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PIA Negros Oriental photoNegros Oriental elected Bayawan City Mayor Pryde Henry Teves as its new governor.Teves of the Nationalist People's Coalition, who was proclaimed as the winner by the Provincial Board of Canvassers, Tuesday afternoon, May 10, garnered 296,897 votes against incumbent Governor Roel Degamo, with 277,462.Degamo of the Nacionalista Party was gunning for his third and final term.But an independent candidate that goes by the name of Ruel Degamo may have spoiled his reelection bid after securing 49,039 votes.The governor said on his Facebook page that the votes for Ruel Degamo should be counted in his favor, “Ruel being a nuisance candidate.”He also shared a copy of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) decision on his petition to declare Ruel Degamo...

Photos from Mark Golez and Kabankalan LGU FBTwo incumbent city mayors of Negros Occidental were unexpectedly defeated in Monday’s polls, the Commission on Elections results showed Tuesday, May 10.Silay Mayor Mark Golez was defeated by former vice mayor Joedith Gallego, while Kabankalan Mayor Pedro Zayco lost to Tan-awan kagawad Benjie Miranda.Gallego won with 37,643 votes, while Golez garnered34,725 votes.Tom Ledesma won as vice mayor of Silay with 44,115 votes defeating Mykol Velez who had 19,059 votes.Leading the Silay winning councilors in the number one slot is Ryan Gamboa with 34,946 votes, followed by Nonoy Penuela with 34,206 votes, Toti Lopez - 29,623, Ramon Celebre - 29,104, Darryl Hinolan - 28,666, Lyndon Bernardo - 28,208, Mike Maravilla - 27,012, Max Javelon...

Presidential candidate Leni Robredo was winning in Negros Occidental, but lost in Bacolod City.In Negros Occidental with 99.8 percent of the votes counted on Tuesday, Robredo garnered 527,321 votes, while Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had 482,344 votes.Sara Duterte had 475,854 votes followed by Kiko Pangilinan with 376,288 for vice president in Negros Occidental.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacon supported Robredo but Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and 28 of the 31 mayors of Negros Occidental were for Marcos.Her campaign in Negros was mostly private sector driven.In 2016, Robredo won in Negros Occidental with 614,440 votes to Marcos 119,149 in the race for vice president.In Monday’s polls Marcos won with 121,179 votes, while Robredo had 112,051 votes in Bacolod City....

Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.-Sara Duterte campaign leader in the province, led a celebration of what he called their wide lead in the national count at a party at Stonehill Suites in Bacolod City on Monday, May 9.The overwhelming support for Marcos and Duterte nationwide humbled him and his provincial team of loyalists and die-hard supporters, Ferrer said in a press release."As we monitor how the winning of BBM and Sara Duterte progresses, it lifts our spirits considering the challenges and rigors that we have gone through during the campaign. We have seen how the Negrenses showed their support to the UniTeam ticket”, he said.Ferrer said he and his wife, Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (Neg. Occ., 4th District), are grateful to everyone who join...

LFS-Bacolod photoAbout 100 individuals, led by the League of Filipino Students, held a lightning rally at the Fountain of Justice in front of the old Bacolod City Hall on Tuesday, May 10, to slam the conduct of Monday’s polls.RJ Ledesma, 7th nominee for Kabataan Party-list, said in a statement, said the Bacolod youth will not remain silent while democracy is being junked.The rally participants demanded that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) be held accountable for alleged “numerous anomalies” during Election Day, a press release from the group said.The May 9 elections were marred by nearly 2,000 vote counting machine (VCM) breakdowns, illegal campaigning and vote-buying, among other irregularities, it said.Despite the anomalies and long, slow-moving lines at voting ...

Bacolod mayoral candidate Alfredo "Albee" Benitez being hugged by a supporter at the Mandalagan Elementary School in Bacolod City where he voted Monday, May 9.* Ronnie Baldonado photoBacolod mayoral candidate Alfredo “Albee” Benitez of Team Asenso as of 12:10 a.m. Tuesday , May 10, appeared to be headed for victory with 88 percent of the election returns in.Also headed for victory were re-electionist Rep. Greg Gasataya (Team Asenso) and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (Grupo Progreso).Benitez (PDP-Laban) garnered 150,746 votes, while incumbent Mayor Evelio Leonardia (NP) had 94,025 votes.Familiaran (NP) had 112,924 votes taking the lead in the race for vice mayor over Caesar Distrito (Team Asenso) - 90,594 and Wilson Gamboa Jr. (Independent) - 27,890.Greg Gasataya (NPC)...

Photo from Pryde Henry Teves FBBayawan City Mayor Pryde Teves is leading the gubernatorial race against re-electionist Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo.Partial and unofficial results from the transmitted election returns as of 12:30 am Tuesday, May 10, showed that Teves (NPC) has garnered 218,137 votes against Degamo (NP) with 203,856.Vice Governor Mark Macias, who is also gunning for the governorship, lagged behind with 36,200 votes.Macias, in a Facebook post, said: “It does not look like it was meant to be. Still, we did what we thought needed to be done. To those who believed in our cause, thank you very much. Let us continue to help each other for our province and for our country. It is the only one that we have.”An independent candidate that goes by the name Ru...

Vice President Leni Robredo took an initial lead over Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the race for presidency in Negros Occidental as of 12:17 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, with 85.14 percent of the election returns in.Sara Duterte also took the lead for the vice presidency.Robredo had 454,888 votes followed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with 419,728, Manny Pacquiao -143,797, Isko Moreno - 29,352 and Panfilo Lacson - 14,244, Comelec figures showed.In the race for the vice presidency Duterte had 412,448 votes, Kiko Pangilinan - 322,262. Vicente Sotto - 223,457, Doc Willie Ong - 31,379 and Lito Atienza - 11,850.*