MANILA, Philippines — “What parish are you from?” asked a kindly lady while I was taking a brief break from my duties at the PPCRV Encoding Center. Before any election, the PPCRV conducts voter education sessions and orientations for would-be poll watchers, while volunteers serve as poll “watchdogs” themselves. Other TOWNS women, it turned out, had also made it to the counting center but were seated farther away. It convinced me to work harder for poverty reduction and people’s participation in governance.”Call us TOWNS women then “woke lolas and titas” who will never take for granted our participation in any election from now on! See the bigger picture with the Inquirer's live in-depth coverage of the election here https://inq.ph/Election2019Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 18, 2019 21:16 UTC