1 seat from Independents . These by election results returned the Conservative Party to be the official opposition on Bassetlaw District Council.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election, Background
Bassetlaw is a shire district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop and Retford. The district was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Local Government in Nottinghamshire is organised on a two-tier basis, with local district councils responsible for local services such as housing, local planning and refuse collection and Nottinghamshire County Council responsible for "wide-area" services, including education, social services and public transport. Bassetlaw District Council has been controlled by Labour for most of its existence, except for a brief period from 2006 to 2011 when it was controlled by the Conservatives.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election, Background
Bassetlaw District Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with other councils in England as part of the 2019 local elections. Bassetlaw is divided into 25 wards for electoral purposes, with each ward electing between one and three councillors. Until 2015, the council was elected by thirds, with district elections being held every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place. The council resolved in 2014 to hold all-out elections from 2015 onwards, with all 48 councillors elected in all-out elections every four years. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. At that election, Labour won a majority of seats and retained its control of the council, which it has controlled since 2011.


2019 Bassetlaw District Council election, Result
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council


2019 Batanes earthquake
The 2019 Batanes earthquake was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake which struck Batanes, Philippines on July 27, 2019. It was preceded by a 5.4 magnitude foreshock. Nine people were killed by the combined effects of the earthquakes.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Earthquake
The main shock of the 2019 Batanes earthquake was the 5.9 magnitude earthquake which had a depth of focus of 43 kilometers (27 mi). The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS) earlier recorded the tectonic earthquake as a magnitude 6.4 but later revised their records. The earthquake occurred at 7:38 a.m. (UTC+8) on July 27, 2019 near Itbayat, Batanes.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Earthquake
A noted foreshock of the earthquake was the magnitude 5.4 earthquake which struck the same town at 4:16 a.m. (UTC+8). It had a depth of focus of 12 kilometers (7.5 mi)


2019 Batanes earthquake, Earthquake
One of the stronger aftershocks was a magnitude 5.8 earthquake which occurred at 9:24 a.m. (UTC+8).


2019 Batanes earthquake, Earthquake
According to the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale, the earthquake was most felt in the town of Itbayat, Batanes at Intensity VII while the other towns of the same province reported a lesser intensity; Basco at Intensity V, Sabtang and Ivana at Intensity IV. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake had a maximum intensity of VI or has caused "Strong" shaking according to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Casualties and damages
At least 9 people were killed and 60 injured due to the earthquakes. The historic, Santa Maria de Mayan Church in Itbayat, built in 1888, sustained heavy damage from the earthquake with its bell tower falling off. Several stone houses, two schools, and two health centers were also damaged.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Casualties and damages
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), 911 families or 2,963 individuals were affected by the Batanes earthquakes. The Department of Public Works and Highways  (DPWH) on their part made an estimate that the damage caused by the earthquake costed at least ₱292 million.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Response
President Rodrigo Duterte made a visit to Batanes on July 28, 2019 to personally check the situation in the province. He also made a pledge for the government to release ₱40 million for the construction of a new clinic with Duterte citing the uncertainty regarding the integrity of the still functional Itbayat District Hospital which sustained minimal cracks. Vice President Leni Robredo also visited the island province.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Response
The NDRRMC also provided tents and other relief goods to people displaced due to earthquake via C-130. Other provinces and private organizations also provided aid to Batanes. The agency also shipped construction materials for new houses meant for the victims of the earthquake.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Response
By August 1, 2019, the whole province of Batanes has been placed under a state of calamity.


2019 Batanes earthquake, Response
China through its embassy in Manila donated ₱10 million as aid following the earthquake.


2019 Batangas City local elections
Batangas City held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' fifth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.


2019 Batangas City local elections, Candidates, Mayor
Incumbent Mayor Beverley Rose Dimacuha is running for reelection unopposed.


2019 Batangas City local elections, Candidates, Vice Mayor
Incumbent Emilio Francisco Berberabe, Jr. is running for reelection unopposed.