Easier said than done. The head of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Southern Tagalog office was referring to the enforcement of the Commission on Elections Resolution No. 9858, which deputized the DPWH to assist the poll body in “removing all unlawful election materials nationwide.”
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Thursday said it will tear down all illegally placed election materials throughout the country.
The Quezon City councilor who approved the construction of a two-story building on the historic plaza where the hero Andres Bonifacio and his fellow Katipunero sought refuge has shelved the project, following a protest by residents and members of the No More Epal Movement.
Call it the Anti-Epal Movement’s first preemptive strike.
A word of advice to “epal” politicians: Don’t take the spotlight away from the dead.
At least two more Quezon City officials appear to be caving in to the growing clamor against so-called epal politicians by having their ubiquitous signs and streamers taken down. Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo of the city’s second district Thursday said he had ordered his staff to tear down all of his posters. “We have started [...]
Looks like it’s now a case of “I removed mine, now remove yours.”
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Secretary Joel Villanueva denied he was using the agency’s funds to promote himself as a senate candidate.
“Epal,” in Filipino slang, usually refers to a person who inappropriately presents himself in a situation or butts into a conversation.
