A total of 37 candidates are running for mayor, vice mayor, and councilors in the Municipality of Pateros in the May 9, 2022 elections.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pateros released the names of candidates who filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) by 5 p.m. of Oct. 8, the deadline.
According to Armando Mallorca, Pateros election officer, two candidates are running for mayor, two for vice mayor and 33 for councilors.
Incumbent Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III, who is running for reelection under the Aksyon Demokratiko party, will be challenged by independent candidate Marilyn Chiong.
For vice mayor, the candidates are Ponce’s running mate John Peter Marzan of Aksyon Demokratiko and Carlo Santos of Nacionalista Party.
There are 33 candidates who filed their COCs for councilor. Pateros, the smallest local government unit in Metro Manila, has two districts and each district has six seats for councilors. District 1 has 17 candidates while District 2 has 16.
Candidates who filed their COCs for local positions in Pateros, according to Comelec-Pateros, are:
For Mayor – Pateros
1. Miguel Ponce III – Aksyon Demokratiko
2. Marilyn Chiong – Independent
For Vice Mayor – Pateros
1. John Peter Marzan – Aksyon Demokratiko
2. Carlo Santos – Nacionalista Party
For Councilor – Pateros
District 1
1. Johns Abiño – Aksyon Demokratiko
2. Leonila Bermejo – Nacionalista Party
3. Jose Percival Capco Jr. – Independent
4. Allan Dela Cruz – Aksyon Demokratiko
5. Alberto Dela Cruz – Independent
6. Napoleon Dionisio Jr – Aksyon Demokratiko
7. Rolando Dolon – Nacionalista Party
8. Cesar Llagas – Aksyon Demokratiko
9. Moner Luna – Nacionalista Party
10. Jay Mabanglo – Partido Pilipino sa Pagbabago
11. Eric Mabazza – Nacionalista Party
12. Joseph Manzon – Nacionalista Party
13. Jorge Nicdao – Aksyon Demokratiko
14. Oscar Ongmanchi Jr. – Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
15. Arnaldo Reyes – Independent
16. Dominador Rosales Jr. – Aksyon Demokratiko
17. Milaor Villegas – Nacionalista Party
District 2
1. Maria Kathleen Ampe – Aksyon Demokratiko
2. Ernesto Cortez – Aksyon Demokratiko
3. Joven Gatpayat – Partido Pilipino sa Pagbabago
4. Ian Gutierrez – Maharlika People’s Party
5. Rommel Lambino – Independent
6. Jun Ling – Aksyon Demokratiko
7. Allan Dennis Mangoba – Nacionalista Party
8. Fernando Maravilla – Nacionalista Party
9. Ronaldo Miranda – Nacionalista Party
10. Bernardeth Pastrana – Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas
11. Jowell Raymundo – Nacionalista Party
12. Ericson Raymundo – Aksyon Demokratiko
13. Jeric Reyes – Nacionalista Party
14. Ramon Roxas – Aksyon Demokratiko
15. Jose Marvin Sanchez – Nacionalista Party
16. Serafino Santos – Independent
