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Go, Aquino lead in Senate race Partial tally shows Akbayan, Duterte Youth, Tingog top party-list choices By Vito Barcelo and Rachelle Tonelada
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IX Alyansa candidates, two PDP-Laban re-electionists, two opposition-backed former senators, a party-list representative and a presidential sister who ran as independent led the list of senatorial bets based on the partial and unofficial results of the Commision on Elections. Comelec has already canvassed 92.72 percent of local election returns and 77.27 percent of overseas elec-
tion returns before midnight yesterday. As of 11:44 p.m. yesterday,
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VOL. XXXIX • NO. 87 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. smiles as he gives a thumbs up (top left) after casting his ballot at Precinct 36-A of Mariano Marcos Memorial Elementary School in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. At right, Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to media after voting in Davao City. Bottom right shows Senate President Francis Escudero filling his ballot in Buhatan, Sorsogon City while House Speaker Martin Romualdez, bottom left, inserts his ballot into a counting machine in Tacloban City. PCO, Cherrie Villafranca, Ver Noveno
At least 9 killed on election day; Comelec, PNP: ‘Still peaceful’ By Rex Espiritu, Vince Lopez and Rolando Ng III
Isko, Rody, Leni win mayoralty races By Joel E. Zurbano and Pot Chavez PARTIAL and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed old names in the political scene dominating the key mayoralty races during yesterday’s midterm elections, In the capital city of Manila, former Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso completed his comeback after garnering a huge lead over his long-time ally, Honey Lacuna-Pangan.
As of 10:14 p.m. last night, Domagoso received 547,001 votes to secure the win against the incumbent mayor with 193,986 votes and Tutok To Win Party-List Representative Sam Verzosa with 167,398 votes. Meanwhile, Chi Atienza also received a commanding 606,962 votes over incumbent city vice mayor Yul Servo-Nieto, who received 256,786 votes. In Davao City, Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, detained at the International Criminal Court
(ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, regained the mayorship of family stronghold Davao city in a landslide vote on Monday, an initial tally showed. With over 60 percent of returns in, Duterte had built an insurmountable lead of 405,000 votes to 49,000 for his nearest competitor, results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released by local media showed. Meanwhile, former Vice President Leni Robredo has taken a huge Next page
AT LEAST nine people were killed and several others were wounded in election-related violence across the country during yesterday’s midterm polls. The Philippines has a long history of election violence, with armed groups of political rivals routinely fighting over positions that control local government spending. Despite the cases of poll-related violence, Commission on Elections chairman George Garcia said the elections can still be considered “generally peaceful.” “Overall, the situation has been satisfactory and relatively peaceful. The deployment of our election materials was timely, all polling centers
have opened, and many individuals took advantage of the early voting hours,” Garcia said. Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil agreed: “Very peaceful. And we arrested those who tried to disrupt the polls.” The PNP has been on alert for more than a week, and around 163,000 officers have been deployed to secure polling stations, escort election officials and guard checkpoints. The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) conceded that the midterm elections appeared “a little more peaceful” compared to previous polls. “If we compare it to 2022 and 2019 -- just qualitative, until we get the final reports -- it seems that the conduct of the election was a little more Next page
Glitches mar polls but Comelec assures timely proclamations By Vito Barcelo and Rolando Ng III PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. experienced firsthand yesterday a minor glitch when he cast his vote in Batac, Ilocos Norte yesterday – becoming part of the cases of recurring technical issues recorded across the country, which the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) said primarily involved the automated counting machines (ACMs). Commission on Elections chairman George Erwin Garcia said the poll body had to replace over 200 ACMs due to malfunctions, with many of them
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repeatedly rejecting ballots. The President had to insert his ballot a second time after it was jammed inside the machine on his first try at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Elementary School. In Tacloban City, Speaker Martin Romualdez’s ballot was rejected three times by the ACM, and technical staff had to help him for a fourth time until it was accepted. “During the election, reports of ACMs were monitored…but were promptly addressed by authorized technicians,” Garcia said. Next page