“More people were filing their candidacy papers, surprisingly for the first day,” said Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez. Up to 2,272 barangay and SK posts in 142 villages are at stake in Metro Manila’s biggest and most populous city. Keeping peace and order, pursuing the antidrug campaign and livelihood appeared to be on top of the candidates’ agenda. Three-term village Councilor Eric Espedillon, who wants to be chair of Barangay 330 in Manila, said he had dealt with drug dependents as a former head of the barangay peace and order council. Nicole Galardo, a 22-year-old schoolteacher, wanted to bring her advocacy for the youth outside the classroom as Paang Bundok SK chair.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 14, 2018 23:03 UTC