Out of nearly 1.7 million registered overseas voters, some 33% or around 550,000, cast their ballots, DFA Overseas Voting Secretariat Director Zoilo Velasco said
In a briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said health protocols were enforced properly in some polling centers. But poor adherence to public health safety safeguards, such as physical distancing rules, was also observed in other voting centers.
In a briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency will brief President Rodrigo Duterte’s successor on its strategies for the implementation of the UHC Act, which was signed into law in 2019.
As of 11:47 p.m., the unofficial tally of partial results showed Marcos with 26,313,353 votes and his closest competitor, Vice President Leni Robredo, with 12,554,852 votes.