Tiangcos top Navotas polls

NAVOTAS CITY, Philippines—The little city of Navotas became one of the first if not the first local government unit to call the winners in the 2013 elections, with the Tiangcos retaining power in this coastal Metro Manila City.

At around 2 a.m. Tuesday, the Navotas City Board of Canvassers, led by Navotas Comelec chairman Shiela Rojas-Rafanan, announced that it had finished canvassing all votes from all the precincts in the city.

The results showed that the Tiangco-led Partido Navoteño dominated the local polls.

In the race for the lone congressional seat of the city, re-electionist Representative Tobias Tiangco of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) regained the seat with 69, 107 votes, a landslide victory over first-time congressional candidate and former BIR lawyer Rico Jose “Icoy” De Guzman who got 17, 048 votes.

Also regaining his seat is Tiangco’s brother, John Reynald, who got 60,277 votes in the mayoral race. His former ally and incumbent vice mayor Patrick Joseph Javier got 29,387 votes.

Meanwhile, District 1 incumbent councilor Clint Nicolas Geronimo will take over the vice-mayoral race later this year after garnering 53,231 votes a significant lead over rival District 2 incumbent councilor Ma. Elsa Bautista who got 32,951 votes.

The City Council will also be dominated by UNA and Partido Navoteño members, with the following candidates winning seats:
District 1: Doc Rey Monroy (UNA): 31,249; Jack Santiago (UNA): 26,537; Ethel Arriola (UNA): 26,236; Tarok Maño (UNA): 25,820; Richard San Juan (UNA): 25,332; Boy Vicencio (UNA): 24,690

District 2: Marielle Del Rosario (UNA) : 31,498; Steve Naval (UNA): 30,154; Nico Magbilay (LP): 28,939; Ricky Gino-Gino (UNA): 26,744; Orlie Castro (UNA): 24,931; Don De Guzman (UNA): 24,101.