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FORMER mayor Francisco \u201cIsko Moreno\u201d Domagoso has reclaimed the highest post in Manila in last Monday\u2019s midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He won against incumbent <\/strong>Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna and party-list Rep. Sam Verzosa.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreno garnered an overwhelming 528,521 votes compared to Lacuna\u2019s 190,286 and Verzosa\u2019s 163,821.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lacuna and Verzosa have conceded.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a social media post on Tuesday, Lacuna thanked those who supported and trusted her. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Buong kababaang loob nating tinatanggap ang kapasyahan ng higit na nakararami sa atin. Maraming salamat sa pagbibigay ninyo ng pagkakataon na ako ay maging kauna-unahang babaeng punong-lungsod sa Maynila,” she said in her video message on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also in a social media post, Versoza \u00a0said he fully accepts the decision of his fellow Manile\u00f1os and thanked supporters who stood by him throughout his campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNgayong gabi (Monday night), buong puso kong tinatanggap ang desisyon ng taumbayan. Bagamat hindi nangyari ang hinahangad nating resulta, ako po ay taus-pusong nagpapasalamat sa bawat isa sa inyo na naniwala, sumuporta, at lumaban para sa pagbabago,\u201d the entrepreneur said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Versoza, the battle he faced was no easy feat, acknowledging that running for office for the first time came with significant challenges.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNgunit sa bawat kaway, yakap, halik at tapik ninyo sa balikat ko sa kalsada, naramdaman ko ang Pagmamahal nyo at tunay na diwa ng serbisyo at malasakit,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreno, meanwhile, vowed to \u201cmake Manila great again\u201d with the help of his constituents.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FORMER mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has reclaimed the highest post in Manila in last Monday’s midterm elections. He won against incumbent Manila Mayor Honey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13776,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13774\/revisions\/13776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}