Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna will make history as the first woman mayor of the country’s capital. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Lacuna was enjoying a wide margin of at least 360,000 votes over Alex Lopez. As of posting time, she has garnered 515,605 votes while Lopez has 150,699. Both…
Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna (left) and CouncilorYul Servo Nieto(Photo courtesy of Asenso Manileno Facebook) MANILA - Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna will make history as the first woman mayor of the country's capital. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Lacuna was enjoying a wide margin of at least 360,000 votes over Alex Lopez. As of posting time, she has garnered 515,605 votes while Lopez has 150,699. Both are scions of Manila's political families. Lacuna is the daughter of former vice mayor Danilo Lacuna. She is married to fellow doctor and Manila Health Department chief Arnold Pangan, Lopez's father is the late former mayor Mel Lopez. The Commission on Elections has tallied about 97 percent of election returns but would defer proclamation until all results are in. Lacuna's running mate under Asenso Manileno/Aksyon Demokratiko and long-time councilor, Yul Servo Nieto, also leads with 562,333 votes over actor Raymond Bagatsing of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (175,684 votes). Bagatsing
Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna (left) and CouncilorYul Servo Nieto(Photo courtesy of Asenso Manileno Facebook) MANILA - Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna will make history as the first woman mayor of the country's capital. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Lacuna was enjoying a wide margin of at least 360,000 votes over Alex Lopez. As of posting time, she has garnered 515,605 votes while Lopez has 150,699. Both are scions of Manila's political families. Lacuna is the daughter of former vice mayor Danilo Lacuna. She is married to fellow doctor and Manila Health Department chief Arnold Pangan. Lopez's father is the late former mayor Mel Lopez. The Commission on Elections has tallied about 97 percent of election returns but would defer proclamation until all results are in. Lacuna's running mate under Asenso Manileno/Aksyon Demokratiko and long-time councilor, Yul Servo Nieto, also leads with 562,333 votes over actor Raymond Bagatsing of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (175,684 votes). Bagatsing
As the daughter and right-hand woman of the late Alfredo Lim when he served as Manila Mayor for over 12 years, Christy Lim is aware that she has very big shoes to fill. Now running for the top post of the nation’s capital, Christy intends to do just that and…