Commission on Elections Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan casts his vote on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the start of the absentee voting, at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila. Soldiers, policemen, government personnel and members of the media whose applications for local absentee voting were approved by the commission can vote ahead of the May 9 elections. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO