Campaign posters still up outside designated areas in Manila

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1391929" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Scores of campaign materials for May&#x27;s midterm elections were still up outside common poster areas in the capital on Monday, the eve of a deadline for dismantling the illegal ads. </p><p>The Commission on Elections gave candidates until Feb. 12 to voluntarily take down campaign posters that exceed the size limit of 2 by 3 feet or were posted outside common areas and in private property without the owner&#x27;s authorization.</p><p>Oversized posters were still visible in some streets outside designated areas in Manila during an early Monday patrol by DZMM&#x27;s news team. Some tricycles and pedicabs plying the capital also sported campaign materials. </p><p>In the central province of Negros Occidental, meanwhile, some candidates have started to dismantle illegal campaign materials. Among those taken down was the tarpaulin of a senatorial candidate along Bacolod town&#x27;s busy Circumferential Road. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/02/11/20190211_bong.jpg"/><figcaption>Two men remove a senatorial candidate&#x27;s tarpaulin. <em>ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Comelec on Monday will start documenting unlawful campaign ads, which could serve as basis of protests for election offense, said commission spokesperson James Jimenez. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/11/19/comelec-to-poll-bets-remove-illegal-campaign-tarps-or-risk-raps">Comelec to poll bets: Remove illegal campaign tarps or risk raps</a></li></ul><p>The poll body does not recommend civilians to dismantle the posters by themselves as this may invite retaliation from candidates, he said.</p><p>The campaign period will run from February 12 to May 11 for senatorial candidates and party-list groups, and on March 29 to May 11 for local bets.</p><div><strong>With reports from Johnson Manabat and Yasmin Pascual-Dormido, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Scores of campaign materials for May's midterm elections were still up outside common poster areas in the capital on Monday, the eve of a deadline for dismantling the illegal ads.</p>

Scores of campaign materials for May's midterm elections were still up outside common poster areas in the capital on Monday, the eve of a deadline for dismantling the illegal ads.

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Campaign posters still up outside designated areas in Manila

Campaign posters still up outside designated areas in Manila

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Published Feb 11, 2019 02:09 PM PHT

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