Basketball, brotherhood, and beating a bleeding disease
By LEAN CARLO MACOTO LIKE the vast majority of Filipino men, Raymund Nanos is a huge basketball fan. His favorite sport is basketball. His favorite pastime is watching basketball. Those who..
For voters with disability, is this as good as it gets?
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite—Josephine Bae carefully shaded the ovals on the ballot as her mother looked on. When she was done, she eagerly showed her handiwork to the..
What it takes for a PWD to vote: Two flights of stairs
By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ HOLDING the arm of his son-in-law in one hand and a cane in the other, Geronimo Del Rosario, 77, trooped to the Andres Fernando Elementary School in Malanday, Valenzuela City to..
Only 2 dedicated polling places for PWDs
By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ OF the 36,778 polling centers in the country, only two—both in Dasmariñas City in Cavite—will have designated polling places for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in..
eCOMELEC
- COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9661
- COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9660
- COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9659
- COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9658
- COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9657
RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE
PWDs used ‘diskarte’ to make their votes count
By EIMOR SANTOS GUIGUINTO, Bulacan–The good news is persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens did not fall in the long queue of voters on Election Day because they were given..
Re-elected public official in Cebu wants to inspire fellow PWDs
By MYLENE LISONDRA CEBU City– Disability is not a hindrance. That has been Arleigh Sitoy’s mantra for the past five years. He proved that once again after winning a fresh term as member of..
Small steps for PWDs in Cebu, but still a long way to go
By MECHELLE FLORITA CEBU, City–In Cebu, where there is a relatively high level of participation among civil society organizations in the campaign to push for the rights of persons with..
Express lanes for PWD voters but no sign language interpreters
By YEN BLANCO DELGADO and EMMANUEL CAGAYAN IN two polling centers in Mindanao, people with disabilities (PWD) got special treatment on election day. In Manobo Elementary School in Magpet, North..
No sign language interpreters for PWD voters in Pasay voting center
By DARLENE CAY NO sign language interpreters (SLIs) were assigned to the precinct that has the highest number of PWD voters in Pasay City: the Juan Sumulong Elementary School (JSES).
A mother, a PWD and a public servant
Photos and Video by LUIS LIWANAG Text by EMMANUEL CAGAYAN, I-Watch MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato—For the past week, re-electionist board member Shirlyn Macasarte has been taking 10-year-old daughter..
Angara: Equal opportunities for PWDs
By LEILANIE ADRIANO Team Pnoy senatorial candidate Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is pushing for anti-discrimination legislation that can contribute to the creation of equal opportunities..
Economic matters trump other election issues – De Vera
Video by LUCILLE SODIPE CEBU City–Bread and butter issues such as jobs and corruption rank the highest among voters and candidates, but the issue involving persons with disabilities (PWD) is..
Orthopedic impairment no barrier to voting for ex-street sweeper
By MYLAH REYES-ROQUE HOW do you vote and shade your ballot when you’ve lost control of the fingers of your right hand? Ma. Cristina Flores’ solution: Teach herself to write using her left hand...
