2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian and state response
The Albanian government established a monetary compensation scheme that would give families of deceased people scholarships to children, pensions for the elderly and 1 million lek ($9,000) for a family. Prime Minister Rama said that the state budget was being reconfigured to manage the situation following the earthquake. Rama stated that the draft budget of 2020 would provide funds for the construction of homes and cost some 7 billion leke ($63.10 million) or 0.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The exact final amount is unknown and apart from the aim of getting displaced people into homes, Rama wants reconstruction to expand economic growth, jobs and consumption.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian and state response
Apart from costs and planned projects already factored in, the government committed itself to no new budgetary expenditure except for irrigation, so as to accumulate funds for reconstruction. Rama has called for additional expert assistance and monetary aid geared toward recovery from the international community stating that Albania lacks the capacity "to do this [reconstruction] alone." By mid December, 13 billion leks ($171 million) were allocated for future reconstruction by the Albanian government. In late January 2020, the government budget placed a total of 20 billion Lek in a fund for the future rebuilding process.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian and state response
In Albania, a large proportion of the earthquake damage has been blamed on corruption, violations of the building code and substandard construction following the demise of communism during the early 1990s. The Albanian state has drafted a law in the aftermath of the earthquake that would see investors, supervisors and architects go to prison for a period of 7–15 years if proper construction practices are violated. Albanian prosecutors have begun proceedings to investigate violations of regulations and illegal building within the construction industry.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian and state response
On 14 December, Albanian prosecutors and police detained nine people on charges of murder and abuse of power, including two owners of collapsed hotels. A further eight individuals are being sought who are also suspected of failing to follow safety regulations. In mid December, Prime Minister Rama was criticised by NGOs, human rights organisations and parts of the media of misusing the situation to pass controversial legislation after he sought a three-month extension for his state of emergency powers from parliament. A new government portfolio was established and on 20 December, Arben Ahmetaj became the Minister of State for Reconstruction to oversee the rebuilding process.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Kosovo Albanian civilian assistance
In Kosovo, its ethnic Albanian population reacted to the earthquake in Albania with sentiments of solidarity, moved in part by memories of solidarity and sanctuary the Albanians of Albania provided them when they fled ethnic cleansing by Serb forces during the 1999 Kosovo war. Kosovo Albanians undertook fundraising initiatives and appeals, collected money, food, clothing and shelter donations. In Pristina, volunteers established a drop off point in the central square for donations of supplies and several truckloads were sent to displaced people affected by the earthquake.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Kosovo Albanian civilian assistance
Volunteers and humanitarian aid in trucks, buses and hundreds of cars from Kosovo traveled to Albania to assist in the situation and people were involved in tasks such as the operation of mobile kitchens and gathering financial aid. Kosovo Albanian school children donated clothes, food, and books. By 29 November, more than 100 tons of supplies donated by Kosovo businesses and civilians reached Albania. Candle light vigils were held in parts of Kosovo in honour of the deceased.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Kosovo Albanian civilian assistance
Various football fan groups and their clubs such as"Intelektualët" FC Drita, "Skifterat" SC Gjilani, "Plisat" FC Prishtina, "Stuhia e Kuqe" KF Arbëria, "Tigrat" KF Ulpiana, "Legjendat" FC Llapi, "Gladiatorët" KF Vushtrria and from KF KEK were involved in collecting donations, mobilising and sending busloads of volunteers to assist in relief efforts.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Kosovo Albanian civilian assistance
The Islamic Community of Kosovo organised a fundraising effort on 29 November after Friday prayers across all its mosques within the country and sent several convoys of aid to earthquake victims. The Catholic Church in Kosovo sent members from the local branch of the Catholic charity Caritas to assist in Albania. In Kosovo, the Catholic Church held mass on 1 December across the country and it collected charitable donations by parishioners for earthquake victims and their families. President Hashim Thaçi was part of a presidential delegation that visited the earthquake epicentre and expressed his condolences on behalf of Kosovo.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Kosovo Albanian civilian assistance
On 29 November, outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and his successor Albin Kurti visited Durrës to survey the damage and expressed Kosovan commitment to relief efforts and the need for institutional cooperation between both countries. In Serbia, ethnic Albanians of the Preševo valley donated aid and sent it through several convoys to earthquake victims.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian assistance from Montenegro and North Macedonia
Albanians from North Macedonia responded in large numbers to the Albanian government's appeal for financial assistance through donations to various humanitarian organisations and special bank accounts fundraising for aid. The Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia organised a fundraising effort on 29 November after Friday prayers across all its mosques within North Macedonia. Parliamentary speaker Talat Xhaferi, Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani and leader of DUI Ali Ahmeti were part of a delegation of Albanian politicians from North Macedonia visiting the earthquake epicentre that expressed their condolences to President Meta. The mayor of Čair, Visar Ganiu visited the earthquake epicentre and brought fans known as "Shvercerat" from the football club FK Shkupi to volunteer assistance. Other football fan groups "Ballistët" KF Shkëndija and "Ilirët" KF Bashkimi collected donations and sent busloads of volunteers to assist in relief efforts.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Albanian civilian assistance from Montenegro and North Macedonia
In Montenegro, ethnic Albanians from Ulcinj were involved in a major relief effort sending items such as food, blankets, diapers and baby milk through a local humanitarian organisation Amaneti and in Tuzi through fundraising efforts. A blood donation effort for earthquake victims was organised by the Bosniak Youth Forum of Montenegro with hundreds of Albanians from Ulcinj partaking in the initiative. In Ulcinj, the Islamic Community of Montenegro collected aid for earthquake victims in all mosques of the city and surrounding area.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Local business and International civilian assistance
Various prominent businesses owned by ethnic Albanians and charities in Albania and Kosovo along with notable members of the Albanian community in the Balkans including businessmen, politicians, journalists, actors and socialites made large financial contributions for humanitarian aid. Businesses that made large donations include the International Albanian Airport (€1,000,000) and Balfin Group (€1,200,000), the charities Fundjavë Ndryshe ($1,400,000) and Shqiptarët për Shqiptarët ($590,000), along with individuals such as Kosovo politician Behgjet Pacolli (€1,000,000) and Albanian businessman Shefqet Kastrati (€1,500,000).


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Local business and International civilian assistance
Globally, the Albanian diaspora expressed its solidarity and held multiple fundraisers to send money to Albania and assist people impacted by the earthquake. In the United States, an Albanian-American organisation named Albanian Roots raised $1,300,000 for earthquake victims. Global celebrities of Albanian descent such as Bebe Rexha, Rita Ora, and Dua Lipa pledged support, sent donations, and made visits to the country's most quake-ravaged regions in hopes to rebuild some of the affected areas' infrastructure. In all, these non-state donations by Albanians from the Balkans and global diaspora totaled some 13 million dollars of humanitarian assistance to Albania.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, Local business and International civilian assistance
Individual donations by people from 76 countries were also made through online fundraising on the websites GoFundMe and Facebook totaling $3,600,000. Money from the Albanian diaspora continued to arrive in Albania and Prime Minister Rama tasked a group of fundraisers, that includes a Muslim imam experienced in housing the needy, to combine the donations and maintain oversight of their usage. By early December, all donations for humanitarian assistance totaled $92 million.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
The European Union, the Catholic Pope, the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General, presidents of Azerbaijan, China, Armenia, Serbia, Montenegro, United States and Greece, the German Chancellor, the monarchs of Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the Bulgarian Prime Minister and the Iranian and Estonian foreign ministers expressed their condolences to the people of Albania.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his condolences, called for aid from other Muslim countries and stated he will lobby them to give assistance to Albania for future reconstruction. Prime Minister Rama contacted President Erdogan and asked for the creation of an international donors conference with one involving western countries and the other with states from the east. Rama also wrote to US President Donald J. Trump and other countries such as Sweden, Malaysia, Japan, Great Britain, Germany and Australia asking for assistance.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
President Erdogan, citing close Albanian-Turkish relations, committed Turkey to reconstructing 500 earthquake destroyed homes in Albania. The Turkish reconstruction effort will focus on Laç and Kodër-Thumanë where the homes will be built, along with civic structures such as gardens, parks, shopping centers, parking lots and religious buildings. The Turkish government will administer reconstruction in Laç and cooperate with the Albanian government on building designs and getting earthquake affected people quickly into homes. Qatar committed itself to the future reconstruction effort.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
At the NATO 2019 London summit (3–4 December), constructive discussions were held by Prime Minister Rama with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European leaders over establishing an international conference for financial aid. German chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that Germany would provide future assistance. In Istanbul, Turkey held a donors conference (8 December) for Albania that was organised and attended by President Erdogan and included Turkish businessmen, investors and Prime Minister Rama.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
On 12 December, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio made calls for the establishment of an international conference for financial aid to Albania. Following the completion of the earthquake damage report by Albanian authorities, the European Council announced on 13 December that the European Union will organise an international donors conference for January 2020 in Tirana. A Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) was established by the United Nations (UN), World Bank and EU to assess the situation and to provide information for the donors' conference regarding efforts toward rehabilitation and reconstruction.


2019 Albania earthquake, Aftermath, International donors conferences and reconstruction efforts
On 10 January the EU announced that it had organised a donors’ conference for Albania to take place on 17 February. Apart from the EU and its member countries, delegates from other states, international organisations and financial institutions such as the UN and World Bank are expected to partake in the conference.


2019 Albania earthquake, International assistance
A number of countries and businesses have offered assistance for relief:


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup
The Albanian Basketball Cup 2019 is the 63rd edition of the Albanian Basketball Cup, the top annual basketball cup competition played by Albanian teams and organized under the authority of the  Albanian Basketball Association (FSHB).


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup
Tirana was the defending champion, while Teuta won the competition after 52 years, 1965 was the last time Teuta won the Albanian Basketball Cup.


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Competition Format
The Basketball Cup 2019 is played at the middle of the season, when the league is paused for the cup. The mid-season standing is taken into account to pair the matches.


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Competition Format
All the Albanian teams from the Superliga and First Division compete for the Cup. Each game is played once in a single knock-out game.


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Competition Format
There is a first round of qualification played by the teams from the First Division, from which only two teams qualify to the final bracket phase played against the teams from the First Division.


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Competition Format
The qualification and quarter finals rounds are hosted in the court of the higher ranked team, while the Final 4 are played in a neutral court, in two consecutive days (1st and 2 February 2019) in Tirana, at the Feti Borova Sport Hall in the Tirana Olympic Park.


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Teams and ranking
At the middle (10 games played of 20 total) of the season the following teams will play the championship as ranked in the Superliga and First Division:


2019 Albanian Basketball Cup, Final
The final is played between Teuta and Goga Basket, both from Durrës. Goga Basket was at its first participation in the competition, as the team has participated to the Albanian Albanian Superlica for the first time.


2019 Albanian Cup Final
The 2019 Albanian Cup Final was a football match played on 2 June 2019 to decide the winner of the 2018–19 Albanian Cup, the 67th edition of Albania's primary football cup.


2019 Albanian Cup Final
The match was played between Kukësi and Tirana at the Elbasan Arena in Elbasan.


2019 Albanian Cup Final
Kukësi won the match 2-1, their second time winning the Albanian Cup.


2019 Albanian Futsal Championship
The 2019 season of the Albanian Futsal Championship was the 16th season of top-tier futsal in Albania. The regular season started on 21 April 2019, and ended on 27 May 2017. After the end of the regular season, all four teams played in the championship playoffs.


2019 Albanian Supercup
The 2019 Albanian Supercup was the 26th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the winner of the previous season's Albanian Superliga and the runner-up of the Albanian Cup.


2019 Albanian Supercup
The match was contested by Partizani, champions of the 2018–19 Albanian Superliga, and Kukësi, the 2018–19 Albanian Cup winner.


2019 Albanian Supercup, Details
Match officials:Assistant referees:Ilir Tartari (Albania)Nertil Bregasi (Albania)Fourth official:Ridiger Çokaj (Albania)


2019 Albanian local elections
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2019 Albanian local elections
2019 Albanian local elections were a set of highly contested elections in Albania held on 30 June 2019. Voters were asked to elect mayors, municipal council members, municipal unit mayors and municipal unit members. These were the second local elections in Albania since substantial administrative reforms legislated in 2014 reduced the number of municipalities in the country to 61.


2019 Albanian local elections
The Central Election Commission of Albania was responsible for administrating the elections.


2019 Albanian local elections
Following months of political crisis, the opposition parties refused to participate in the election accusing the government and the Prime Minister of vote buying, voters intimidation and links with criminal organizations that led to a Socialist Party majority in the previous elections.


2019 Albanian local elections
The President had originally postponed the election date to October 13th after many protests organized by the opposition parties, some of which turned out violent, but it was not accepted by the government and the CEC, which decided to continue with the process on the original date.


2019 Albanian local elections
The Socialists ran uncontested in 31 municipalities, facing smaller parties and independent candidates in the other 30 municipalities, including the newly formed Bindja Demokratike, resulting in an absolute win by the Socialists in all municipalities except Finiq, and resulted in the Socialists gaining the most votes in all city council elections except Finiq and Pukë. In most areas, turnout was low, ranging between under 10% in Shkodra to around 38% in Librazhd. Only one municipality, Pustec, was outside of this range, and had a turnout of over 50%.


2019 Albanian protests
The 2019 Albanian protests was massive demonstrations and violent protests led by the opposition, who staged massive rallies in Albania between February-June, calling for the cancellation of the 2019 Albanian local elections, fresh elections, resignation of prime minister Edi Rama and his entire cabinet and the installation of a new technocrat government.


2019 Albanian protests, Background
Albania has been plagued by civil unrest since the 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations and the 2017 Albanian opposition protest. Massive protests erupted after allegations that prime minister Edi Rama had most of his votes rigged, and corruption, organised crime in the government triggered almost daily protest actions. After the leaks, thousands took to the streets and waved the Albanian flag and posters denouncing Rama.


2019 Albanian protests, Revolution
Despite heavy police presence and brutality during previous uprisings, the protesters came in their hundreds of thousands, demonstrating and calling for the resignation of the government in Tirana. Protesters attacked the prime minister's residence and was met with Tear gas. Opposition protesters clashed with riot police during the next couple of days of anti-government street rallies. Rioting played a major role during the movement, violence had flared during weekly marches. Marches, rallies, picketing, rioting and protest movement, demonstrations, general strike actions and unrest would have turned into a conflict, but it managed to prevent that. Violent protests and opposition rallies erupted in March.


2019 Albanian protests, Revolution
Countrywide protests turned violent as police quelled stone-throwing protesters who attempted to strip parliament and demanded democratic reforms and better conditions, calling and chanting for the resignation of the government of Edi Rama and new elections, led by opposition leader Lulzim Basha between March 21-March 28. However, episodes of nonviolent rallies occurred in Tirana, where thousands then tens of thousands of protesters participated in nonviolent protests, with police presence scarce. Looting, labour strikes and peaceful protest became an unprecedented national protest movement and protests become increasingly popular.


2019 Albanian protests, Revolution
Widespread protests and popular demonstrations however turned violent again as protesters used stones, banners, projectiles, gates, labour protests urged the government to resign in Shkodra and Vandalism was on the rise. Symbols and human chains was linked as a way of nonviolence, however, it is broken up by Water cannon. In Late-May and June, violent protests occurred during political chaos and rallies, marches turned into increasingly violent protests characterised by crackdown and violence. Police and the army fired Tear gas, Rubber bullets and Water cannon at every protest calling for the resignation of the government. Crowds with Phonelights and candles marched in downtown streets in Tirana for the first week of July, the last week of protest actions in 2019.


2019 Albanian protests, Revolution
Disputed protests and protesters called for the resignation of the government was increasing, while the opposition chanted ouster slogans. In July, popular protests ended with violence and clashes. Street battles occurred when protesters threw Petrol bombs and hurled broken brikcs at police, who responded with Tear gas, Water cannon, Stun grenade, Rubber bullets and Flash grenade. Demonstrators threw bottles and flared slogans during the scuffles. One of the demonstrator's main demands was fresh elections and the cancellation of the 2019 Albanian local elections, the elections was scheduled for June 30 but was annulled and cancelled.


2019 Albany Empire season
The 2019 Albany Empire season was the second season for the Albany Empire in the Arena Football League. The Empire played at the Times Union Center and were coached by Rob Keefe for the 2019 season.


2019 Albany Empire season
In just their second season of existence, the Empire finished with the best regular season record and advanced to ArenaBowl XXXII, where they defeated the Philadelphia Soul to win their first league championship.


2019 Albany Empire season, Standings
y - clinched regular season titlex - clinched playoff berth


2019 Albany Empire season, Schedule, Regular season
The 2019 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2019. All times Eastern.


2019 Albany Empire season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated May 16, 201924 Active, 12 Inactive


2019 Albany Great Danes football team
The 2019 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, in his sixth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the sixth season. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut in the first round before losing in the second round to Montana State.


2019 Albany Great Danes football team, Previous season
The Great Danes finished the 2018 season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.


2019 Albany Great Danes football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in twelfth place.


2019 Albany Great Danes football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Great Danes did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 Albany Great Danes football team, FCS Playoffs
The Great Danes were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Central Connecticut.


2019 Albay local elections
Albay local elections were  held on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters  selected their candidates of choice for all local positions: municipal or city mayor, vice mayor and councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the three districts of Albay in the House of Representatives. These elections were held following the first-past-the-post voting system, in which the candidate with the highest number (but not necessarily a majority) of votes is elected for the position he or she is seeking.


2019 Albay local elections, Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election
As with other provinces in the Philippines, the governor, and vice governor of Albay are elected separately. Therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2019 Albay local elections, Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election, Governor
One-term consecutive, four-term non-consecutive incumbent Governor Al Francis Bichara ran for reelection. Bichara's opponents included broadcast journalist Hermogenes Alegre Jr., self-claimed general Galma Arcilla, Vice Governor Harold Imperial, and retired COMELEC Bicol Regional Director Zacarias Zaragoza. The three perrenial candidates who faced Bichara in 2016, Paul Aguilar, Mario Baquil, and Jaime Hernandez, Jr., also ran again. Bichara won reelection to a second consecutive, fifth non-consecutive term.


2019 Albay local elections, Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election, Vice Governor
Incumbent Vice-Governor Harold Imperial is term-limited. He ran for governor instead. Running to replace him are former Quezon City Councilor and Albay First District Representative Edcel Greco Lagman, and Legazpi City Councilor and Albay Councilors League President and ex-officio Board Member Alan Rañola. Bonifacio Regidor withdrew his candidacy for this position. Lagman won the election for this office.


2019 Albay local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
One-term consecutive, seven-term non-consecutive Representative Edcel Lagman is running for reelection. Facing him is Santo Domingo Mayor Herbie Aguas. Lagman won reelection to a second consecutive, eighth non-consecutive term.


2019 Albay local elections, Congressional elections, 2nd District
One-term consecutive, four-term non-consecutive Representative Jose Maria Clemente Salceda sought reelection. He was reelected to this position.


2019 Albay local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Incumbent Fernando Gonzalez is term-limited. His party nominated his chief of staff, Fernando Cabredo. Former Representative Reno Lim is trying to reclaim this seat. Other candidates are Mario Marcos and Elmer Felix Pornel. Cabredo was elected to represent this district.


2019 Albay local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections
All three legislative districts of Albay will members of the Albay Provincial Board. The first and second districts send three board members each, while the third district sends four board members each. The election is via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote up to the maximum number of board members his district is sending as apportioned.


2019 Albay local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 1st District
Freshmen incumbent Board Members Reynaldo Bragais and Victor Ziga, Jr. ran for reelection. Board Member Job Belen is term-limited and ran for Malilipot Vice Mayor. Also vying for this position are multi-level marketing company head Jose Betito, former Board Member Baby Glenda Bongao, and Tabaco City Councilor Sheina Onrubia.


2019 Albay local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 2nd District
One-term incumbent Board Member Raul Rosal ran for reelection. Board Member Ralph Andes is term-limited while two-term Senior Board Member Richard Benjamin Imperial retired. Also vying for this position are Legazpi City Councilors Melissa Abadeza and Jesus Chito Baldo, Political dynasty candidates Ivan Andes and Maria Paz Salud Imperial, and Daraga Councilor and former board member Neil Montallana.


2019 Albay local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 3rd District
Neophyte incumbent Board Members Dante Arandia, Howard Sim Imperial, Eva Josephine Ribaya, and Jesus Salceda, Jr. ran for reelection. Libon Councilor Mark Ian Cortes also ran for this position.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections
All cities and municipalities of Albay will elect its mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the plurality of votes wins the seat. The mayor and vice mayor are elected separately; therefore, they may be of different parties when they are elected. However, these candidates may form a  de facto coalition wherein a mayoral and vice mayoral candidate of different party affiliation will campaign together with a slate of candidates for councilors.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Tabaco City
One-term consecutive, three-term nonconsecutive incumbent Mayor Cielo Krisel Lagman-Luistro is running for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Tabaco City
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Nestor San Pablo is unopposed for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Bacacay
One-term Incumbent Armando Romano is running for reelection. Running against him are Gil Bea, and topnotcher Councilor Edsel Belleza.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Bacacay
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Divina Gracia Bonavente is challenged for reelection by former Mayor Tobias Betito.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Malilipot
One-term Incumbent Cenon Volante is running for reelection. Former Mayor Roli Volante, whom Cenon unseated in the 2016 election, sought a rematch.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Malilipot
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Johanes Ampig is challenged for reelection by Board Member Job Belen and dynastic candidate Rolando Volante.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Malinao
One-term consecutive, three-term nonconsecutive incumbent Mayor Avelino Ceriola had been dismissed from his position by the Office of the Ombudsman. This is in connection with the graft and administrative cases filed against him for the alleged illegal construction and operation of a cockpit arena that he owned; but he refused to step down. He was later unseated and his 2016 opponent, former Mayor Alicia Morales took over this office. Mayor Morales will face former Mayor Emiliana Kare and Councilor Lenybelle Santos.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Malinao
Two-term incumbent Vice Mayor Sheryl Bilo is running for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Santo Domingo
Incumbent Herbie Aguas is term-limited and is running for representative. Former Councilor Joseling Aguas, Jr. is his party's nominee. Vice Mayor Nomar Banda and resort owner Noel Estillomo are also seeking the mayoralty position.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Santo Domingo
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Nomar Banda is running for mayor. Councilor Marvin Oringo is running for this position.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Tiwi
One-term consecutive, four term nonconsecutive incumbent Mayor Jaime Villanueva is facing a rematch with former Mayor Leo Templado.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Tiwi
Two-term incumbent Vice Mayor David Beato is being challenged for this office by topnotcher Councilor Rebecca Lizardo.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Legazpi City
Two-term consecutive, five-term nonconsecutive incumbent Mayor Noel Rosal is running for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Legazpi City
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Oscar Robert Cristobal is unopposed for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Camalig
One-term incumbent Mayor Maria Ahrdail Baldo is swapping posts with one-term incumbent Vice Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo, Jr. Both of them are running unopposed.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
Three-term consecutive, five-term nonconsecutive Mayor Gerry Jaucian died on May 4, 2018. Then Vice Mayor Carlwyn Baldo ascended to this office. Baldo is seeking a full term in this position. He sought this office in 2010 and 2013, losing both times to Jaucian. He won as Vice Mayor in a fractured field in 2016, defeating the then, two-term consecutive, five-term nonconsecutive incumbent vice mayor. He is facing off with three-term Ako Bicol Representative Rodel Batocabe and elevated Vice Mayor Victor Perete.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
On December 22, 2018, Batocabe was attending a gift-giving event for senior citizens and persons with disabilities in the rural barangay of Burgos of the municipality when two men approached and shot him. His police escort, Senior Police Officer 2 Orlando Diaz, was also killed, while seven elderly attendees were also wounded in the attack. Batocabe and Diaz were taken to a hospital in Legazpi City, where both were pronounced dead.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
On January 3, 2019, Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde announced in a press conference that Mayor Carlwyn Baldo is the suspected mastermind for the murder of Representative Batocabe. According to the police, Baldo hired six men to kill Batocabe and set up $95,000 in funds to pay for the murder. The plot had allegedly been in the works since August 2018, when Baldo supplied $4,600 to one of the hitmen to purchase guns and motorcycles. Mayor Carlwyn Baldo denied the allegations in a statement read over the phone to local radio stations, calling himself " a convenient scapegoat."


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
On January 6, 2019, Lakas–CMD said that it has revoked its Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) for Baldo. Batocabe's party, the National Unity Party named his widow, Gertrudes, as his substitute. However, Representative Batocabe's name is going to remain on the ballot.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
On May 6, 2019, the Legazpi City Regional Trial Court ordered the arrest of Baldo for the murder of Batocabe and his police escort. While the police said that Baldo has sent word that he would immediately surrender when he is served arrest warrants, he was declared by the police as a "wanted person" after failure to serve his warrant of arrest two days after its issuance. Baldo surrendered on May 10, 2019, four days after the court issued the warrant for his arrest.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Daraga
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Carlwyn Baldo assumed the Office of the Mayor after the death of Mayor Gerry Jaucian. Topnotcher Councilor Victor Perete was then elevated into the position of Vice Mayor. Vice Mayor Perete forwent election for a full term and is running for Mayor instead. Former Councilor Joseph Espinas and incumbent Councilors Gerry Raphael Jaucian, Jr. and Joey Marcellana are facing off for this post.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Manito
One-term incumbent  Joshua Mari Daep is running for reelection. Challenging him is 2016 mayoral candidate Rebecca Chen.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Manito
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Carlito Belludo is running for reelection. His challengers include former Councilor Marjun Dagsil, Councilor Arly Guiriba and Diego Lopez.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Rapu-rapu
Two-term incumbent Mayor Ronald Galicia is running for reelection. He is being challenged by Fiel Vizcaya.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Rapu-rapu
Two-term incumbent Vice Mayor Nora Oñate is vying for a final consecutive term in office. Her challenger is Amando de la Cruz, Jr.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Ligao City
Incumbent Mayor Patricia Alsua is running for a third term in office.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Ligao City
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Sherwin Quising is running for city councilor. Running to replace him are City Councilors Manuel Garcia, and Teodorico Residilla, Jr.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Guinobatan
Incumbent Mayor Ann Ongjoco is unopposed for a final, consecutive term in office.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Guinobatan
Two-term incumbent Vice Mayor Julio Tingzon, IV is challenged for reelection by topnotcher Councilor Rolando Palabrica.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Jovellar
Incumbent Mayor Jorem Arcangel is term-limited and is running for Vice Mayor. His party nominated topnotcher Councilor Joseph Arcangel, who will run unopposed for this position.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Jovellar
Incumbent Vice Mayor Jose Nobleza, Jr. is term-limited and is running for municipal councilor. Mayor Jorem Arcangel will run unopposed for this position.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Libon
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Markgregor Edward Sayson is unopposed for reelection.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Oas
One-term incumbent Mayor Domingo Escoto, Jr. is running for reelection. His opponents are former Mayor Gregorio Ricarte and Vice Mayor Antonio Yuchongco, II.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Oas
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Antonio Yuchongco, II is running for mayor. His party nominated municipal Councilor Reene Raro. He will be facing Barangay Chairman of San Isidro, and concurrent Oas ABC President, ex-officio municipal Councilor Joseph Rentosa.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Pio Duran
Incumbent Mayor Alan Arandia is unopposed for a second term in office.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Pio Duran
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Marvin Quiroz is challenged for reelection by former Mayor Henry Callope.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Polangui
Incumbent Mayor Cherilie Sampal is term-limited. Her party nominated political dynasty candidate Norman Sampal. Vice Mayor Herbert Borja, and Councilor Andy Mariscotes are also running for this open seat.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Polangui
One-term incumbent Vice Mayor Herbert Borja is running for mayor. Running for this position are former Vice Mayor Renato Borja, municipal Councilor Restituto Fernandez, and Dexter Salinel.


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, Maps
Results of 2019 Mayoral Elections in Albay by Municipality and City


2019 Albay local elections, City and municipal elections, Maps
Results of 2019 Vice Mayoral Elections in Albay by Municipality and City


2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Alberta, was held January 23–27 at the Stettler Recreaction Centre in Stettler, Alberta. The winning Chelsea Carey team went on to win the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, Nova Scotia.


2019 Alberta general election
The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16, 2019, to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 seats, reducing Premier Rachel Notley's governing Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) to Official Opposition with 24 seats. The United Conservative Party was formed in 2017 from a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Wildrose Party after the NDP's victory in the 2015 election ended nearly 44 years of Progressive Conservative rule.


2019 Alberta general election
The NDP won 24 seats in total: including nineteen seats in Edmonton, three seats in Calgary (Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Mountain View), and the seats of Lethbridge-West and St. Albert, a total of 24. The UCP won the remaining 63 seats in the province. Two other parties that won seats in the 2015 election, the Alberta Party and the Alberta Liberals, failed to win any seats, making this election the first Alberta general election since 1993 where only two parties won seats.


2019 Alberta general election
The Election Act fixes the election date to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year after the preceding election day which in this case was May 5, 2015. However, this did not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly before this period.


2019 Alberta general election
This election resulted in the highest voter turnout since 1982 at 64%, rising from 57% in the last general election held in 2015. It marked only the fifth change of government since Alberta became a province in 1905, and also the first time an incumbent government failed to win a second term.


2019 Alberta general election, Background
The 2015 Alberta general election resulted in a New Democratic majority government headed by Rachel Notley. The New Democrats surprise victory ended the 44-year government led by the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, becoming the fourth change in governing party in Alberta's 110 year history. The Wildrose Party formed the Official Opposition under leader Brian Jean, while the incumbent Progressive Conservatives came third place, but were left without a leader after Jim Prentice resigned as leader and disclaimed his seat. The Alberta Liberal Party elected one member with interim leader David Swann capturing his seat, while the Alberta Party elected its first candidate to the Legislature in leader Greg Clark.


2019 Alberta general election, Background
Major changes in leadership of opposition parties occurred over the next four years. Former Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament and Minister Jason Kenney was elected in the 2017 Progressive Conservatives leadership election on a platform of uniting the right wing parties in Alberta which occurred after Wildrose members voted 95 per cent in favour of merging into the new United Conservative Party and forming the Official Opposition. Later the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership election saw Jason Kenney elected as party leader and leader of the Opposition.


2019 Alberta general election, Background
The interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and sole Member of the Legislative Assembly declined to contest the 2017 Alberta Liberal Party leadership election, which saw David Khan elected leader of the party. The Alberta Party saw two Members of the Legislative Assembly cross the floor over the four year period. Party leader Greg Clark resigned as leader in 2017, and the 2018 Alberta Party leadership election saw former Progressive Conservative MLA and Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel elected as party leader.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, Election finance changes
Following the NDP's election in 2015 the new government's first bill An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta which amended the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act was passed by the Legislature. The bill banned corporate and union donations to political parties, set rules for political parties accessing loans and reinforced that only Albertans are able to make political contributions. The next year the government introduced further amendments reducing political contributions from $15,000 per year to a total of $4,000 per year (inclusive of parties, constituency associations, candidates, leadership contests, and nominations).


2019 Alberta general election, Background, Election finance changes
The election reforms were supported by the Wildrose opposition, but commentators pointed out the changes hurt the Progressive Conservatives which relied on large corporate donations. Reforms also limited party expenses to $2 million between the writ and when polls close, limiting candidates to $50,000 per general election and $23,000 for by-elections. Third party advertisers were limited to $150,000 during the official election period, and limited to $3,000 for supporting or opposing a candidate.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, 2017 electoral boundary commission
Under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act requires that a Commission be appointed during the first session of the Legislature following every second general election. The Commission requires a non-partisan chair, two government members recommended by the Premier, and two opposition members. Due to the decision by Premier Jim Prentice to call an early election in 2015, the Commission was required to be formed before the prescribed date in time for the next election in 2019. Previous Commissions had provided for modest redistributions in favour of Alberta's cities which according to Political Scientist Roger Epp brought forward "deep rural anxieties" regarding declining population and influence in Alberta.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, 2017 electoral boundary commission
The Commission was provided with a mandate which kept the size of the Legislature fixed at 87 seats. The Commission was appointed, led by Justice Myra Bielby made only incremental changes adding one new seat in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as a seat in the Airdrie area. The Commission did however make significant statements on the rural-urban divide in Alberta, noting "Alberta is no longer entirely or primarily rural in nature" and a "disproportionate preservation of the rural voice" was no longer acceptable or feasible under law.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, 2017 electoral boundary commission
While the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act permits up to four districts to be formed with a population 50 per cent lower than the average population, the Commission only recommended that two of these districts be formed. The districts include Central Peace-Notley which had a population of 28,993 and area of 47,311 km2 (18,267 sq mi), and Lesser Slave Lake which had a population of 27,818, compared to the average population of electoral districts of 46,803 following redistribution.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, 2017 electoral boundary commission
A minority opinion was presented by Commission members appointed by the opposition, arguing that Alberta's rate of growth was a threat to "a critical part of our history, culture, and primary economic voice" which is at risk of being lost through continued redistribution.


2019 Alberta general election, Background, 2017 electoral boundary commission
The previous redistribution occurred in 2010 when an additional four constituencies were added, increasing the number from 83 to the present 87. Following the 2016 Canadian census the largest constituency Calgary-South East had grown to 79,034, while the smallest constituency Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley had a population of 25,192.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
The United Conservative Party made a small improvement in its overall share of the popular vote compared to the combined vote of the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties which preceded it. The party won 63 seats. The UCP finished no lower than second place in any constituency. UCP leader Jason Kenney won re-election in his constituency.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
The Alberta New Democratic Party lost about one-fifth of its vote share, although due to the considerably higher turnout compared to 2015 it actually gained votes. The NDP with 24 seats formed the opposition in the Alberta legislature. The NDP finished first or second in 85 out of 87 ridings. NDP leader and outgoing premier Rachel Notley won re-election in her constituency.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
No other party elected any MLAs, with the centrist Alberta Party being the only other party to run a full slate of candidates. The Alberta Party more than quadrupled its overall popular vote, but failed to win any seats. All three Alberta Party incumbents were defeated, with former leader Greg Clark (the only MLA previously elected under the Alberta Party banner) being the only Alberta Party candidate to finish as high as second place. Current Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel, a former mayor of Edmonton and PC cabinet minister, finished third in his own riding.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
The Alberta Liberal Party finished fourth in the overall popular vote, with its vote share falling by more than three quarters. They were shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1982. Liberal Leader David Khan placed fourth in his constituency, which was formerly represented by his retiring predecessor David Swann.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
A number of minor parties, including several running to the right of the UCP, contested the election, but none came close to winning any seats. The Alberta Independence Party (which fielded the most candidates after the UCP, NDP and AP) finished fifth in the overall popular vote. The Freedom Conservative Party finished sixth, although they ran fewer candidates compared to the other parties. On average, FCP candidates polled the most votes outside the three largest parties.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
The FCP's only incumbent (party founder and leader Derek Fildebrandt), who had been originally elected as a representative for the now defunct Wildrose Party, finished a distant third in his own riding. The Green Party of Alberta finished seventh in the overall popular vote and the Alberta Advantage Party finished eighth.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
The last time only two parties took all of the seats was in 1993, and the only time before that was in 1913 after the defeat of Socialist Party MLA Charles O'Brien and before the rise of farmer and labour parties. Incumbent Independent MLA Rick Strankman - previously a UCP MLA - finished second place in his riding.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
This was the first provincial election in which eligible voters could cast ballots at any advance poll in the province, not just at stations in a persons riding the program was called "Vote Anywhere" by Elections Alberta.


2019 Alberta general election, Results
Notley's 24-member caucus is the largest Official Opposition caucus since the Liberals won 32 seats in 1993. The overall result for the NDP (both in total seats and share of the vote) was the second best in the party's history after its 2015 win.


2019 Alberta general election, Results, Campaign finance
For the 2019 Alberta general election all parities cumulatively raised a total of $7.9 million and spent $11.3 million. At the constituency level, Calgary-Mountain View had the highest expenses at a total of $212,354, including four candidates which exceed $40,000. Of the 38 candidates which exceeded $45,000 in expenses, 21 were elected. Third party advertisers raised a total of $2.1 million and spent $1.9 million during the election. Unions contributed 46 per cent of the revenue for third party advertisers, corporations contributed 39 per cent, and individuals contributed 15 per cent.


2019 Alberta general election, Opinion polling
The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.


2019 Alberta general election, Incumbent MLAs not seeking re-election
The following MLAs have announced that they would not run in the 2019 provincial election:


2019 Alberta general election, Results by riding
The final list of candidates was published by Elections Alberta on March 29, 2019. The official results were published on May 14, 2019.


2019 Alberta general election, Results by riding
Party leaders are in bold. Candidate names appear as they appeared on the ballot.


2019 Alberta general election, Results by riding
† = Not seeking re-election‡ = Running for re-election in different riding


2019 Alberta general election, Results by riding, Edmonton
27 Edmonton constituenciesSix Central Edmonton constituenciesSeven North Edmonton constituenciesSeven South Edmonton constituenciesSeven Suburban Edmonton constituencies


2019 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.


2019 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta began the year of 2019 with 351 municipalities. Of these, at least 18 (5.1%) have published their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2019.


2019 Alberta municipal censuses
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2019 censuses. Lethbridge both exceeded 100,000 residents and surpassed Red Deer as Alberta's third largest city after counting 101,482 residents. Airdrie, now the fifth-largest city in the province after passing Grande Prairie  (which last calculated its population in the 2018 Alberta municipal censuses), grew beyond the 70,000-mark.


2019 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2019.


2019 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets
The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2019 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and Sturgeon County.


2019 Alberta wildfires
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. The five year average is 747 fires destroying 146,360.08 hectares (361,664 acres). There were 644 wildfires recorded in Alberta. By May 31, 10,000 people had been evacuated, 16 homes, and the Steen River CN railway bridge, had been destroyed.


2019 Alberta wildfires
The department of Agriculture and Forestry's Forest Protection Division reported that by May 31, there were 29 wildfires still burning with nine out-of-control fires. As of June 20, there are a total of 27 wildfires burning with 6 being considered out of control. Of these, five were caused by humans and two by lightning with 20 still under investigation.


2019 Alberta wildfires
On May 30, NASA reported that the Terra satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) had collected satellite images of five large "hot spots" on May 29. The fire danger level of four of these five areas—the Steen River wildfire HWF066, the Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042, the Peace River area, and the Slave Lake area—was extreme. The fifth, at Wood Buffalo National Park was designated as very high.


2019 Alberta wildfires
One fire, described as a fast growing "monster", the Chuckegg Creek Fire HWF042—unofficially known as the High Level fire—had forced the evacuation of 5,000 people in the High Level Forest Area, northern Alberta, and had burned 2,300 km2 (570,000 acres) by May 30 and 237,000 hectares by the evening of May 31.


2019 Alberta wildfires
According to Alberta's  Department of Agriculture and Forestry (AAF), the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FRIAA) FireSmart program, Alberta communities are under an increased risk of forest fires because fifty per cent of Alberta is covered in forests and because of Alberta's "wildland/urban interface"—where many communities are nested into forests with buildings and forested areas intertwined. The province's designated Forest Protection Area stretches from north to south of the province along the western border with British Columbia.


2019 Alberta wildfires
For purposes of monitoring, the Alberta's wildfire status map subdivides the Forest Protection Area into these areas: , , , , , , , , and .


2019 Alberta wildfires
There was smoke from Alberta's wildfires over southern Alberta, southern B.C. Interior and the Lower Mainland, including the city of Vancouver as well as the U.S. Pacific Northwest, reaching as far south as Denver, Colorado. Air quality in cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, reached 10+ out of 10 rating, which is considered to be a severe risk.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Historical comparison
In 2019, there have been 644 wildfires in the Forest Protection Area with a total of 798,380.75 hectares (1,972,842 acres) burned as of June 20. The current 5-year average is 664 wildfires with 146,164.76 hectares (361,181 acres) burned.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
By May 30, in the Forest Protection Area of Alberta, there were 27 wildfires, ten of which that were out of control, 2 were being held, 9 were under control and 6 were "turned over to the responsible parties".


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
By May 30, with three major wildfires spreading quickly overnight on May 29, there were about 10,000 wildfire evacuees. Thousands more were waiting on evacuation alerts.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
The Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Forest Protection Division reported that by May 31, there were 29 wildfires still burning with nine out-of-control fires. Of these, ten were caused by humans and one by lightning with 20 still under investigation. The total number of hectares burned was 496,739.19 or 4,967.4 km2 (1,227,500 acres). There were nine fires that were out of control. compared to six on May 27.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
By early morning on June 1, the area had increased to 528,842.99 hectare or 5,288.4299 km2 (1,306,799.5 acres). increasing to 571,770.49 hectare or 5,717.7 km2 (1,412,900 acres) within several hours.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
By May 31, 10,000 people had been evacuated, 16 homes, and the Steen River CN railway bridge, had been destroyed.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression
In terms of the number of wildfires alone, from March 1 to May 30, the number of fires in 2019 was "slightly under the five-year average" but the "amount of land burned is more than 3.5 times higher."


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression, Weather conditions
In an Edmonton Journal interview in the afternoon of May 30, Alberta Wildfire's information unit lead, Christie Tucker, said that from the evening of May 29 through to late afternoon May 30, multiple wildfires were moving faster than they normally would", "even at night when they wouldn't traditionally be moving so quickly" because of the "ongoing dry windy conditions" with "very low humidity", creating a challenge for firefighters.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Progression, Weather conditions
Alberta's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Devin Dreeshen, said on May 30 that there were nine out-of-control fires. He said that this "fight is going to be a tough one" as the weather was "not co-operating for the long-distance forecast for the next two weeks. It's more of the same, of hot, dry and windy conditions. Albertans need to prepare themselves for this situation for the foreseeable future."


2019 Alberta wildfires, Edson District
In the Edson Forest Area, the wildfire that is officially named EWF043, which was detected on May 29 and has burned 2.05 km2 (510 acres), was categorized as out-of-control by May 30, 2019. EWF043, which was moving south west, was about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south east of Edson.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Fort McMurray District
By May 30, the Fort McMurray Forest Area had one fire, MWF012, which is within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) CNRL Albian, that is expected to be under control by the first week in June. MWF012 had burned  0.106 km2 (26 acres) by May 30.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District
In the High Level Forest Area, by May 30, 2019 there were two active and out-of-control (OC) wildfires. The largest is the Chuckegg Creek wildfire, officially named HWF042 which burned 818.27 km2 (202,200 acres). The second was the Jackpot Creek Wildfire HWF066 in the Steen River area which had burned 247.3 km2 (61,100 acres).


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District
According to the federal Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale, on the evening of May 31, the province of Alberta requested assistance with "the massive forest fires" near High Level and Slave Lake. In response the Canadian Armed Forces were mobilized to support evacuations, medical assistance, among other things.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
The High Level wildfire, officially known as the Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042, started on May 12, 2019 due to a lightning strike. At first it burned northwest, reaching a size of 350 hectares before its status was changed to Being Held.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
On May 17, the wildfire breached containment due to gusty winds from the southeast. The wildfire reached a size of 1,817 hectares by that evening. By May 18, the wildfire had grown to a size of 25,300 hectares. On May 19, the  Chuckegg Creek wildfire was about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of High Level,  a town with about 4,000 residents. The fire almost tripled in size to 690 km2 (69,000 hectares) overnight on May 19.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
On May 20, with the fire within 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) of the town High Level, a state of local emergency and an evacuation alert were issued. Due to the fire's proximity to High Level, and the dry weather forecasted for the coming days, the town was placed under an evacuation order on May 20 at 4:00 p.m.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
By May 28, Global News described it as a "monster." According to Alberta Wildfire's Christie Tucker, between 12:00 noon on May 29 and 4 a.m. on May 30, the Chuckegg Creek fire grew by 80,000 hectares 80 km2 (8,000 hectares) to 230,000 hectares 2,300 km2 (230,000 hectares). Tucker said that it was unusual for a wildfire to move so quickly especially at night.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
HWF042 spread northwest near Watt Mountain, and south towards Paddle Prairie in the Peace River Forest Area.


2019 Alberta wildfires, High Level District, Chuckegg Creek wildfire HWF042
The Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, which is about 72 km (45 mi) south of the High Level on the Mackenzie Highway, had to evacuate without much warning. Fifteen homes in the community were completely destroyed. Concerns were raised about the lack of outside support from structural firefighters. According to Christi Tucker, the heavy smoke made it difficult for outside structural firefighters and structural protection units to fly into the settlement so local structural firefighters were protecting buildings and infrastructure. Tucker also said that the fire was moving so fast it was hard to get ahead of it.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Grande Prairie District
The Grande Prairie Area was categorized as very high danger of wildfires on May 30, 2019. No large wildfires were reported in the region.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Lac La Biche Area
From March to the end of August 2019, there were 142 wildfires in the Lac La Biche Area.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Peace River District
The Peace River Forest Area was categorized as in extreme danger of wildfires on May 30, 2019. Of the 70 wildfires in the Peace River Forest Area in 2019, only five fires were still burning. The Battle Complex (Notikewin and Battle River wildfires) known as PWF052 had already burned 52,322 hectares in size in the Notikewin Area remains out-of-control at 52,322 hectares was out of control. In the Battle River area, the 0.7423 km2 (183.4 acres) 74.23-hectares PWF054 was under control. Near Keg River, PWF070 2.51 km2 (620 acres) had burned 251 hectares. PWF064 burned 0.01 hectares, PWF066 in the Three Creeks area, burned 10.50 hectares.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Peace River District
The High Level Forest Area wildfire, Chuckegg Creek Fire (HWF042), had spread into the Paddle Prairie area in the Peace River Forest Area.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Slave Lake District
Since March 1, 2019 when the wildfire season began in the Slave Lake Forest Area, 818.27 km2 (202,200 acres) were burned and 79 wildfires reported. By May 30 gusty north winds were causing the wildfires in the Slave Lake area to spread.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Slave Lake District
Wildfires SWF049 which started on May 18 is part of the McMillan Wildfire Complex. It was out of control by May 30 having grown considerably on May 29. It has burned 133,952 hectares.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Slave Lake District
The Maria Lake wildfire, SWF069, 13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi) southeast of Trout Lake, was classified as out-of-control on May 30 as it had rapidly grown to 45,845 hectares. It joined McMillan wildfire SWF049. By June 1, the out-of-control SWF069 fire covered 58,579 hectares. The community of Trout Lake, which is approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) was issued an emergency alert by May 27, when the fire was 300 hectares in size. On May 31, the evacuation order was issued for Trout Lake as "early-morning southeast winds pushed"  the 211,869-hectare fires—SWF049 and SWF069 (Maria Lake fire)—that make up the McMillan Complex were "rapidly toward the area".


2019 Alberta wildfires, Whitecourt District
Two of the three wildfires in the Whitecourt Forest Area Wildfire Update, WWF028, which burned 20.30 hectares, and the 3.60 hectares WWF033, were under control. The third wildfire, WWF032 is northeast of the Sakwatamau River had already burned  51.9 hectares by May 28, 2019 and was out of control. There were firefighters, airtankers and heavy equipment working to control it.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
Voluntary evacuation alerts were issued for High Level and immediate surrounding area on May 19th, followed by evacuation orders issued for High Level and Bushe River Reserve on May 20th, as a result of the Chuckegg Creek Fire. The community of Steen River was evacuated on May 28th. On May 29, further evacuation orders for certain areas such as the La Crete Ferry Campground, Mackenzie County east of the Peace River, County of Northern Lights north of Manning, Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement and the Twin Lakes campground. Later in the day, more evacuation orders were issued for the Hamlet of Wabasca, and Bigstone Cree Nation. The following day, the Hamlet of Sandy Lake was placed under an evacuation order.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
By May 30, 5,000 High Level area residents were still unable to return home.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
On May 30, a new wildfire forced the evacuation of the Chipewyan Lake Village, which is 130 kilometres (81 mi)  west of Fort McMurray.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
The Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu said that by May 29 there were 9,500 people who had already been evacuated. Additional evacuation orders had been issued on May 30. Madu announced that financial assistance of over 6 million was processed and over 6,200 people had already applied for relief payments. Two days later, on May 31, Global News reported that over 10,000 people had been evacuated and that 16 homes had been destroyed.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
On June 3, the evacuation orders for High Level and Bushe River were lifted. The evacuation orders in place for Wabasca and Bigstone Cree Nation were lifted on June 11th.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Evacuations
On June 17, a new evacuation order was put in place for the hamlet of La Crete, and an evacuation alert was issued for High Level. Evacuation orders were also issued for the settlement of Indian Cabins, Trout Lake and Peerless Lake the following day.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Buildings and structures destroyed
In the Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement in the High Level Forest Area, 11 homes were destroyed by May 30.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Buildings and structures destroyed
The Steen River CN Rail bridge was destroyed by the Steen River wildfire HWF066 on May 29.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By May 30, NASA reported that with high north northwest winds, the Chuckegg Creek Fire HWF042 was quickly growing "in a south to southeast direction" and the massive smoke from the fire has reduced visibility and resulted in Environment Canada, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services issuing air quality warnings with the index reaching dangerous levels in some areas.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
The government of the Yukon Territory issued a smoke advisory for Watson Lake on May 21 and by May 23 the smoke plume had reached Dawson City. By the end of May there were already eighteen wildfires in Yukon but these fires were not responsible for the smoke.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By the early morning of May 30, Alberta Air Quality Health Index had rated the air quality in the Edmonton metro region at 7 out of 10, which is high risk and 5 out of 10 later in the morning. Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By May 30, smoke from Alberta's forest fires had reached as far south as Denver, Colorado. In some cities, such as Minneapolis and Milwaukee in  Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan and Kansas City, Missouri the "sun was obscured by smoke" from Alberta's wildfires, according to the National Weather Service's Twin Cities Branch. By May 31 the smoke plume had reached Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. Three cities in Montana had air quality warnings.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By early evening May 30 Calgary's air quality was rated as 8 out of 10, which is high risk.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By the morning of May 31, the Air Quality Health Index for Calgary was registered at 10+ which is a very high risk.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke
By May 28, smoke had flowed to southern Alberta, southern B.C. Interior, to the Lower Mainland, including "Metro Vancouver and much of the U.S. Pacific Northwest".


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke, Aerosols
According to NASA, aerosols have been "growing more dense" in the area affected by the smoke from Chuckegg Creek fire with particulates rising into the atmosphere. By May 23, NASA had published an "image of the aerosols stretching from Alaska to the Atlantic". May 23 images captured by the Suomi NPP satellite's Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) sensor and the Visible and Infrared Imaging Sensor (VIIRS) showed that aerosol levels Chuckegg Creek fire near High Level showed "medium to high level amounts of pollution, particulates in the form of smoke, dust, and ash". The "higher levels of smoke coincide with the areas of red on the aerosols image and the areas where the smoke is less dense coincide with the lighter yellow areas of the aerosols image as would be expected."


2019 Alberta wildfires, Smoke, Fire Radiative Power (FRP)
According to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)'s senior scientist, Mark Parrington, the 2019 Alberta wildfires's Fire Radiative Power (FRP) up to May 29, placed fifth in the list of the "most intense annual FRP totals since 2003."


2019 Alberta wildfires, Causes
By May 30, the cause of 20 fires was still under investigation (UI). One was caused by lightning and 10 were caused by humans.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Climate change
University of Alberta professor Mike Flannigan, said the extended wildfire season, which used to start April 1 and now officially starts on March 1, and that he and his colleagues "attribute that to human-caused climate change." The Calgary Herald reported that because of climate change, in the coming years, the prairie provinces would "see a longer fire season, more frequent wildfires, heat and drought.”


2019 Alberta wildfires, Fire-fighting
By the evening of May 30, there were 600 firefighters in Alberta and more on the way, from other provinces, including British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, and Prince Edward Island.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Fire-fighting
The managing director of Alberta Emergency Management Agency, Shane Schreiber, said in a May 30 interview that  the government had raised the Emergency Operations Center to level four. Level four means that all provincial government departments as well as federal departments such as the Department of National Defence and Public Safety Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, some industrial organizations such as CN Rail, and NGOs are helping to coordinate support. Schreiber said that by May 30 approximately "200 structural firefighters and structural protection units" arrived in the affected areas from Albertan communities to protect buildings and infrastructure.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Fire-fighting
By May 31, across northern Alberta, there were 737 people working in 61 wildland Firefighting Crews (WFC) with 6 Airtankers (A/T), 11 Rotor Wing Lights (LIT), 38 Rotor Wing Intermediates (INT), 63 Rotor Wing Mediums (MED), 10 Water Trucks (WT), 44 Dozers (DZ), and 3 Skidders (SKD) fighting the fires.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Fire-fighting
On May 31, Alberta requested assistance from the federal government with the huge forest fires that threatened High Level and Slave Lake. The Canadian Armed Forces will help support evacuations, including airlifting evacuees, transporting supplies and providing medical assistance, among other things.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
The Department of Agriculture and Forestry (AAF), is responsible for "fire bans, FireSmart, wildfire compliance and enforcement, wildfire maps and data, wildfire operations, wildfire prevention, and wildfire status". Devin Dreeshen was named as AAF minister on April 30, 2019 by the newly elected Alberta Premier, Jason Kenney.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
At the provincial level, the Emergency response and recovery is responsible for "emergency and disaster response, recovery, legislation and supports". The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) is responsible for "fire reporting, and search and rescue".


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
The Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FRIAA) FireSmart program which operates under the AAF department, reported that Alberta communities are under an increased risk of forest fires because fifty per cent of Alberta is covered in forests. Alberta's "wildland/urban interface" means that in many communities buildings and forested areas intertwined. The province's designated Forest Protection Area stretches from north to south of the province along the western border with British Columbia.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
As of 2017, Alberta's designated Forest Protection Area stretched from north to south of the province along the western border with British Columbia.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
At the federal level, Natural Resources Canada on May 30, announced a $500,000 grant to the Canmore-based Rockies Institute, to develop a "multi-partner, multi-year" "wildfire resilience project" called "Fire With Fire". The Rockies Institute plan to build on a "pilot project undertaken with the Kainai Nation in southern Alberta. In the fall of 2018, the Institute submitted their project for funding under the federal government's Building Regional Adaption Capacity and Expertise (BRACE) program, which is "under the umbrella of the federal government's $18 million strategic investment program—Adaptation and Climate Resilience.


2019 Alberta wildfires, Agencies
The collaborative approach uses scientific knowledge of fire management that includes the best practices based on scientific knowledge which incorporates "Indigenous scientific knowledge of fire management" "for local, regional and provincial climate change adaptations." For example, indigenous communities, that have for many years managed used the methodology of "prescribed", "deliberately set" smaller burns at different times of the year. Australia has incorporated this methodology since at least 1999.


2019 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
The 2019 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football  and in the S.League, having joined the Sleague in 2004. Along with the 2019 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup. They are the defending champions in 2018.


2019 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, In
Note 1: Tatsuya Morita was released before the season start.


2019 Alcorn State Braves football team
The 2019 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by fourth-year head coach Fred McNair and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2019 Alcorn State Braves football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Braves were picked to finish in first place in the East Division.


2019 Alcorn State Braves football team, Preseason, Preseason all–SWAC teams
The Braves placed thirteen different players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.


2019 Algarve Cup
The 2019 Algarve Cup was the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 27 February to 6 March.


2019 Algarve Cup
Norway defeated Poland 3–0 in the final to win their fifth title, and their first since the 1998 edition.


2019 Algarve Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams were split into four groups to play a round-robin tournament.


2019 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.


2019 Algarve Cup, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:


2019 Algarve Cup, Group stage, Ranking of teams for placement matches
The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:


2019 Algarve Cup, Goalscorers
There have been 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.


2019 Algarve Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2019 Algarve Cup, the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 27 February to 6 March 2019. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2019 Algarve Cup squads
The age listed for each player is as of 27 February 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group A, Scotland
The squad was announced on 13 February 2019. Zoe Ness replaced Emma Mitchell after her withdrawal from the squad.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group B, Netherlands
The squad was announced on 20 February 2019. Victoria Pelova sustained a shoulder injury during training on 28 February 2019 and was replaced by Siri Worm. On 2 March 2019, Stefanie van der Gragt was replaced by Katja Snoeijs.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group B, Poland
The squad was announced on 19 February 2019. On 25 February 2019, Anna Rędzia withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Klaudia Olejniczak. On 28 February 2019, Jolanta Siwińska withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Dagmara Grad.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group B, Spain
The squad was announced on 18 February 2019. On 24 February 2019, Amanda Sampedro and Andrea Falcón withdrew due to injury and were replaced by Olga García and Aitana Bonmatí.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group C, Denmark
The squad was announced on 12 February 2019. On 19 February 2019, Nanna Christiansen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Julie Tavlo Petersson. On 24 February 2019, Rikke Sevecke withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Emilie Henriksen. Katrine Veje withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Cecilie Sandvej.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group C, Norway
The squad was announced on 13 February 2019. On 24 February 2019, Kristine Minde withdrew from the squad and was replaced by Heidi Elisabeth Ellingsen.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group D, Portugal
The squad was announced on 21 February 2019. On 4 March 2019, Carolina Mendes withdrew and was replaced by Laura Luís.


2019 Algarve Cup squads, Group D, Switzerland
The squad was announced on 9 February 2019. On 22 February 2019, Viola Calligaris, Seraina Friedli, and Julia Stierli withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Carola Fasel and Lesley Ramseier.


2019 Algerian Cup Final
The 2019 Algerian Cup Final was the 55th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 8, 2019, at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida with kick-off at 17:00 between CR Belouizdad and JSM Béjaïa, The latter is the first club from a bottom leval to reach the final since 2005–06. CR Belouizdad achieved their eighth title in their history with a 2–0 win.


2019 Algerian Cup Final
Due to the difficult political conditions in Algeria and for the first time in the history of the Algerian cup final, the president of the country does not hand over the cup to the winning team, where he was handed over by the Minister of Youth and Sports Raouf Salim Bernaoui.


2019 Algerian Super Cup
The 2019 Algerian Super Cup will be the 13rd edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2018–19 Algerian Cup competitions. It is known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Algérie 2019 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM The match will played on November 21, 2020 at Stade du 5 Juillet in Algeirs. between 2018–19 Ligue 1 winners USM Alger and 2018–19 Algerian Cup winners CR Belouizdad.


2019 Algerian Super Cup, Match, Pre-match
The match between the two teams are the first of its kind in the Super Cup USM Alger looking for the third in the fifth final and the CR Belouizdad for the third final looking for the first title, as a whole season play on November 1, But because it coincides with Friday, it was delayed 24 hours FAF was chosen Stadium of Algeirs Stade du 5 Juillet, This is the sixth time the final has been played on this Stadium and the first since 2007.


2019 Algerian Super Cup, Match, Pre-match
On October 21, LFP decided to postpone the final to another date because of a match on the same stadium on 3 November between Paradou AC and KCCA in the CAF Confederation Cup. After the recent push and pull, the head of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Abdelkrim Medouar, announced the date of May 1, 2020 as the date for the final on a Ramadan evening.


2019 Algerian Super Cup, Match, Pre-match
due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the final has become threatened with cancellation On October 4, The Federal Bureau decided that the final play before the start of the 2020–21 season on November 21, 2020. Each team was allowed to make five substitutes with no extra time, Also for the first time in Algeria there will be a woman as a referee she is Lamia Athmane as fourth official referee.


2019 Algerian Super Cup, Match, Summary
In the first match in Algeria after nine months due to COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the level was fine and the start was strong on the part of CR Belouizdad, to get a penalty kick in the 8th minute After obstruction of Mustapha Bouchina, Amir Sayoud scored the first goal, then CR Belouizdad continued to dominate in the first half and in the 33rd minute after a mistake Marcellin Koukpo scored the second goal for Al Shabab.


2019 Algerian Super Cup, Match, Summary
At the beginning of the second half Abderrahim Hamra entered where USM Alger’s performance improved Aymen Mahious scored the first goal for USM Alger in the 60th minute, and end with winning the title for the second time in its history. to also receive a prize of 150 million dinars about 100 thousand euros. After losing the final USM Alger decided to dismiss François Ciccolini from his post because he did not rise to the podium to receive the medal, which was considered an insult to an official body Where was the Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad present.


2019 Algerian presidential election
Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League


2019 Algerian presidential election
The 2019 Algerian presidential election was held in Algeria on 12 December 2019. The election had originally been scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed due to sustained weekly protests against plans by the incumbent president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term. Bouteflika resigned on 2 April and Abdelkader Bensalah was elected acting president by parliament a week later. On 10 April the election was rescheduled for 4 July. On 2 June the Constitutional Council postponed the elections again, citing a lack of candidates.


2019 Algerian presidential election
A new electoral authority, Autorité nationale indépendante des élections (ANIE), was created in mid-September as an alternative to the existing Haute instance indépendante de surveillance des élections (HIISE) defined by the  2016 constitution. The election was rescheduled for 12 December 2019 and ANIE, of disputed constitutional validity, announced five valid candidates on 2 November. In their 200000 strong protest on 1 November, Algerian protestors rejected the 12 December election and called for a radical change in the system to take place first. The Forces of the Democratic Alternative (FDA) alliance and the Justice and Development Front also called for boycotting the 12 December election, and the FDA called for creating a constituent assembly.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Algeria is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Electoral system, Electoral bodies
The Algerian Constitution of 2016 created the Haute instance indépendante de surveillance des élections (HIISE) to have overall responsibility for organising elections. For the third attempt to organise the 2019 presidential election, the Algerian lower and upper houses of parliament created the Independent National Elections Authority (ANIE). Lawyer Faïz Moussi and constitutional expert Ahmed Betatache described the procedures for creating ANIE as rushed and unconstitutional. Fouad Makhlouf, secretary-general of HIISE, had stated earlier, in April 2019, that the replacement of HIISE's role by an alternative electoral body would be unconstitutional.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Background, Early 2019 protests and internet censorship
Plans for a presidential election in Algeria in 2019 were a major factor motivating the start of the 2019 Algerian protests, with protestors objecting to the reelection of Abdelaziz Bouteflika.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Background, Early 2019 protests and internet censorship
On 22 February 2019, protests took place in Algiers, Oran, Sétif, Annaba and other Algerian cities over Bouteflika's bid to continue for a fifth term. Algerians reported difficulty accessing online services and the NetBlocks internet observatory published technical evidence of multiple targeted internet disruptions at demonstration flashpoints in Tizi Ouzou and around Algiers.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates
Bensalah is not eligible to participate in the presidential election.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 18 April 2019 cancelled election
On 3 March 2019, a day after his 82nd birthday and while undergoing medical tests in Switzerland, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika formally submitted his candidacy, but said in a statement read on state TV that he would not serve a full term if re-elected. Instead, he promised to organise a national conference and set a date for an early election which he would not participate in. The announcement followed weeks of protests against his plan to seek a fifth term in office. A week later, on 11 March 2019, Bouteflika withdrew from the race and postponed the election.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 18 April 2019 cancelled election
On 1 November 2018, journalist Ghani Mahdi announced that he would be a candidate in the election.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 18 April 2019 cancelled election
On 4 April 2019, Ali Ghediri, a former Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Defense, announced his candidacy.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 4 July 2019 cancelled election
The 4 July 2019 election had two candidates who applied: Abdelhakim Hamadi from Jijel, born 23 August 1965, who trained as a vet, worked in the state sector and became a businessman; and Hamid Touahri, an aeronautical mechanical engineer who worked in medical sales and construction and managed an audiovisual production firm. Both candidates' applications were lodged on 25 May, and later rejected by the Constitutional Council, which cancelled the election due to what it called the "impossibility" of organising the election.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 12 December 2019 election
Potential candidates Ahmed Gaid Salah and Noureddine Bedoui won't run. Former prime minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was expected to be a candidate. The Tajamou Amel El-Djazaïr former minister Amar Ghoul (in prison at the time) announced his participation in the vote.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 12 December 2019 election, Candidates submitting nominations
This list includes all the candidates who have deposited their candidacy file with the Independent National Elections Authority:


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 12 December 2019 election, Final candidates
The list below is the final list of candidates for the presidentials of 12 December 2019, after the Constitutional Council rejected all the appeals submitted for failure to establish and not to fulfill the essential requirements contained in Articles 139 and 142 of the Organic Law related to the electoral system, amended and supplemented. The candidates whose appeals were rejected (09) are: Belkacem Sahili, Ali Skouri, Abdel Hakim Hammadi, Noui Kharchi, Muhammad Dhaif, Abdelhakim Hamadi, Mohammed BouAouina, Fares Mesdour, Raouf Ayeb.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Candidates, 12 December 2019 election, Final candidates
Al Jazeera English described the five candidates as "all part of the political establishment", whose departure from power is one of the main aims of the 2019 Algerian protests. Thomson Reuters described the candidates as "men on the ballot [who] all have close links with the establishment, and though some of them pushed for reforms, many still see them as part of an entrenched, unchanging elite."


2019 Algerian presidential election, Election schedule
The timetable for the presidential elections, and the following is an illustrative schedule for the dates and procedures for the presidential elections, 12 December 2019:


2019 Algerian presidential election, Boycott, Protestors
In the weekly protests that continued the early 2019 protests that led to Bouteflika dropping his candidacy for the initially scheduled election and resigning from the presidency, twenty thousand protestors called for the 12 December election to be boycotted on the grounds that the system of people in power under Bouteflika remained in place. In the 1 November 2019 demonstration of two hundred thousand demonstrators, on the 37th Friday weekly protest, demonstrators called for all members of the system of power in place to be dismissed and for a radical change in the political system. They rejected the 12 December election, with slogans describing it as "an election with the gangs" and as an "election organised by a corrupt power [which] is a trap for idiots" (French: les élections d’un pouvoir corrompu est un piège à cons).


2019 Algerian presidential election, Boycott, Prominent individuals and organisations
Former prime minister Ahmed Benbitour, former minister Abdelaziz Rahabi, Ali Fawzi Rebaine, Mohamed Said and Rachid Nekkaz, announced that they are not candidates because of the political climate.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Boycott, Prominent individuals and organisations
On 28 September, Abdallah Djaballah, president of the Justice and Development Front, announced that his party will not take part in the elections. This was followed by the Society for Peace Movement, which made a similar decision for the same reasons.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Boycott, Prominent individuals and organisations
The Forces of the Democratic Alternative, a coalition including the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), the Workers' Party (PT), the Socialist Workers Party (PST), the Union for Change and Progress (UCP), the Democratic and Social Movement (MDS), the Party for Secularism and Democracy (PLD) and the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), announced their refusal to participate in the vote.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Boycott, Mayors
In September, 56 mayors in Kabylie stated that they would refuse to organise the practical aspects of the 12 December election in their municipalities and would do everything in their power to prevent the election taking place.


2019 Algerian presidential election, Results
Preliminary results showed that former Prime Minister and Minister of Housing Abdelmadjid Tebboune won the election in the first round, leading his nearest opponent (Abdelkader Bengrina of the Islamist El Binaa party) by over 40% of the valid votes. The official estimate of the turnout of just under 40% of eligible voters was the lowest of any Algerian presidential election held since independence, primarily due to boycotts by citizens and political parties alike. The Rally for Culture and Democracy estimated the turnout five times lower, at 8%. The low turnout, as well as the relatively high number of spoiled ballots out of those who did participate, was seen as a continuation of the pro-democracy protests that preceded the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, as all approved candidates in the election were seen as members of the political establishment.


2019 All England Open
The 2019 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 6 to 10 March 2019. It had a total purse of $1,000,000.


2019 All England Open, Tournament
The 2019 All England Open was the sixth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF. Ticket price for 2019 All England Open started at £16 for adults and at £5 for children.


2019 All England Open, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.


2019 All England Open, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.


2019 All England Open, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 All Stars match
The 2019 All Stars match was the eighth annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby league. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the Māori All Stars and for the first time, the match was played in Victoria's AAMI Park. The match was held on 15 February 2019.


2019 All Stars match, Teams
1 - Ryan James was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Leilani Latu was moved from the bench to Prop and James was replaced by Josh Kerr. 2 - Ben Barba was originally selected to play but was withdrawn after his contract with the North Queensland Cowboys was terminated. Alex Johnston was moved from the bench to Fullback and Barba was replaced by Bevan French. 3 - Jordan McLean was originally selected to play but withdrew. James Tamou was moved from the bench to Prop and McLean was replaced by Kenny Bromwich. 4 - Tyrell Fuimaono was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by Craig Garvey.


2019 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match
For the seventh time, a Women's All Stars match was held. The match, like the men's one will be held on 15 February 2019.


2019 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2019 All Thailand Golf Tour was the 21st season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999. It was the first season in which world rankings points were given.


2019 All-Australian team
The 2019 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2019 season. It was announced on 28 August as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2019 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2019 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Steve Hocking, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.


2019 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad
The initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 26 August. West Coast had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven, while minor premiers Geelong had six. Essendon, Gold Coast and St Kilda were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad.