ILOILO CITY––Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. won against Vice President Leni Robredo in the May 9 presidential elections on Boracay Island, the country’s prime tourist destination. In the 2016 vice presidential race, Robredo won in the three villages against Marcos with a margin of 1,935 votes. Marcos also won Malay town in Aklan with 14,567 votes against Robredo’s 13,428 votes, or a margin of 1,139. Marcos narrowly won in Aklan by 39 votes. Robredo won by more than 200,000 votes against Marcos in 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 18, 2022 03:50 UTC