VOL. XXX NO. 87 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 TUESDAY : MAY 10, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
13 killed as polls turn violent
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DUTERTE RACES TO EARLY LEAD Bongbong holds slim advantage over Robredo
By John Paolo Bencito
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. maintained the lead over their rivals in the presidential and vice presidential races, based on a partial unofficial count released Monday night.
Memory aid. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte checks his vote against a list he brought with him to Daniel Aguinaldo National High School in Davao City, where he cast his vote on Monday. Duterte, the wildly popular anti-establishment firebrand, was the early leader in the hotly contested national election. AFP
Roxas confident he will still win
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Turnout was a high 80 percent, the Comelec said. Results transmitted to the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas-Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (KBPPPCRV) Transparency Server after the polls closed Monday night gave Duterte a commanding lead over his rivals, with 11,510,550 votes, ahead of Senator Grace Poe with 6,534,246, and administration candidate Manuel Roxas II with 6,459,788 votes. With 67 percent of precincts reporting, Vice President Jejomar Binay was fourth with 3,898,409 votes, and Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago with 1,179,537. In the vice presidential race, Marcos led with 10,595,809 votes, followed by Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo with 9,698,760 votes. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano came in at third with 4,042,460 votes while Senator Francis Escudero got 3,403,638 votes. They were followed by Senators Antonio Trillanes IV with 576,150 votes and Gregorio Honasan with 502,494 votes. Senatorial aspirants who made it to the top 12 were: 1. Former TESDA Director-General Joel Villanueva (13,920,690) Next page
‘Polls went smoothly despite glitch reports’ By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan and Christine F. Herrera DESPITE the sporadic failure of vote counting machines in more than 100 precincts around the country, the Commission on Elections said voting went as planned Monday. “Overall, we believe the elections went smoothly,” said Comelec Chairman An-
dres Bautista at a press conference after the polls closed in most precincts at 5 p.m. “There were of course problems encountered... but we are solution-oriented,” Bautista added. The Comelec chairman said that only 150 VCMs or 0.16 percent of the 92,509 machines failed and needed to be replaced this year. This compared with 171 out of 77,829 machines in 2013, and 205
out of 76,347 VCMs in 2010. Bautista said the most common problems were VCMs that rejected ballots or failed to print out voter receipts. There are also reports from Cordova, Cebu that the Comelec had deployed the wrong ballots. “There were mis-deliveries but [these were] corrected in time,” Bautista said, Next page