THE election period for the barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on May 14 kicked off on Saturday with the filing of candidacy and setting up of police checkpoints starting at 12 midnight of Friday.

Election officials in the provinces of Bataan, Tarlac and Laguna reported a generally peaceful filing of candidacy in the barangay and SK polls while Pangasinan reported a first arrest for violation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban, 30 minutes after midnight on Saturday.

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