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Marikina Mayor Teodoro files candidacy, seeks 3rd straight term

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro will seek a third straight term. Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/patrolph/10/08/marikina-mayor-teodoro.jpg"/><figcaption>Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro will seek a third straight term. Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro will seek a third straight term as the city&#x27;s chief executive. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro files certificate of candidacy to seek a third term <a href="https://t.co/lnJQHgncWL">pic.twitter.com/lnJQHgncWL</a></p>— Vivienne Gulla (@VivienneGulla) <a href="https://twitter.com/VivienneGulla/status/1446301971409895426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Teodoro on Friday filed his certificate of candidacy. He will run alongside incumbent Vice Mayor Marion Andres. </p><p>If reelected, he said public health will be a priority amid the COVID-19 pandemic. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/29/21/covid-19-cases-in-ncr-dropping-data-inconsistent-mayor">COVID-19 cases in NCR &#x27;dropping&#x27;? Mayor says data inconsistent</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1795063" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>He will face former Marikina Mayor and incumbent 1st district Rep. Bayani Fernando, who last held the position from 1992 to 2001. </p><p>Teodoro previously filed a case against a reclamation project done by Fernando&#x27;s company in part of the Marikina River - which he attributed to the widespread flooding experienced in the city when &quot;Ulysses&quot; struck. </p><p>Fernando has since denied the allegations. </p><div><strong>-- Report from Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro will seek a third straight term as the city's chief executive. 