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IN PHOTOS: The heat is on for local races

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IN PHOTOS: The heat is on for local races

Alecs Ongcal

Campaigns for local posts kick off on Black Saturday with tarpaulins and posters

MANILA, Philippines – The campaign period for candidates running for local elective posts officially began on Friday, March 25, but because it fell on Good Friday, when campaigning is banned by the Commission on Elections, actual campaign activities began the day after on March 26.

From Cagayan up north to Basilan down south, supporters began the campaigns minus their candidates who will hold their respective kick-off rallies only after the Holy Week.

The campaign period for both local and national positions will end on May 7, just two days before the May 9, 2016 elections.

Here’s a compilation of early photos of campaign preparations.

PREPARATIONS. Supporters of Congressman Randy Ting in Tuguegarao, Cagayan put up his posters. Photo by Raymon Dullana/Rappler

VIOLATION. A campaign poster of suspended Tuguegarao mayor Jefferson Soriano hangs on a tree, disregarding the common poster area rule. Rappler photo

TEAMWORK. Volunteers of Tuguegarao mayoral candidate Delfin Ting and councilor Maila Que prepare leaflets for the upcoming campaign sortie. Photo by Raymon Dullana/Rappler

TOO BIG. An oversized campaign material of reelectionist mayor Marino Morales dominates a common poster area in Mabalacat City, Pampanga at the start of the campaign period. Rappler photo

ALL SET. Supporters hang streamers of their candidates at the common poster area at the Barangay Pasong Tamo covered court in Quezon City during the start of the campaign period for local elective posts. Photo by Joel Liporada/Rappler

HANDS ON. Ayen Chuidian, a candidate running for the post of city councilor supervises the printing operations of her campaign materials at the start the campaign period in Nasugbu, Batangas. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

BUSY TIME. Workers at Franville Printshop in Nasugbu, Batangas rush production of election materials as the campaign period for local elective positions starts. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

GOV'T PLATE. A government vehicle filled with campaign materials for a local candidate parks at an establishment in Nasugbu, Batangas at the start of the campaign. Rappler photo

ALL-OUT SUPPORT. A relative of a local candidate decorates a vehicle in Davao City during the start of the campaign. Photo by Editha Caduaya/Rappler

PASTING TIME. Supporters of local candidates fill up spaces with posters around Basilan as the campaign period for local posts kicks off on March 26, 2016. Photo by Richard Falcatan/Rappler

If you have photos you want to share, send them to us. – Rappler.com

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