INSPECTION. Lt. Virgilio Pagaduan Jr., chief of police of Meycauayan City Police Station, inspects the deployed personnel in different polling precincts on Wednesday night (May 4, 2022). The move was to ensure the security of vote counting machines and other election paraphernalia. (Photo courtesy of Maycauayan City PNP) MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan - The Commission of Elections (Comelec) provincial office here is ready for the upcoming national and local elections on Monday following the simultaneous testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCMs). Provincial election supervisor, Rene Cruz Jr. said on Thursday a total of 2,878 VCMs have arrived in the province and were delivered to the province's 21 municipalities and three cities. "We have around two dozens of VCMs for repair, but the contingency machines are on their way today," Cruz said in a phone interview. He said with the exception of minor delays, there were no problems in delivering VCMs and official ballots to th