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DepEd, Comelec join hands to restore burned voting center
Manila Bulletin
|May 10, 2025
The Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Elections (Comelec) have joined hands to prepare the three classrooms that remained after a fire hit the Dangdangla Elementary School in Bangued, Abra on Wednesday, for the May 12 polls.
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The classrooms will serve as voting precincts for some 900 individuals.
"The parents, community will join the cleanup of the debris for the safety of the voters," said Amador Garcia, Schools Division Superintendent of Abra, on Thursday.
He said that 70 percent of the structures caught fire in the incident, the cause of which is still under investigation.
Garcia said they asked the Bureau of Fire Protection to fast-track the investigation and find out the cause of the fire for legal, administrative, or rehabilitative actions.
This story is from the May 10, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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