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By JAKE SORIANO COTABATO CITY– Lack of information dissemination, accessibility of polling centers, and security are some of the major issues raised by groups promoting the rights of voters with disabilities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a dialogue here between government agencies and nongovernment organizations a year and a half away
By JAKE SORIANO HUMAN trafficking is a “big concern” in Mindanao, and will be firmly addressed by the proposed Bangsamoro in the south, one of the drafters of the law creating the autonomous political entity said. The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), a crucial piece of legislation in the peace deal between the Philippine government and
BY JAKE SORIANO WHEN President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his inaugural address on live television in June 2010, he said people know how it feels to have a government that is “bulag at bingi.” Television screens had no insets for sign language interpreters then, and deaf Filipinos had to wait for the transcript of the
By JAKE SORIANO LAST week’s launch of an online voters’ registration platform is a significant step towards assisting persons with disabilities (PWD) in the capital and will go a long way if coverage would be nationwide. “We hope that online registration will cover persons with disabilities nationwide, but we understand that pilot testing is important before
By VINCE NONATO IT’S not so much how the classrooms are built but how persons with disabilities (PWDs) would reach the school where they’re supposed to vote during elections. This was one of the findings of human rights lawyers group Upholding Life and Nature (Ulan) that audited the accessibility of schools in 17 towns, one
By JANE DASAL NEARLY 450 persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens participated in a special registration in Manila on Sunday, but voters said the number could have been higher had information been properly disseminated. Held at the Central Section of Rizal Park, the Commission on Elections set up the satellite registration for new and old
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be holding a satellite registration for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens of Manila on Sunday, June 1. To be held at the Central Section of Rizal Park, the registration will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voters are to bring at least one valid ID. For more information,
By DARLENE CAY FOR persons with disabilities (PWDs) and their parents, 67-year-old Jean Gonzales is one mother whose dedication not only to her son but also other children with disabilities is unsurpassed. Gonzales has without fail been helping families cope with disabilities for more than a decade through the Philippine Association of Citizens with Developmental
By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ FOR nearly 20 years, government agencies have tried to come up with a consolidated list of Filipinos with disabilities, but to no avail. An organization of persons with disabilities composed of throat cancer survivors hopes to finally create this national database by working with hundreds of PWD organizations all over the
By VERA Files PERSONS with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens in four pilot areas will be voting in accessible polling precincts to be set up at the ground floor of selected SM malls for the Oct. 28 barangay elections. Elections Commissioner Grace Padaca, vice chairperson of the Commission on Elections barangay steering committee, said the
