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  • 5/13/2025
Akbayan leads the party-list race, as dynasties keep strongholds and suffer major losses in local races in the country.

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00:00Human Rights Lawyer Chael Jokno is set to join Congress.
00:04Akbayan Citizens Action Party, which lists him as a top nominee,
00:08leads the 2025 party list race. Close second is Duterte Youth.
00:12Mamamayang Liberal, whose first nominee is former Senator Laila de Lima,
00:16is also poised to clinch a House seat.
00:19Groups under the Makabayan Coalition meantime are still waiting for final counts.
00:24So far, ACT teachers and Kabataan are the ones most likely to have seats in Congress.
00:28Gabriela is ranked 55, while Bayan Muna is far below at rank 76.
00:34Meantime in the regions, incumbent Davao del Sur Lone District Representative John Tracy Cagas
00:39leads by a wide margin in the congressional race against his opponent, broadcaster Jun Blanco Malaza.
00:45Cagas is the only Davao region lawmaker who voted in favor of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment.
00:51In Zamboanga del Norte, the Halushos dynasty suffer major setbacks
00:55as the Pitan City Mayor Seth Frederick Halushos is behind Dipolog City Mayor Darryl Dexter Uy in the gubernatorial race.
01:02Sally Halushos Carrion and Cesar Halushos are also behind in the respective races.
01:07Outgoing Governor Rosalina Halushos also suffers a huge loss in the Dipolog City mayoral post.
01:13Belen Uy of Laka CMD secures the mayoralty in the Pitan City, long considered a Halushos stronghold.
01:19She defeats Mayta Halushos.
01:22In Pampanga, the Pineda dynasty keeps its grip on the Pampanga capital
01:25after the mother and son tandem of Lilia and Delta Pineda win as governor and vice-governor.
01:31San Fernando Mayor Vilma Kaluwag wins her second term, beating a Pineda daughter, Maylene Pineda Kayab-Yab.
01:38The Yenares family, which ruled the Rizal capital since 1992, continues its winning streak in the province.
01:44Governor Nina Richie Yenares is re-elected.
01:47Antipolo City Mayor June Ienares also cruised to an easy re-election victory.
01:52In Binangonan, Rhea and Russell Ienares ran unopposed for mayor and vice-mayor.
01:57In the Halushos region, Team Marcos' Brian Alcid, an outgoing city councillor and a construction contractor in the province,
02:04wins as mayor of Lawag City.
02:06He unseats Michael Marcos Kayon, the estranged first cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
02:11Cecilia Raneta Marcos, the president's first cousin-in-law, wins as governor and Matthew Manotok also wins as vice-governor unopposed.
02:20Sandro, the presidential son, is also re-elected first district representative unopposed.
02:25In Batangas, television host Luis Manzano lost to Governor Dodo Mandanas in the vice-governatorial race.
02:31His mother Vilma Santos Recto and brother Ryan Christian Recto cruised to easy wins in their gubernatorial and congressional races respectively.
02:40Second District Representative Ginky Luistro meantime survives a challenge from her predecessor Rani Abu,
02:46meaning she can keep her role as a House prosecutor in Vice President Sara Duterte's upcoming impeachment trial.
02:52And in Cebu, Pamela Baricuatro, supporter of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, is proclaimed the winner of the gubernatorial race.
02:59She unseats Gwen Garcia, ending the grip of the Garcia clan over the Cebu Island politics.

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