A military commander said violators of election laws in the province would be subjected to spanking with the use of wooden paddles. Edwin Wagan, Maguindanao police director, presented to the media the paddles that would be used on violators. He said all 14 incumbent village chairs and 12 other candidates for village chair in his town favored the use of paddles instead of rifle butts in spanking violators. Red areasUsing a color-coding scheme by the Commission on Elections, areas colored red were considered to be the most violence-prone. Police were closely monitoring areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Abra and Masbate because of the presence of private armies in these areas, Albayalde said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 11, 2018 21:45 UTC