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| | Isis International - Manila - PHILIPPINES: SINGER/WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE THREATENED DURING THE ELECTIONS |
 | | As a poll watcher of a mayoralty opposition candidate in Daguioman, Abra province during the Philippines midterm national elections last May 14, singer and women's rights activist, Carol Bello, claimed that she allegedly received grave threats from the family of the incumbent mayor after she took photos and videos of the irregularities they committed. |
 | | Carol Bello, a singer and women’s rights activist, allegedly received grave threats on May 14 as she served as volunteer poll watcher in Daguioman, Abra province in Northern Luzon during the Philippine elections. |
 | | Bello, through a text message circulated among her friends, said former Daguioman mayor Manuel Co Kue, husband of incumbent mayor Sally Co Kue, warned that she would not leave Daguioman alive for videotaping alleged ballot tampering and vote stealing committed by the Kue camp. |
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