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PWDs slap Duterte with a suit for insensitive joke

May 07, 2016 2:22 AM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL PRESIDENTIAL race frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, already facing a plunder case filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes, has been slapped with yet another complaint, this time by disabillity groups and advocates. Disability advocates Ranilo Sorongon and Liza Martinez charged the Davao City mayor before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Friday with violating the […]

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Mall voting would’ve been easier for PWDs, elderly–survey

May 06, 2016 2:47 PM

A DECEMBER 2015 survey by the Social Weather Stations showed that three in five registered voters think voting in malls would be easier for senior citizens and PWDs, given the current state of voting centers in the country. A total of 1,200 registered voters were interviewed on whether or not they agree that voting centers be […]

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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 April 27, poll chief Andres Bautista announced that mall voting, a pilot project of his administration, will no longer push through. “I personally worked on […]

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These videos will help you get disability right

Apr 28, 2016 4:33 PM

Getting it Right: Interacting with PWDs is a package of eight video tutorials that introduce viewers to disability issues and provide tips on how to interact with persons with disabilities. (Go directly to Vimeo to view and share the album.) Produced by VERA Files (verafiles.org) primarily for a Filipino audience, the videos feature PWDs and disability […]

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Duterte violates law prohibiting ridicule of PWDs

Apr 26, 2016 1:40 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FOR the information of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who laughed at Persons with Disabilities while regaling his supporters in Aklan last week, there’s a law that prohibits ridicule, vilification, both verbal and non-verbal, against PWDs which can make them lose their self- esteem. Public ridicule is “making fun or […]

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The Aquino Legacy: What has the administration done for PWDs?

Apr 13, 2016 10:36 AM

By JAKE SORIANO 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 […]

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Lack of sign language in first prexy debate traced to aesthetics

Mar 11, 2016 4:47 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS the five presidential candidates tried to outsmart each other in the first PiliPinas Debates held in Cagayan de Oro last month, one community watching it on television or online simply couldn’t relate: the Filipino Deaf. The Commission on Elections and GMA News Inc., its media partner for the historic debate, […]

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Voters with disabilities in the 2016 Elections

Mar 05, 2016 12:36 AM

By JAKE SORIANO OF the 54 million Filipinos registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, 318,013 have disabilities. The interactive map below shows the 10 provinces in the Philippines with the most number of registered voters with disabilities.

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Ex-solon draws flak for insensitive remark about PWDs

Mar 01, 2016 3:29 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL A former lawmaker is facing criticism for his insensitive remarks on the alleged special treatment given to persons with disabilities (PWDs) in verifying their votes through the voice prompt feature of vote counting machines (VCMs). Former Biliran representative Glenn Chong questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for allowing people with visual […]

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Zero PWD turnout in mock mall voting

Feb 14, 2016 5:33 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL NOT one voter with disability showed up in the only mall precinct used in yesterday’s countrywide mock elections. To disability advocates, the zero PWD turnout defeated the primary purpose of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) mall-voting initiative. But the poll body insists mall voting was not intended for people with disabilities […]

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