SOME 19 election-related deaths in seven regions have been recorded so far in the just concluded 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Tuesday.
Based on data provided by the poll body, the number of election-related violence or incidents was recorded from August 28 to October 31.
Of the number, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) recorded the highest with 11 deaths, 13 incidents and 14 injured or wounded.
Two deaths each were recorded in Regions V (Bicol) and VII (Central Visayas).
Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), and Regions IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), IV-A (Calabarzon), and I (Ilocos) with one death each.
Injured teachers
Meanwhile, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the poll body is ready to provide hospital assistance amounting to PHP200,000 to teachers who have been injured while performing their duties as Election Boards (EBs).
“We will provide them the maximum of PHP200,000 hospital assistance,” he said in a press briefing.
The poll body chief reported that less than 10 teachers were injured -- one was bitten by a snake, three were involved in a vehicular accident, while one had a heart attack.
Honoraria
Garcia noted that they started the distribution of honoraria to teachers in Region 3 (Central Luzon).
He also promised that the payment of teachers in other parts of the country will be given until the end of the week.
“They (teachers) will get their honoraria until Friday as long as proclamation has been made,” the poll body chairman said. (Ferdinand Patinio)
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