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Pacquiao bets in General Santos find themselves without a party

The Commission on Elections' decision to thumb down the People's Champ Movement's bid to become a national party turns the party's bets into independent aspirants for various positions

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Binay, reelectionists join Pacquiao's Senate slate

(1st UPDATE) Senator Manny Pacquiao says the senatorial bets in his slate are allowed to be guest candidates of other presidential bets

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Radioman-turned media, biz baron runs for GenSan mayor

MEDIA POWER. Brigada Group of Companies founder and chief executive officer Elmer Catulpos (center) and media personalities Dyll Bartolaba (left) and lawyer Kan Balleque (right) vow to "fight for the people" of General Santos City as they formally filed their certificates of candidacy at the Commission on Elections on Thursday (Oct. 7, 2021). Catulpos is running for city mayor while Bartolaba and Balleque are vying for city council seats. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A radio reporter-turned owner of a rising media network and several other businesses filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor here on Thursday. Elmer Catulpos, founder and chief executive officer of the homegrown Brigada Group of Companies, formally joined the mayoral race as the standard-bearer of local party Achievement with Integrity Movement (AIM), to complete a highly anticipated three-way fight in the May 2022 elections. The party's complete slate attended a holy mass at the house of former mayor Adelbert and his wife, former South Cotabato Rep. Lualhati Antonino along the national highway, which serves as their campaign headquarters, before trooping to the Commission on Elections here around 8:30 a.m. to file their COCs. The Antoninos, who founded AIM in the '90s and remained influential in the local political scene, endorsed Catulpos' mayoralty bid early this year "for embodying the party's brand of integrity in public service." "I offer myself and the use of my experiences for the progress of the city. It's up to the people to judge us come election time," Catulpos told reporters after filing his COC. Carrying the battlecry "Barug (stand up) GenSan," he said his priority will be to usher the city's recovery from the economic slump brought about by the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. To enable the local economy to "bounce back," he said the city should give more focus on health and wellness by providing enough support to local hospitals and medical front-liners, and ensuring the availability of basic services such as free medicine and Covid-19 testing. Catulpos, currently the president of General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc., said the expansion of the vaccination against Covid-19 will also be a top priority to allow the city's economy to move forward even amidst the pandemic. AIM, which controlled the city hall from the late 90s until the 2013 elections, fielded businessman Jay Omila for the city's lone congressional district and former city councilor, lawyer Arturo Cloma for vice mayor. Omila lost to outgoing mayor Ronnel Rivera, who is also running for congressman, in the 2019 elections. The party's city council slate is led by media personalities lawyer Kan Balleque and Dyll Bartolaba, radio and television anchors of the Brigada News FM and TV here. The other aspirants are former city councilors Virginia Llido and Minardo Avila, Dr. Ben Pagarigan, Bebe-i Gonzales, Dino Barrientos, George Anas, Mike Tanzo, Alfredo Santander, Abel Sosobrado, and Jay Berame. Reports earlier came out that former city mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio could make a comeback in the 2022 polls and Catulpos said he is willing to give way if it materializes before the November 15 deadline for the substitution of candidates. Custodio is still reportedly in the United States and has not yet made any decision on the matter. "But I am ready for this battle. I am ready to serve our people," she said in a separate press conference. Two other major political parties here - the PDP-Laban and the People's Champ Movement (PCM) - also fielded complete slates for the May 2022 elections. South Cotabato first district Rep. Shirlyn Banas-Nograles filed her COC for mayor on October 4 under the PDP Laban while presidential aspirant and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao's sister-in-law Lorelie launched her bid for the same post on October 6. The 45-year-old Catulpos started as a reporter of Bombo Radyo GenSan in the late '90s and transferred to two other local radio stations before publishing his own tabloid "Brigada" in 2005 with a capital of only PHP1,000. His small venture went on to become the mammoth Brigada Mass Media Corporation, which operates a television station here, several cable TV channels, a network of newspapers in Mindanao, and 40 FM radio stations in parts of the country. The Brigada Group also operates a security agency, health products line, events venue and resort, as well as a chain of pharmacies, among others. (PNA) }

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Pacquaio sis-in-law joins GenSan mayoral race

ASPIRANTS.Lorelei Pacquiao (center), sister-in-law of presidential aspirant and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao, formally launch her bid on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021) for the mayoralty post of General Santos City. Lorelei filed her certificate of candidacy for mayor under the People's Champ Movement, along with Vice Mayor Loreto Acharon (left), and Councilor Franklin Gacal Jr. (right), who are running for congressman and vice mayor, respectively. (Photo grabbed from Atty. Jeng Gacal's Facebook page) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -A sister-in-law of boxing icon and presidential aspirant Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao has joined the mayoral race here for the May 2022 elections. Lorelei Pacquiao, incumbent chair of Barangay Labangal and the city's Liga ng mga Barangay president, formally filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) around Wednesday noon at the local Commission on Elections (Comelec) office under the People's Champ Movement (PCM). She was joined by the party's complete slate, supporters, and family members, which included Pacquiao matriarch Dionisia. The group attended a "solidarity mass" at the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage parish church and held a press conference in a hotel before proceeding to the city Comelec office. Lorelei, the wife of Senator Pacquiao's younger brother and OFW Party-list Rep. Bobby, said she decided to run for mayor to bring a fresh brand of leadership to the city hall. In her 11 years as barangay chair, including the last three years as the Liga ng mga Barangay's representative to the city council, she said she personally saw the concerns of the people that have to be addressed. She cited the need to expand the socio-economic and development services in the city's 26 barangays. "I cannot turn my back on our constituents who are clamoring for better opportunities and services," she told reporters. PCM fielded Senator Pacquiao's former legal counsel, incumbent City Councilor Franklin Gacal Jr., in the vice mayoral race. Its city council slate is led by incumbents Dominador Lagare Jr., Richard Atendido, Jose Orlando Acharon, and former councilors Remus de Claro, Eduardo Leyson and Jose Mariano Gonzales. The other aspirants are barangay chairmen Paolo Natividad and Joey Dinopol, Jersey Cadelina, Jake Reyes, Abet Pestano, and Joseph Arnold Calonzo. PCM, a local political party founded by Senator Pacquiao, earlier broke ties with its former standard-bearer, outgoing Mayor Ronnel Rivera, but forged an alliance with the family of former mayor and South Cotabato first district Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. Acharon's younger brother Loreto, the incumbent Vice Mayor, will seek the city's lone congressional district seat. Rivera filed his COC for congressman on Oct. 4 under the Nacionalista Party and new local political coalition "Kasama Ko RCRI." He joined forces with incumbent South Cotabato first district Rep. Shirlyn Banas-Nograles, who is running for mayor under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino or PDP-Laban. (PNA) }

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Pacquiao running under PROMDI 'defies logic', PDP-Laban faction says – Manila Bulletin

A stalwart in the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said Senator Manny Pacquiao’s decision to run for president under the Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives or PROMDI defies logic.

Melvin Matibag, who was elected secretar

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Cusi-faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party

Cusi-faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party
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Cusi-led PDP-Laban faction expels Pacquiao for presidential bid under PROMDI

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi bared on Sunday that it "automatically expelled" Senator Manny Pacquiao from the party after the lawmaker pursued a presidential bid under PROMDI (Probinsiya Muna Development Initiative).

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Cusi faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party

Cusi faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party
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Cusi faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party

Cusi faction of PDP Laban expels Pacquiao for filing COC under another party
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Cusi camp 'mistaken' on expulsion claim vs Pacquiao, Pimentel says

As far as the group of the Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III is concerned, there is nothing wrong with Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao running for presidency under the PROMDI, instead of his political party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).

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