Election 2025
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PISTON: System errors and red-tagging undermine election credibility, underscores need for manual count
Piston expresses deep concern over reports released by the Makabayan Coalition citing 29 incidents of automated counting machine (ACM) errors and 15 cases of red-tagging on election day, as of 10:00 AM, May 12. These reports include ballots being rejected or mishandled by ACM, smudged ballots, overvoting issues, manual ballot collection due to machine failure,…
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Fuel prices soar as Marcos gov’t chases political gains over economic aid — PISTON
As oil prices surge for the second consecutive week of 2025, reaching P57 per liter for diesel in the National Capital Region, the government’s inadequate response reveals a stark prioritization of political consolidation over urgent economic relief measures, transport group PISTON said. While Filipino families face mounting pressures from escalating fuel, food, and basic commodity…