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#Halalan2022: Bongbong visits parts of Metro Manila with son

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bongbong Marcos Jr. and son Sandro Marcos hold a motorcade in Makati City, Feb. 13, 2022. Screengrab from the UniTeam official Facebook page." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/02/13/20220213-bbm.jpg"/><figcaption>Bongbong Marcos Jr. and son Sandro Marcos hold a motorcade in Makati City, Feb. 13, 2022. <em>Screengrab from the UniTeam official Facebook page.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — Presidential candidate Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. continued his roadshow Sunday, visiting parts of Metro Manila with his son.</p><p>A video on the official Facebook page of &quot;UniTeam,&quot; the name of Marcos Jr&#x27;s tandem with Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, showed the former senator waving at and shaking hands with supporters in Makati City.</p><p>His son Sandro, who is also running in the elections to represent Ilocos Norte&#x27;s first district in the House of Representatives, joined him at the event.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/15/21/sandro-marcos-to-run-for-ilocos-norte-congressman">Bongbong son Sandro Marcos to run for Ilocos Norte 1st district representative</a></li></ul><p>Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, is scheduled to deliver a speech in Mandaluyong City on Sunday afternoon, where he will be joined by some of those in his senatorial slate.</p><p>Mandaluyong is the hometown of Marcos Jr.&#x27;s campaign manager, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos. </p><p>On Monday, Marcos Jr. is set to hold a campaign rally in Quezon City.</p><p>Marcos Jr. and his running-mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, have previously been endorsed by El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/12/22/el-shaddai-endorses-marcos-jr-sara-duterte-in-halalan-2022">El Shaddai endorses Marcos Jr., Sara Duterte in Halalan 2022</a></li></ul><p>The official campaign period for national position candidates for the May 9 elections opened last Feb. 8.</p><p>Marcos, who topped the latest voter preference survey for president conducted in December by Pulse Asia, has hurdled the challenges to his candidacy at the Commission on Elections, except for a pending disqualification case.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Meron pa, ma’am toots. Salandanan v. Marcos Jr., disqualification case, pending with the 2nd Division.</p>— James Jimenez (@jabjimenez) <a href="https://twitter.com/jabjimenez/status/1491744418197499908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/10/22/comelec-1st-division-votes-to-dismiss-dq-petitions-vs-marcos-jr">Comelec 1st Division votes to dismiss DQ petitions vs Marcos Jr.</a></li></ul><div><strong>— With reports from Jacque Manabat and Nico Bagsic, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos continued his roadshow, visiting parts of Metro Manila with his son.