Members of the board of election inspectors print and check election returns after the closing of polls on 12 May 2025 in Davao City. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Army soldiers arrest 80 supporters of opposing candidates involved in a fight in front of the Pualas National High School in Lanao del Sur on election day (12 May 2025). MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Local residents look for their polling precincts before casting their voteS for the midterm elections at the Zonta Elementary School in Davao City on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
An Army soldier stares down at the crowd of eager voters trying to get inside the Diamla Elementary School in Pualas, Lanao del Sur on 12 May 2025. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
Vice President Sara Duterte talks to reporters after casting her vote at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School in Matina, Davao City on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Voters line up under the scorching sun at General Luna Central Elementary School in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte 12 May 2025 as precinct queues spill into the school grounds. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Davao City mayoral bet Karlo Nograles smiles as he waits for his turn to vote at the precinct at Teodoro Palma Gil Elementary School on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
Voters endure the series of steep stairs at the Del Carmen Integrated School in Iligan City for the precincts in Barangay Del Carmen for the 12 May 2025 elections. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Voters find their names and precinct numbers on the bulletin board near the entrance of San Francisco Pilot Central Elementary School in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
A volunteer of the Archdiocesan Citizens Engagement Committee – Parish Pastoral for Responsible Voting uses sign language to guide a person with disability at the Teodoro Palma Gil Elementary School on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
Voters, including senior citizens, line up to vote at Teodoro Palma Gil Elementary School on 12 May 2025. Members of the Nograles family, including mayoral candidate Karlo and first district representative bet Margarita Ignacia (Migs) will be voting here. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
A person with disability goes out early to vote on 12 May 2025 in Daksla Elementary School in Pualas, Lanao del Sur, which is heavily guarded by soldiers. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Boxing icon and senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao waits for his turn to vote at the Kiamba Central Elementary School in Kiamba, Sarangani province on Monday, 12 May 2025. Pacquiao arrives at the voting precinct at 7:45 a.m. MindaNews photo by ALLEN V. ESTABILLO
Senior citizens, persons with disability, and pregnant women are priority in the 12 May 2025 elections, given a time slot from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., like these voters in Barangay Magoong, Linamon, Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
An Army soldier keeps a watchful eye at the crowd of political supporters in front of the municipal hall of Pualas, Lanao del Sur where the ballots are being kept on Sunday (11 May 2025). MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Voters look for their names and precinct numbers at the GSIS Elementary School in Matina, Davao City on Sunday (11 May 2025), eve of the 2025 midterm elections. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
Comelec workers on Sunday morning load boxes of ballots in a van that would bring them to Tamparan town in Lanao del Sur. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started distributing the ballots from the provincial capitol in Marawi City
Confetti rains on Karlo Alexei Nograles candidate for Davao City mayor (center) and his team at the end of the miting de avance Saturday night, 10 May 2025 in Buhangin. Nograles’ team is asking voters to vote for a change
TV host and senatorial candidate Willie Revillame distributes jackets during his caravan in Buhangin, Davao City on 10 May 2025. Revillame has said he will only think on what his program would be if he wins on May 12. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
Mayor Sebastian Duterte and Kitty Duterte with the senate line up of the PDP-Laban, allies of the Duterte family, during the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod miting de avance on 9 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Election campaign posters fill the walls of a street in downtown Davao City on 9 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Supporters of peace and development worker Maria Victoria “Mags” Maglana hold the “Women for Peace Taking a Stand,” a “silent rally” in support for her bid in the race for the first congressional district of Davao City. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Soldiers attend a send-off ceremony at the headquarters of the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade in Carmen, Cotabato province on Monday (5 May 2025) for troops who will be deployed in the Special Geographic Area and Maguindanao del Sur in the BARMM and Cotabato province in Region 12 to help secure the elections. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA
The Army’s 4th and 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalions deploy 164 personnel and their armored assets to Lanao del Norte, Iligan City and parts of Misamis Oriental Monday morning (5 May 2025) seven days ahead of the midterm elections. MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
