Hot lines for village and youth polls activated

VOTERS in today’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections can text or call in their concerns, complaints and other feedback to several hot lines set up by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and volunteer groups. The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) — a nationwide group of lawyers, law students, paralegals and other trained volunteers — have partnered with the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) for joint monitoring from May 13-15. TDC-Lente, in a press statement, said this election “will be very significant because this is the first time that the law allowing the voluntary service of public school teachers will be implemented and tested.”