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Bam Aquino, volunteers ramp up campaign efforts as May elections near

Published Apr 29, 2025 03:50 am

With less than two weeks before Election Day, volunteers and supporters have ramped up their efforts to campaign for former senator and senatorial candidate Bam Aquino.

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(From left) Jake Ejercito, Bam Aquino, Bea Saw (Bam Aquino Media Bureau, Instagram)

Pinoy Big Brother 2007 grand winner Bea Saw, influencers Andrea Guevarra and Niño San Jose, online host Tita Jegs all conducted house-to-house campaigns in Manila to distribute leaflets and stickers and engage with residents about the former senator’s track record and accomplishments.

Actor Jake Ejercito is also pushing for Aquino’s senatorial bid. On X (formerly Twitter), he posted the images of Aquino and former senator Kiko Pangilinan.

“Para sa bawat hapag at sa kabataan, KIKO-BAM (For the table and the youth, Kiko-Bam!,” he wrote.

Earlier, Aquino was endorsed by Anne Curtis, Janine Gutierrez, and Bea Binene.

More celebrities and influencers are expected to join the last leg of the former senator’s campaign.

His supporters in Sydney, Australia also held a walk dubbed as “Step to Good Governance” from Milsons Point Station to Observatory Hill Park over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Aquino credited his supporters and volunteers after he entered into the winning circle of recently concluded pre-election surveys.

“Tuwang-tuwa kami sa balitang iyan. Nagsimula kami last year, ang baba namin. Pero sa sipag, tiyaga, at sa pagkayod, pag-ikot sa buong Pilipinas, pakikipag-usap sa mga kababayan natin, pumapasok na sa Top 12 (We are very happy with that news. When we started last year, we were very low [in survey ranking]. But because of hard work, patience, and effort in going around the Philippines, talking with people, we are now in the Top 12),” he said.

“Itong huling dalawang linggo, tuluy-tuloy lang kami sa pagsisipag pa, pagpapakilala pa at pagkuwento ng mga nais naming gawin para sa bayan (These remaining two weeks, we will work harder to introduce and talk about what we want to do for the country),” he added.

The Bangsamoro Party, the political party of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), was the latest to endorse Aquino as announced by Bangsamoro Labor Minister and Bangsamoro Party leader Muslimin Sema.

The former senator thanked the Bangsamoro Party, which has some 500,000 documented members of the BARMM, and promised to push for policies that will bring progress and development of the region.

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