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Category: Sticky – FrontPage

  • Categories News PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories

    Despite shortcomings, int’l nonprofit lauds Comelec for PWD-inclusive polls

    Jun 10, 2016 3:20 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID reports of people with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens climbing a flight of stairs to vote, an international nonprofit group finds this year’s elections “disability-inclusive” […]

    2016 elections, accessibility, PWDs, TAF

  • Categories News PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories

    Comelec proclaims winners despite issues, protests

    May 19, 2016 6:27 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID protests to stop the proclamation of winning candidates, the Commission on Elections proceeded to declare the Senate Magic 12 today at the Philippine International Convention […]


  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories Top Stories

    PPCRV servers altered, Marcos says

    May 11, 2016 7:57 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL VICE presidential aspirant Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims a “new script” was entered into the transparency servers of election returns which eroded his lead over administration […]


  • An elderly man uses a magnifying glass to read and fill out his ballot at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan. Photo by LUIS LIWANAG
    Categories Banner PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Sticky - FrontPage Stories

    Despite EAPPs, voting not any easier for many PWDs and senior citizens

    May 10, 2016 5:52 PM

    By VERA Files CALLING emergency accessible polling places (EAPPs) “a mere band-aid solution,” a poll watchdog has scored the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for failing to do enough to accommodate […]

    2016 elections, PWDs

  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories Top Stories

    Comelec: 2016 elections with fastest transmission rate

    May 09, 2016 11:11 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and VERLIE Q. RETULIN PRESIDENTIAL candidate Rodrigo Duterte is leading by a wide margin in an elections with the fastest transmission rate in the country’s history […]

    comelec, Elections 2016, smartmatic

  • Dioleta Esteban, 80, casts her vote at the Sta. Lucia Elementary School in San Juan City. Photo by LUIS LIWANAG
    Categories Banner PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories

    Glitches in vote-counting machines leave voters angry, disenfranchised

    May 09, 2016 9:28 PM

    By VERA Files AS Monday drew to a close, the Commission on Elections proclaimed the conduct of the polls to be generally smooth. The experiences of voters on the ground, […]

    2016 elections, VCMs

  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories Top Stories

    Election-day violence leaves 10 dead; polls called ‘generally safe’

    May 09, 2016 9:21 PM

    By VERA FILES  TEN people were killed and three wounded Monday in what police and the military described as “generally safe” elections. The Armed Forces of the Philippines recorded 22 […]

    #PHLVOTE2016, election violence

  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Sticky - FrontPage Stories Top Stories

    Before noon, problems abound for voters with disabilities nationwide

    May 09, 2016 1:11 PM

    By VERA FILES HALFWAY into the day of Monday’s elections, problems among voters with disabilities have been piling up from across the country. Initial reports as of noon show many […]

    comelec, voters with disabilities

  • Categories Banner PHL Vote 2016 Sticky - FrontPage Stories

    ‘Fat’ dynasty: Ampatuans attempt a comeback

    May 08, 2016 2:54 AM

    By LUZ RIMBAN SHARIFF Aguak, Maguindanao—Inside the vast Ampatuan estate here in Barangay Poblacion, behind the private mosque and posh homes of family members, and next to what used to […]

    2016 elections, Ampatuan, Ampatuan Massacre

  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Sticky - FrontPage Stories Top Stories

    Disability sector dealt another blow as voting in malls canceled

    May 05, 2016 7:56 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL WHEN polling places open on May 9, none of them would be in malls, as had been planned and hailed months before the elections.   On […]

    2016 elections, apps, mall voting, PWDs

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