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Category: PWD Vote

  • Strong, caring arms to help a grandmother to vote. Photo by Luis Liwanag.
    Categories Editor's Pick News PHL Vote 2022 PWD Vote

    Heartwarming images of the 2022 elections

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  May 15, 2022 12:12 PM

    The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.

    Elderly, Elections 2022, persons with disabilities, PWD

  • Categories Arts & Culture PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories Video

    VIDEO: PWDs happy with South Cotabato elections, but want more improvements in the future

    May 26, 2016 11:12 PM

    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 […]


  • Categories Arts & Culture PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    VIDEO: In Cebu City EAPP, volunteers with disabilities assist fellow PWDs

    May 17, 2016 5:58 PM

    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 […]


  • Categories Arts & Culture PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    VIDEO: Despite last minute Comelec instruction, teachers in a Cebu City school set up EAPP

    May 16, 2016 3:08 PM

    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 […]

    #PHLVOTE2016, EAPP, pwdvote

  • 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 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 ARMM Watch News PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    No accessible polling places for PWDs in Maguindanao

    May 08, 2016 2:00 PM

    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 […]


  • EAPP infographic
    Categories Elections 101 PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    Guide on how to vote in emergency accessible polling places

    May 07, 2016 10:06 PM

    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 […]

    2016 elections, EAPPs

  • EAPP infographic
    Categories PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories Top Stories

    Comelec to put up makeshift voter tents for PWDs, senior citizens

    May 07, 2016 9:08 PM

    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 […]


  • Categories PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories Top Stories

    No more vote verification for PWDs through headphones

    May 07, 2016 10:26 AM

    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. […]

    2016 elections, VCMs, vote verification

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