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MANILA, Philippines – Although faced with few untoward incidents, officials in a Pasig barangay (village) dismissed the “area of concern” tag given to them by police, saying residents have nothing to fear as voting in the area was “very clean and honest”.

Barangay Pineda officials would cringe whenever they were reminded of the "election hotspot" status that was given to them by the National Capital Region Police Office.

Poll supervising officer Susan Cruz, in an interview with INQUIRER.net during Monday’s barangay elections, said that residents of Pineda have nothing to fear when it came to security.

"A week ago I met with the teachers (who volunteered as poll w...

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