CANDIDATES for the barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or youth council) polls on May 14 began filing their certificates of candidacies as the election period kicked off on Saturday.

The office of the Commission on Elections in Arroceros, Manila was flooded with barangay hopefuls, a scene replicated in towns and cities across the nation, as police began installing security checkpoints to enforce a strict gun ban.

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