Some results

It's been about a week and a half since the Philippine midterm elections. They're still tabulating the votes for the national races and some of the local ones. In Philippine elections, most if not all of the votes (save internet voting in Singapore) are done manually, and most national races aren't officially decided until about a month afterwards. This unfortunately increases the prospect of cheating and corruption, especially in the provincial elections.

Here's some interesting results, though:

• A Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Eddie Panlilio, has been elected governor of Pampanga, From this Inquirer article on 5/18, he will become "the 26th governor of Pampanga since 1901. His followers said they would call him Among Governor. Among is a term of endearment for priest. His parishioners in Betis, Guagua called Panlilio "Among Ed."
• According to the latest NAMFREL (National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections - a electoral watchdog group) tally, senatorial candidates from the Genuine Opposition (GO) are currently dominating the elections, with 8 of its 12 candidates in the "Magic 12". Two candidates in the "Magic 12" are from Team UNITY (the administration group), while the last 2 are independent candidates.
• South Cotabato congressional candidate Manny Pacquiao was defeated by a large margin (139,061 to 75,908) by the incumbent, Darlene Antonino-Custodio. According to this article, Pacquiao said, “I have accepted the results. I just hope that she will fulfill her promises to help the poor. If that happens, I will be happy, it would be like I won too.”