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MANILA, Philippines – Individuals who are seeking any of the 12 Senate seats at stake in the May 2019 polls trooped to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to file their certificates of candidacy (COC).
The COC filing period started on Thursday, October 11, and ran until Wednesday, October 17 (excluding weekends). (LIVE UPDATES: Filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2019 elections)
A total of 152 individuals filed COCs for senator.
Below is a list of those who want to become candidates for senator. Their names are listed in the order of their filing at the Comelec head office in Intramuros, Manila.
Contenders without political parties and coalitions indicated inside the parentheses are independent bets.
Day 1, October 11
- Aquilino Martin “Koko” Pimentel III (PDP-Laban) – senator and lawyer
- Victoriano “Victor” Inte – farmer
- Ferdinand “Freddie” Aguilar (PDP-Laban) – composer/singer
- Willie “Doc Willie” Ong (Lakas-CMD) – physician
- Daniel “Dan” Magtira – vocalist of a rock band
- Dionisio “Tata Miling” Manalo – farmer
- Christian “Chris” Castro – publisher/editor
- Salam E.D.E. Lacan Luisong “King Salam” Tagean – “King of Maharlika”
- Neri Colmenares (Makabayan) – lawyer, former party-list congressman
- Melchor “Mel” Chavez (Labor Party Philippines) – broadcast journalist
- Ibrahim “Shariff” Albani (Labor Party Philippines) – businessman
- Abner “Afuang” Afuang (Labor Party Philippines) – media practitioner
- Robel dela Cruz – professional teacher
- Samira “Sam” Tomawis (Liberal Party) – writer and former Bangsamoro Transition Commission member
- Carmelo “Mel” Carreon – licensed insurance agent
- Marvin “Andy” Navarro – businessman
- Anson “Agi Tuana” Lee – self-employed
- Ramon Diaz
- Eleazar “Ely” Salon – nurse
- Danilo “Dan Roleda Kaibigan” Roleda (United Nationalist Alliance) – businessman, lawyer, and former Manila councilor
- Rey “Jojo” Dapat – overseas Filipino worker
- Gerald “Arcega” Arcega (Labor Party Philippines) – entrepreneur
- Rolando “Roland” Merano – self-employed
- Eric “Dakoy” Negapatan – missionary
- Vicente Raymund “Vince” Avena (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – real estate broker
- Nur-ana “Princess Lady Ann” Sahidulla (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – businesswoman and former Sulu vice governor
- Antonio “Butch” Valdez (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – certified public accountant and former education undersecretary
Day 2, October 12
- Rowell “Rowel” Balangue
- Maria Lourdes Nancy “Nancy” Binay (United Nationalist Alliance) – senator
- Valeriano “Double 7” Nocon III – songwriter
- Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa (PDP-Laban) – Bureau of Corrections Director General, former police chief
- Roel “Datu Sabunotan” Lamoste – businessman
- Ricky “Ricardo” Bacolod – businessman
- Cesar “Toto” Roca – driver/owner of “Negokart” fishball cart
- Nid “Sabungero” Anima – writer/publisher
- Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon (Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) – lawyer
- Evelia Amantiad – self-employed
Day 3, October 15
- Cynthia Villar (Nacionalista Party) – senator
- Zajid “Dong” Mangudadatu (PDP-Laban) – representative, Maguindanao 2nd District
- Medardo “MGM” Manrique – educator
- Andrew “Andre” Magistrado
- Gary “Magdalo” Alejano (Liberal Party) – representative, Magdalo Party List
- Mary Grace Natividad “Grace” Poe Llamanzares – senator
- Reynante “Reynan” Galero (Akbayan)
- Charlie “Jesus Christ” Talledo – driver
- Armelsen Palencia – architect
- Carlos “Inyong Kakampi” Gonzales III
- Kary “Gary” Balagosa – constructor
- Edmundo Vicente “Toti” Casiño (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – information technologist
- Michael “Mike” Apacible – blogger/salesperson
- Manuel “Lito” Lapid (Nationalist People’s Coalition) – actor, former senator
- Edmundo Fuerte – business entrepreneur
- Pepito “Peping” Salangsang
- Norman Marquez – real estate broker
- Joseph Victor “Estrada JV” Ejercito (Nationalist People’s Coalition) – senator
- Alejo “Alex” Katigbak – taxi driver
- Benedicto “Dick” Vasquez – seaman captain
- Dominick “Nick J Domondon” Domondon – retired employee
- Manuel “Mon Monie” Santos – skilled electrician
- Teodoro “Ted” Calvo Jr – overseas Filipino worker
- Jaime “Jimpol” Poliquit – chemical engineer
- Jude Josue “Jude” Sabio – lawyer (His COC was filed by Rogelio Doydora)
- Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (PDP-Laban) – Special Assistant to the President
Day 4, October 16
- Manuel “Mar” Roxas II (Liberal Party) – former senator and former interior secretary
- Pilar Juliana “Pia” Cayetano (Nacionalista Party) – representative, Taguig City Lone District
- Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV (Liberal Party) – senator
- Ernesto “Lawin” Arellano (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – lawyer
- Charlie Gaddi (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – journalist
- Conrado “Ding” aka “General Pederalismo” Generoso (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – media consultant; former spokesperson, Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution
- Emily “Milai” Mallillin (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – businesswoman
- Jesus “Jess” Caceres (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – barber
- Josefa “Epay” Javelona (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – farmer
- Joan Sheelah “Josh” Nalliw (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – lawyer
- Agnes “Ba In-Anyag Puso” Escudero (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – licensed professional teacher
- Richard Alfajora (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – media/farmer
- Jonathan “Balde” Baldevarona (Filipino Family Party) – businessman
- Angelo de Alban – lawyer-teacher
- Robert “Bert” Pipo – driver
- Evangeline “Vangie” Abejo (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – community organizer
- Hussayin “Datu Arpa” Arpa (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – agriculturist
- Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos (Nacionalista Party) – governor, Ilocos Norte
- Jose Manuel Tadeo “Chel” Diokno (Liberal Party) – lawyer
- Faisal “Fai” Mangondato (Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi) – businessman
- Robert “Trebor” Marin (Philippine Green Republican Party) – businessman/scientist
- Jinggoy Estrada (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) – movie actor and former senator
- Rolando “Rastaman” Plaza
- Lorenzo “Lorenzo Erin Tapat” Tañada III (Liberal Party) – lawyer and former representative, Quezon 4th District
- Ernesto “Erning” Librando
- Ibrahim “Qadri” Usman – peace officer, WPMA
- Albert “Bro. Bert Alba” Alba – retired CPA
- Rizalito “David” David – executive director/broadcaster
- Oscar “Nonito MMK” Arcilla Jr – NGO
- Alan Maco – chief engineer
- Ephraim “Jesus Ninoy” Defiño – businessman
- Severino “Richard David” Portugal Jr – civil structural engineer/politician/business/”king”
- Leborio “BFG Abraham” Jangao Jr – retired policeman
- Juan “JPE” Ponce Enrile (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) – former senator (His COC was filed by lawyer Joseph Sagandoy, then was refiled by JPE the next day to correct errors.)
- Rodel “Rod” Navarro – certified public accountant
- Rodaliza “Liza” Schneider – broadcaster and actress
- Leo Cadion (Philippine Green Republican Party) – businessman
- Pedro “Peter” Montano – retired general
- William “Wilz Iyam” Iliw Iliw – businessman
- Fredie “Fred” Maiquez (Philippine Green Republican Party) – subcontractor
- Sixto “Mr Juror” Lagare (Philippine Green Republican Party) – media practitioner
Day 5, October 17
- Junbert “Rajah Tupas” Guigayuma (Labor Party Philippines) – tribal datu
- Rodrigo “Jiggy” Manicad Jr – broadcast journalist
- Ramon “Kap” Bong Revilla Jr (Lakas-CMD) – former senator (His COC was filed by wife Lani Mercado)
- Francis “Tol” Tolentino (PDP-Laban) – Presidential Political Adviser
- Manny “Tata” Montalban – security guard
- Allan “Atty Montaño” Montaño – lawyer/labor leader
- Jose Sonny “Sonny” Matula (Labor Party Philippines) – labor lawyer
- Ma. Socorro “Muffet” Manahan (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) – CEO/executive director
- Marcelino “Mar” Arias (Labor Party Philippines) – lawyer, pastor, and former broadcaster
- Sergio “Serge” Osmeña III – former senator
- Vector Julius “Vector Bright” Maliuanag – manager
- Lemicio Jesus “Lemy” Roxas (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – mechanical engineer
- Rosita “Rose” Imperial (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – businesswoman
- Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara (Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino) – senator
- Florin “Pilo” Hilbay (Aksyon Demokratiko) – former solicitor general
- Francisco “Frank” Naval – civil engineer
- Emmanuel “Manny” Dadulla (Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino)
- Gene Nuega – accountant
- Herminio Harry “Harry ‘Spox'” Roque Jr (People’s Reform Party) – former presidential spokesperson
- Rafael “Raffy” Alunan III (Bagumbayan Party) – former interior secretary
- Romulo “Macaromy” Macalintal – lawyer
- Emmanuel “Manny” Lopez – consultant
- Alexander “Alex” Encarnacion – electrician
- Salipada “Pads” Amir-Hussin (Lakas-CMD) – businessman
- Andrew “Andrew Padilla” Castillo – trainor and speaker
- Luther “Lot” Meniano (Labor Party Philippines) – businessman
- Porferio “Prof” Camorongan – technician
- Manuel “Manny” Montarde (Philippine Green Republican Party) – buesinessman
- Agnes “Nining” Afable – businesswoman
- Ernesto “Ernest” Ramel Jr (Aksyon Demokratiko) – political consultant
- Rosemarie “Rose” Sy – business consultant
- Nestor “Tor” Abuid – businessman
- Vivian “Vives” Moreño (Akbayan) – human rights advocate
- Elizabeth “Inday Beth” Capular
- Ernesto “Erning” Ansula – self-employed
- Geremy “Indo” Geroy – driver
- Joselito “Nok-nok/Joey” Guinto – businessman
- Saidina Eysa “Ustaz” Saludin – teacher
- Elmer “Francisco Jeepney” Francisco (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) – jeepney manufacturer
- Alfredo “Fredo” Sumalinog – businessman
- Pedrito “Ninong PDT” Tagle – business consultant
- Jcmark “Mark” Alegre – retired chaplain/journalist
- Bethsaida Lopez
- Rodel Mancilla
- Leodigario “Ka Leody” de Guzman (Partido Lakas ng Masa) – labor leader
- Diosdado “Dado” Padilla (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) – lawyer
- Bernard “Bernie” Austria (Partido Demokratikong Sosyalista ng Pilipinas) – community organizer
- Rodel “Del” Salac – engineer
– Michael Bueza, with reports from Paterno Esmaquel II/Rappler.com
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