WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Senator Manny Pacquiao will kick off his presidential campaign where it all started – in General Santos City, the southernmost city of the country.
Pacquiao and running mate Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza are running under PROMDI, a Cebu-based political party meant to consolidate their votes in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Pacquiao and Atienza will first hold a caravan around General Santos City at 1 pm on Tuesday, February 8, starting at Barangay Bawing all the way to the Oval Plaza Grand Stand for the proclamation rally.
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Mommy Dionisia speaks at son’s campaign launch
LOOK: Pacquiao's mother, better known as Mommy Dionisia, speaks onstage at her son's campaign launch. #PHVote #WeDecide https://t.co/eh2uaXK4zl pic.twitter.com/CZnyx7S8Pb
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
LOOK: Atienza joins campaign launch via livestream
Pacquiao's running mate Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza, who is nursing a sprain, joins the proclamation rally via livestream. #PHVote #WeDecide https://t.co/eh2uaXK4zl pic.twitter.com/tJk56fOWgV
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
Senatorial bet Lutgardo Barbo speaks at Pacquiao-Atienza campaign launch
Senatorial candidate Lutgardo Barbo speaking onstage. #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
LIVE: https://t.co/tE0juR12z1 pic.twitter.com/f9rSLGwV4r
Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo delivers speech at Pacquiao-Atienza campaign launch
LOOK: Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo, who is seeking a Senate seat in May, is now speaking at the Pacquiao-Atienza campaign launch. #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
LIVE: https://t.co/jbI1B4kzEv pic.twitter.com/0iFo6AJ7Xr
LOOK: Bianca Manalo onstage on behalf of partner Sherwin Gatchalian
LOOK: Beauty queen-turned actress Bianca Manalo is now here on behalf of her partner, reelectionist Senator Win Gatchalian. #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
LIVE: https://t.co/CwBths2SiG pic.twitter.com/tzIZb5N2O4
LOOK: Only Tulfo, Barbo present among Pacquiao’s senatorial slate
Only senatorial candidates Raffy Tulfo and Lutgardo Barbo are expected to be at Pacquiao’s rally. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian will be represented by Bianca Manalo. Others part of his slate sent recorded messages. | via @reyaika #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) February 8, 2022
LIVE: https://t.co/CwBths2SiG pic.twitter.com/K1eA85PlD3
Freddie Aguilar opens Pacquiao’s rally

Folk singer Freddie Aguilar was among the opening salvo for Senator Manny Pacquiao’s proclamation rally Tuesday, February 8.
Aguilar, who campaigned for President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016, sang a modified version of “Bayan Ko,” with lyrics endorsing Pacquiao for the presidency.
“Pacquiao has sincerity, a rare quality these days, that’s why I’m endorsing him,” Aguilar said in Filipino.
