Election violence, vote-buying recorded ahead of May 12 polls – observers

"Thanakorn Wangboonkhongchana" urges the Election Commission to seriously investigate the municipal election field where there is heavy vote buying, worried about the political decline because the law enforcers carry swords but do not cut down the cheaters, recommends going to the area to conduct strict inspections to restore the people's faith.

‘Pakurong,’ a discreet act of vote-buying in Pangasinan

The word "pakurong" is a byword in the vote-rich province of Pangasinan days before an election.Pakurong is a Pangasinan word that means slowly crawling and  discreet acts of vote-buying. **media[10862]**THE Central Business District in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. (WIkipedia) Many are staying late at night in their houses waiting for pakurong where an envelope is slid under a door at night asking for support."May mga nakadungaw sa pintuan at bint…

Election violence, vote-buying recorded ahead of May 12 polls – observers

With just two days left before the midterm polls, the International Observer Mission (IOM) has sounded the alarm about cases of vote-buying, red-tagging, and election-related violence across the country.

Vote-buying, violence 'evident' during campaign period – international observers

MANILA, Philippines – Vote-buying and election-related violence are becoming more prevalent as the 2025 campaign season comes to a close, international poll observers said two days before the national and local elections. The International Observer Mission (IOM) on the 2025 Philippine Elections said their field teams have witnessed several vote buying incidents, and documented 577 cases of red-tagging, on top of 48 incidents of threats, harassme…