00:00As the countdown to May 12 intensifies, the final batches of ballots are now being dispatched across Metro Manila.
00:07With just six days to go, the Comlec ensures everything is on track,
00:11save for a twist in Laguna as three men posing as election officials are arrested for trying to tamper with sensitive election materials.
00:19Luisa Arispe has the full report.
00:23Before 8 in the morning, the Commission on Elections started pulling out ballots from the National Printing Office.
00:28This is the last batch of ballots to be deployed for the 2025 midterm elections and is bound to be distributed in Metro Manila.
00:37Kung sinisigurado ng komisyon na maaga ang distribution at may ilang araw pa bago pa mag-eleksyon,
00:44na naanjanay mga balota na naka-standby para lang masigurado na protectado, secure yung mga balota po natin.
00:52This last batch consists of 7.5 million ballots in total.
00:56For today, these will be deployed in Caloocan, Marikina, Pasig, Valenzuela among others.
01:02And for tomorrow, it is headed to reach Muntinlupa, Taguig, Pateros and all the remaining cities in NCR.
01:09According to the Comlec, this only means they are on track and on schedule in its deployment timetable of all election paraphernalia.
01:18Wala pong untoward incident, wala pong tayong naging problema sa deployment,
01:22hindi lamang na mga balota kung hindi nung iba pang eleksyon paraphernalia, katulad na mga ACM, mga bateriya at iba pang gamit.
01:30With just six days before the elections, the poll body is almost done with its preparations.
01:35The only thing remaining is final testing and sealing, which has been extended until May 8,
01:40and the enrollment of the overseas voting and counting system, which was also extended to May 10.
01:45Six days away, kung napansin nyo, hindi ganon kabigat na yung mga natin tira nating mga paghahanda.
01:55Ito, monitoring na lang, supervision, and then reporting na lang more or less ang hinihintay natin doon sa mga nagawa na natin.
02:03While preparations are in place, Comlec vows it will be after the perpetrators during elections.
02:08As a matter of fact, the police in Santa Cruz, Laguna, arrested three men who allegedly presented themselves as employees of the commission under Task Force Contrabigay.
02:20They were trying to inspect the automated counting machines.
02:23Ang ginagawa nila doon sa lugar, doon sa lugar mismo kung saan nakaimbak sa Santa Cruz, Laguna, yung mga machine.
02:32Anong-anong purpose nila doon? At tayo po kami papayag na basta-basta ganyan na lang.
02:36Ganon may mga nababalitan na nagbebenta sa buong bansa na mga nakaya daw nila, allegedly,
02:44na gawa ng paraan ang ating mga, ang ating mga, ang ating mga, ang ating eleksyon.
02:48Pwede nilang ipanalo basta magbabayad ng milyon na piso.
02:52The Kamelek assures to dig deeper on the incident and is all set to file charges against the three men in police custody.
03:00Luisa Erispe from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
