MANILA-Four women are among the seven candidates vying for the congressional seat of Quezon City District 5 - Novaliches area in the May 9, 2022 elections. The female aspirants are former Congresswoman Annie Susano (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas), businesswomen Rose Lin (Lakas) and Catherine Esplana, and Rose Lyn Sanchez (Independent). They are facing outgoing first-term Councilor Patrick Michael "PM" Vargas of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), Angel Rustia Jr., an engineer, and Antonio Ortega (both Independent). They filed their certificate of candidacy (CoC) with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office for QC-Novaliches District 5 before the deadline on Oct. 8. Susano, who was also a former QC councilor (2001-2004), was among those who represented the populous Novaliches district in Congress (2004-2010) before the area was divided into three districts (2, 5 and 6) in the 2013 local elections. It is the first time for the three other women Lin,