Church official: Raise poll standards

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: A Roman Catholic Church official has described the election climate in the country as “becoming dirtier and on the brink of deterioration” because of rampant vote-buying and vote-selling.

Fr. Gary Agcaoile, vicar-general of the archdiocese here, also spoke of a dire need to raise the very low standards of elections in the country in a public debate sponsored by a local radio network.