MANILA, Philippines – Ninety percent of the 2,023 villages which postponed the barangays and Sangguniang Kabataan elections yesterday pushed through with the voting today, the Department of Education said.
But DepEd Undersecretary Alberto Muyot said that voting in some areas will have to resume tomorrow.
"We hope for the arrival of all election materials today," Muyot said during the press briefing this morning at the DepEd command center in Pasig City.
Based on DepEd’s figures, a total of 19 barangays in Dagupan City have rescheduled the elections tomorrow.
Muyot also reported that the casualty on election-related incidents has remained one — a public school teacher who died after getting hit by a truck in Ilocos Norte.
Muyot added that the department is satisfied with the conduct of the elections, which he described as "generally peaceful and orderly." - By Dennis Carcamo
