MANILA, Philippines — The recently concluded special elections held in Barangay Dicamay Uno in Jones, Isabela on Monday was held peacefully, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Col. Bernard Banac said the special elections “turned out to be generally peaceful and orderly with no untoward incident reported.”ADVERTISEMENTThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) had to schedule special polls in the village after armed men torched two vote counting machines there that contained some 1,000 votes. The team then arrived at the municipal hall in Jones with the VCMs and election paraphernalia at around 7:10 p.m. The results were then successfully transmitted to the municipal board of canvassers at around 7:32 p.m, said Banac. (Editor: Alexander T. Magno)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 20, 2019 15:00 UTC