Day 3 of COC filing: More reelectionists, new faces show up

Supporters join the filing of FPJ Panday Bayanihan for 2025 party-list run.
MANILA, Philippines — New faces and more aspirants seeking reelection showed up on the third day of filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for the 2025 midterm elections.
More senatorial reelectionists lodged their COCs at the Manila Hotel Tent on Thursday such as incumbent senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa who finalized his Senate reelection bid. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go also filed his COC for senator.
Dela Rosa and Go are both allies of then president Rodrigo Duterte.
Actor Phillip Salvador filed his COC for senator. He tried to run for a vice governor post in Bulacan in the 2016 elections but he was excluded from the final list of voters in the province just days before the polls.
READ: Bong Go files COC to become senator again via 2025 polls
Article continues after this advertisementDela Rosa, Go, and Salvador were previously endorsed by Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, the political party led by the former president.
Article continues after this advertisementCancer-stricken Dr. Willie Ong filed his COC for senator through his wife, Dra. Liza Ong. Dr. Willie ran as vice president in the 2022 elections, alongside his presidential running mate former Manila City mayor Isko Moreno.
Meanwhile, Brian Poe Llamanzares, the son of Senator Grace Poe, is seeking a House seat as the first nominee of FPJ (Fernando Poe Jr.) Panday Bayanihan party-list. Senator Grace Poe said that she believes in the capabilities of her son to run for public office.
READ: Grace Poe to son on his party-list bid: ‘Make it good and don’t disgrace us’
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna and Vice Mayor Yul Servo filed their COCs for their second term. Lacuna said on Thursday that Isko Moreno informed the incumbent mayor of his plans to run for mayor in the city.
As the third day of filing of COC concluded, Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia said that no untoward incident was recorded in all COC filing sites across the country.
“Wala na kahit na anong insidente ng karahasan, violence, irregularity or disturbance sa lahat ng sites natin ng filing and therefore patuloy po itong generally peaceful,” Garcia said in a press briefing.
READ: Comelec: 2,013 COCs filed on Day 2
(There were no incidents of violence, irregularity or disturbance in all of our filing sites and therefore, the COC filing continues to be generally peaceful.)
Here are the 12 senatorial aspirants who filed their COCs on the third day of COC filing:
- Bunilla, Jose Cadiog
- Balmas, Jaime Gaspacho
- Ong, Willie Tan
- Dela Rosa, Ronald Marapon
- Go, Christopher Lawrence Tesoro
- Salvador, Phillip Reyes
- Rosales, Elpidio Jr. Rosero
- Agad, Robert Caballero
- Casimra, Khaled Cezar
- Salapantan, Jimmy Suero
- Noel, Rex Camiguing
- Pacquiao, Roel Cuhay
Here are the nine party-list groups that filed their certificate of nomination and acceptance on the third day of COC filing:
- Alalayang Agila Para sa Bayan Inc.
- Solo Parent Working for Economic Rights and Other Thrusts for Equality
- FPJ Panday Bayanihan
- Barangay Health Wellness
- Solidarity of Northern Luzon People
- Health Workers Partylist
- Agrikultura Ngayon Gawing Akma at Tama
- Ahon Mahirap
- Kamalayan ng Maralita at Malayang Mamamayan, Inc.