By Desaraie Potot

With the election process proceeding on the third day, the PPCRV called on volunteers for the manual encoding of the official vote counts. 

Dr. William Yu, the IT director of the PPCRV, declared as of May 10, 2022, 10:00 P.M., that there were currently 10,000 election returns for encoding, while some were expected to arrive by May 11. 

With 98.17% of the votes in as of May 11, 2022, 12:05 A.M., the current unofficial-partial results based on the ComElec’s transparency server for the presidential race is led by presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.. 

The top presidential bet currently has 31, 052, 840 votes, followed by outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo with 14, 800, 450 votes. 

Meanwhile, in an official statement released at around 11:00 P.M. on May 10, Senator Manny Pacquiao conceded in his presidential bid. Pacquiao holds the third rank in the unofficial-partial race with 3, 627, 077 votes during the 9:03 P.M. tally. 

For the vice presidential race, outgoing Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio maintains the lead with 31, 501, 412 votes. Following her is Senator Kiko Pangilinan with 9, 219, 908 votes. 

With maintained ranks as of the May 10 unofficial-partial results, Robin Padilla, Loren Legarda, and Raffy Tulfo hold the top three ranks in the senatorial race, respectively. 

Furthermore, the ACT-CIS serves as the leading partylist with 2, 079, 679 votes, garnering up to 5.76%. 

ICYMI:

May 10, 2022 Recap: https://bit.ly/3w1pxyU 

May 10, 10:05 P.M. – Due to the alleged fraud and cheating incidents that marred this year’s elections, students and activists from Bayan Muna Southern Tagalog camp out in Liwasang Bonifacio to protest. 

May 10, 10:56 P.M. –  Presidential candidate, Manny Pacquiao, concedes the presidential race. “Sana lang kahit talo ako sa laban na ito, panalo pa rin ang mga kapwa ko Pilipino, ‘yung mga naghihirap”, said Pacquiao. 

May 10, 11:50 P.M. – Sen. Richard Gordon concedes from the senatorial race. “The people have spoken, and I bow to their will,” said Gordon. 

May 11, 1:17 A.M.  –  As Ferdinand Marcos Jr. seemingly heads for a landslide victory in the 2022 presidential elections, American financial services giant, J.P. Morgan, drops the Philippines to the bottom of its list of top investment prospects for Southeast Asia. 

May 11, 6:10 AM – Irregularities in the voting turnout have not been observed as monitored by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV). 

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