President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - The public is anticipating which presidential candidate President Rodrigo Duterte will endorse because any support coming from him will be a "game-changer", Malacanang said on Wednesday. Acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar admitted that he himself was also awaiting who the President would endorse after the Duterte-led Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction expressed support for the candidacy of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. through a resolution signed on March 21. "I'm happy for the President that -maraming nagtatanong, maraming nag-aabang, kasi nga it's a game-changer kapag si Presidente ang nag-endorse (there are many asking, many waiting because it's a game-changer when the President endorses)," Andanar said in a Palace press briefing. Duterte is expected to attend the campaign rally of PDP-Laban in Lapu-Lapu City Cebu on Thursd
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos and running mate Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of UniTeam) MANILA - The camp of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos welcomed on Thursday the endorsement of the National Unity Party (NUP). Marcos' spokesperson Vic Rodriguez described this as an affirmation of the UniTeam's "movement for national unity and nation-building". "The endorsement of the NUP confirms that our movement for national unity and nation-building which started as a mere whisper, is now a crescendoing national chorus," he said in a statement. "With deep sense of humility and gratitude, we extend our appreciation to the leadership and members of the NUP for placing their trust on presidential frontrunner Bongbong Marcos to fulfill the common vision- one nation, one future," he added. The NUP endorsed Marcos's presidential bid on Thursday, saying his "call for unity as the basic strategy for economic recovery ami
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Mayor Sara Duterte (presidential file photo) MANILA - It's normal for President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter Davao City Mayor and vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte to support different candidates in the May 2022 elections, Malacanang said Tuesday. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this remark after Sara asked her supporters in Tagum City, Davao del Norte to protect her running mate, presidential aspirant, former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Sara is running for vice president under Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD). Marcos' political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), endorsed Sara's candidacy as his running mate in next year's polls. Duterte earlier rejected the alliance with Lakas-CMD, saying he could not support Marcos, whom he described as a "weak leader". Nograles, however, said there is no growing rift between the father and dau