Filipinos began voting on Monday morning to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials at all levels of government. A total of 37,211 polling centers across the country opened at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT Sunday) for the 65.7 million eligible voters and will close at 7 p.m. Also to be elected are the vice president, 12 senators, more than 300 members of the House of Representatives and over 17,000 local officials.