Heartwarming images of the 2022 elections
The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.
The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.
By AMIEL CAGAYAN and EMMANUEL CAGAYAN MARBEL, South Cotabato – There were no assigned accessible polling places (APPs) in South Cotabato during the May 9 polls, but persons with disabilities […]
By LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City – Election volunteers Krugger Tabada and Leah Recia, both persons with disabilities (PWDs), were startled by the high voter turnout in a polling place here […]
By LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City — Just hours away from the opening of the May 9 elections, teachers assigned at a polling place here were informed they need to instantly […]
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 […]
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 […]
By FREDERIC LORENZO UPI, Maguindanao – Sixty-year-old Herminio Lacave will walk two kilometers to cast his vote tomorrow. Born with a smaller left leg, Lacave calls on the Commission on […]
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 […]
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections has unveiled a new plan to make voting more accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens: emergency accessible polling places […]
By VERLIE Q. RETULIN FIRST it was mall voting. Now it’s voter verification through headphones for people who have trouble seeing that won’t see the light of day on May 9. […]