ICYMI: At least 20,000 bibingkas awaited people who came to the grand rally of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos and vice presidential bet Sara Duterte-Carpio in Digos City, Davao del Sur. VotePH
Bucol said it took at least a week for volunteers to clear the area from bushes and debris to ensure that the venue would be safe.
Organizers also informed those joining the grand rally, the biggest event in the city since the start of the pandemic, to wear their face masks. They also barred supporters from bringing children below nine years old, sling bags, bladed weapons, and other materials that could hurt participants.Candidates affiliated with the Unity Team, such as the HNP provincial chapter, Barug Davao del Sur, and Abante Digos, held a caravan at 10 a.m.
Among the local bets, Kiblawan Mayor Carl Jason Rama Bautista, the son of Davao Occidental Gov. Claude Bautista, runs for governor under the Hugpong ng Pagbabago , Barug and Abante aggrupation under the BBM-Sara Unity Team. He runs in tandem with vice governor aspirant Arvin “Jun Blanco” Malaza against the wife and cousin of Gov. Marc Cagas, who assumed the post of governor after his father, the elected governor, died in June last year.
Erwin Llanos, the son of the late governor Rogelio Llanos, is vying for the seat at the House of Representatives of the lone district of Davao del Sur, while former city mayor Joseph R. Peñas, concurrent chair of the political group Abante Digos, is running again for mayor of Digos City under the Unity Team.
Peñas was a three-term mayor of this city until 2019, when he lost his bid for governor of Davao del Sur against the late governor Douglas Cagas.