2:42 PM — The Commission on Elections begins counting votes for local absentee voting
Election incidents
1:30 PM — The Department of Education (DepEd) has so far received reports from its field offices as mostly concerning malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs), missing names in voter lists, and health-related issues involving teachers and election personnel.
According to the agency’s Election Task Force (ETF) efforts are underway to resolve the incidents in coordination with the Commission on Elections, the Philippine National Police, and partner agencies.
According to DepEd, the ETF, led by Undersecretary Malcolm Garma, is in coordination with regional and division task force teams to ensure immediate response to all incidents affecting the safety and welfare of teachers and staff on election duty.
In Albay, A 65-year-old man, Nestor Rensales, collapsed shortly after casting his vote at Oas South Central School in Brgy. Ilaor Sur, Albay. He was later pronounced dead, according to PNP-Region V Director BGen. Andre Dizon.
1:01 PM — According to Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia, several vote counting machines reportedly ejected ballots due to extreme heat.
In Abra, police personnel from the Abra Provincial Police Office are responding to reports of an alleged incident inside a polling place in Barangay Sagap, Bangued, Abra on the morning of 12 May 2025.
A video circulating online shows voters fleeing the area as gunshots are heard in the background. Authorities have yet to identify the individuals involved, and an investigation is currently underway.
