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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 14, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 11:14 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Call for transparency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 02:44 PM

Students volunteers encode election returns as part of the election canvassing and monitoring of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila on Tuesday.  Read more »

Namfrel to keep eye on poll duties after Comelec split: chairman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 12:32 PM

The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said Tuesday that it will continue watching over the May 13 polls even without its partnership with the government.    Read more »

Church-based poll watchdog needs 300,000 volunteers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 08:52 PM

The volunteers will be assigned to around 85,000 clustered precincts nationwide. Read more »

Duty over fear: Teachers, watchdogs gear for BOL vote despite safety worries

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 03:22 PM

Teachers and fraud watchdogs on Sunday ticked off final preparations for a plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law's ratification, which the interior department said could be a target of rebel and extremist attacks.  Read more »

Poll watchdog urges voters to be vigilant as election period kicks off

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 02:48 PM

The public's vigilance will be key in the success of the upcoming midterm polls, the leader of poll watchdog Kontra Daya said Sunday as the election period kicks off. Read more »

Poll watchdog calls House draft charter 'worst form of election fraud'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 03:08 PM

MANILA - A poll watchdog warned Monday that the proposed federal charter drafted by the House of Representatives, which would lift term limits for elected officials, is a "wholesale act of fraud" against the people. Read more »

Uzbekistan journalist freed after 19 years in jail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 07:40 AM

TASHKENT - Uzbekistan has freed a journalist after nearly two decades behind bars, a local rights group said Friday, after what a watchdog believes to have been the longest prison stretch served by a reporter worldwide.   Read more »

Mataas na presyo sa 'Bigas ng Masa', kinwestyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 03:48 AM

Mabilis na naubos ang bigas ng masa na inilunsad ng Department of Agriculture. Read more »