Voting underway in Philippine elections
STORY: Voting underway in Philippine elections
DATELINE: May 9, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:43
LOCATION: Manila
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
various of polling stationsvarious of votersSTANDUP (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondentvarious of police and soldiers
STORYLINE:
Filipinos began voting Monday morning to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government.
A total of 37,211 polling centers across the country opened at 6 a.m. local time (2200 GMT Sunday) for the 65.7 million eligible voters and will close at 7 p.m. local time (1100 GMT).
STANDUP (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent
"I'm now standing inside one of the polling centers here in Manila, and you can see behind me many people have already shown up, ready to cast their votes. According to the final pre-election nationwide surveys, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of former President Ferdinand Marcos, is leading with majority, while his main rival, incumbent Vice President Maria Leono
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