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Dismal turnout in Malaybalay highlights PWD problems

By WALTER BALANE
MindaNews
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon—Only seven out of at least 200 persons with disability in this city were able to register as voters during the special registration held earlier this month, illustrating the obstacles PWDs face just to be able to exercise their right to suffrage.

Dismal turnout in Malaybalay highlights PWD problems

Aquino urged to appoint PWD as Comelec commissioner

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
Elections Commissioner Rene Sarmiento is urging President Aquino to make history by appointing state solicitor Jessica S. Magbanua, a person with disability, to the Commission on Elections, replacing Augusto C. Lagman who was bypassed by the Commission on Appointments.

Aquino urged to appoint PWD as Comelec commissioner

Precinct accessibility on election day worries Davao PWDs

Text and Photos by KARLOS MANLUPIG
DAVAO CITY – The special registration for persons with disabilities held here Wednesday may have been more accessible compared to last year, but the condition of public schools used as voting precincts still remain a concern, the president of a PWD organization here said.

Precinct accessibility on election day worries Davao PWDs

LGUs urged to pass PWD-responsive laws

By GIAN C. GERONIMO AND VINCENT GO
THE Department of Interior and Local Government is encouraging the passage of local laws that will put a premium on the welfare and rights of persons with disabilities, Secretary Jesse Robredo said Wednesday.

LGUs urged to pass PWD-responsive laws

Mindanao Comelec learns lessons from 2011 PWD registration

By GIAN C. GERONIMO
LEARNING from the special registration of persons with disabilities (PWD) last year, the Commission on Election in Davao’s first district and in Kadilingan town in Bukidnon said they are more prepared this time than they were in 2011. The month-long special Comelec registration of PWDs in Mindanao will officially kick off in Davao on Wednesday, April 18, although registrations have been ongoing since April 1.

Mindanao Comelec learns lessons from 2011 PWD registration

Devotees draw blood and sweat in Kapitangan

Text, photos, and video by VINCENT GO
This year, five men and a woman were crucified, among them 51-year-old Sonny Bautista who has been mute since childhood. Bautista hails from Hagonoy town and has been coming to Kapitangan to be crucified for 14 years now.

Devotees draw blood and sweat in Kapitangan

Cebu signs support for PWDs’ right to suffrage

By KARLON N. RAMA
THE provincial government of Cebu pledged to encourage more persons with disability to take part in the 2013 elections when it signed a commitment to support the Fully Abled Nation campaign that upholds PWDs’ right to suffrage.

Cebu signs support for PWDs’ right to suffrage

Woman with cerebral palsy fights for PWDs’ right to vote

By YOLANDA SOTELO FUERTES, MARIO IGNACIO IV AND ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
FIFTY-seven-year-old Charito Corazon Manglapus, who has cerebral palsy and moves around in a wheelchair, knows how difficult it is for persons with disability (PWDs) to exercise the right to suffrage. She herself voted for the first time only in the 2010 elections. She is now among those leading the campaign to get PWDs to register and vote in next year's elections .

Woman with cerebral palsy fights for PWDs’ right to vote