“EJK” is the more popular term, but “ELK” is more commonly used in legal documents as it is broader, and “embraces any situation where somebody was killed without due process,” said lawyer Romel Bagares.
ON May 9, persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and heavily pregnant women may choose to vote in emergency accessible polling places (EAPPs) in case their precinct is located on the higher floors of voting centers. EAPPs are makeshift tents located at the ground floor of multi-level voting centers, intended to make the voting process easier
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL ELECTION inspectors will now know whether or not to issue replacement ballots to voters whose ballots would be rejected by vote-counting machines (VCMs). Provided, it is not the voter’s fault. Five days before polls, the Commission on Elections amended its rules on rejected ballots to include contingency procedures through Resolution
ASK all five presidential candidates about their plans for children and most of them would touch on providing classrooms and free lunch for undernourished kids. When it comes to transport issues, they would often discuss the worsening traffic problem in urban areas and their plans to solve it. This election season, road safety was almost
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS MARCH 14, 2016 – Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate Alan Peter Cayetano signed a manifesto waiving their rights under the Bank Secrecy law. In the manifesto, printed on a large piece of cardboard, they pledged “to open all our bank accounts in local and foreign currencies both here
THE disability sector breathed a sigh of relief when news broke in late March that President Benigno Simeon Aquino III had finally signed into law the bill exempting persons with disabilities (PWDs) from the value-added tax (VAT). For advocates, the enactment of Republic Act 10754 had been one nerve-wracking wait. Congress had already passed the
IN less than two weeks, on Oct. 31, the Commission on Elections is ending voter registration. Those who fail to register on or before the date won’t be able to vote next year. For persons with disabilities (PWDs), participation in the May presidential elections will test whether government and civil society initiatives have indeed made the country’s
