ILOILO CITY, Jan. 31 -- Voters here have shown their interest to take part in the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October this year as manifested by the high turnout of registrants since last December 12.

Election Officer II Jonathan Sayno, in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of registration, said they reached their target registrants of around 5,000 to 6,000, with around 60 percent belonging to the SK age group of 15 to 30 years old.

He said they expect a lower number of registrants for regular voters since they have already registered in the past presidential elections.

Sayno said they have observed that people flock to the registration center during the last remaining days.

"We always expect th...