SAMAL, Bataan: The complete slate of municipal winners in only three out of 11 towns and one city in Bataan have so far been proclaimed as of Wednesday.
Named as official winners were Vice Mayor Aida Macalinao as mayor of Samal, Liberato Santiago as reelectionist mayor of Abucay, and Ramil del Rosario as mayor of Bagac, father of incumbent mayor Louise Gabriel. Of the three, Santiago ran unopposed.
The municipal board of canvassers in the two towns declared Macalinao and Santiago as official winners at dawn of Wednesday while del Rosario was proclaimed early morning of Tuesday.
The respective vice-mayors and eight members each of the sangguniang bayan in the three towns were also proclaimed.
Proclamation of winners in nine towns and one city in Bataan was delayed due to defective secure digital (SD) cards that have to be reconfigured in the Region 3 office in San Fernando, Pampanga of the Commission on Elections.
No winner in the provincial and congressional slates was proclaimed by the provincial board of canvassers as of Wednesday due to incomplete vote results.
A report from the office of the provincial election supervisor in Balanga City showed that 36 SD cards in nine towns and one city were found defective and sent to San Fernando.
