Paulino reelected as Olongapo City mayor

/ 05:06 PM May 13, 2025

Reelected Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. is proclaimed winner by the Commission on Elections board of canvassers on Tuesday, May 13.

Reelected Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. is proclaimed winner by the Commission on Elections board of canvassers on Tuesday, May 13. (Photo courtesy of Olongapo City Information Center)

OLONGAPO CITY — Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. was officially proclaimed as the city’s chief executive by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) board of canvassers on Tuesday, May 13.

Paulino, a lawyer and son of former Mayor Rolen Paulino Sr., won his third and final term after securing 28,814 votes in the May 12 midterm elections.

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He defeated three challengers: Vice Mayor Jong Cortez, who garnered 18,934 votes; Barangay Chairman Echie Ponge, who received 18,498; and businessman Arnold Vegafria, with 9,588.

Councilor and fellow lawyer Kaye Ann Legaspi, who ran alongside Cortez, was proclaimed the city’s new vice mayor.

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