Voting will be conducted in just 7 classrooms of Pajo school on election day.
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Pajo National High School, a polling station in Lapu-Lapu City, will only have seven classrooms to use for the elections on May 12, 2025, a significant reduction compared to the more than 10 classrooms assigned in previous elections. Principal Mitchel Misa, speaking to our website Cebu, confirmed this adjustment on May 6, 2025.
The local Comelec office has designated these seven classrooms for voting. Senior citizens will have a dedicated waiting room near the school gates for added convenience. However, the school has been bothered by regular power interruptions due to overheating, causing the electrical breaker to reach its maximum capacity. These issues are stemming from the ongoing election ban, which has delayed the school's rewiring and breaker expansion.
Misa shares that fewer power interruptions are expected during voting, as only the Automated Counting Machines, lights, electric fans, and first-floor lobby lights will be in use. As a precaution, the Department of Education asks that air conditioning units in the school, particularly in ICT laboratories, not be used.
Meanwhile, a city-wide power outage hit several barangays in Lapu-Lapu City on Tuesday morning, affecting regions including Basak, Bankal, Pajo, Babag, and other nearby communities for over three hours. This outage started around 9:14 a.m., according to the Mactan Electric Company, Inc. (Meco), the local electricity distributor.
Seven feeders, Feeders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10A, were affected during the outage. Despite this disruption, the power was restored by 12:36 p.m. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) maintained that its transmission lines were operating normally, with the issue isolated within Meco's distribution system.
With no specific reports indicating a direct impact on Pajo National High School's voting operations, news outlets in Cebu could provide more detailed updates concerning the school's experience as a polling station for the upcoming elections.
- Due to the elections on May 12, 2025, Pajo National High School in the Philippines, usually assigning more than 10 classrooms for voting, will only have seven this year.
- The local Comelec office has specified these seven classrooms for voting purposes, and senior citizens will have a dedicated waiting room for convenience.
- However, the school has faced regular power interruptions due to overheating, caused by the ongoing election ban delaying rewiring and breaker expansion.
- Despite power interruptions, only essential equipment like Automated Counting Machines, lights, electric fans, and first-floor lobby lights will be used during the elections.
- Air conditioning units, particularly in ICT laboratories, have been asked to be turned off as a precaution by the Department of Education.
- Meanwhile, a city-wide power outage hit several barangays, including Pajo, affecting various regions for over three hours. This outage did not seem to directly impact Pajo National High School's voting operations, requiring more detailed updates from Cebu's news outlets about the school's experience as a polling station for the elections.
