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Apr 19

Marcos is returning to Batangas a 4th time, and tomorrow she and Duterte will be visiting Laguna, according to Lakas-CMD. Why are Mimaropa and Calabarzon crucial? Read from our live updates page:

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Marcos is in Mamburao, Occ Mindoro now, a province of 313,427 voters which Robredo won in 2016 or 79,411 votes vs Marcos' 57,115. Mimaropa went to Robredo as a region in 2016, but Marcos has local support now including Occ Mindoro Gov Eduardo Gadiano 📸 Uniteam Livestream

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Like always, Marcos begins his speech by hyping Sandro with oft-repeated joke that young women scream for him only to find out they're screaming for Sandro. Washington Post's

@RegineCabato

writes that Sandro is heart of Marcos' social media strategy washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/

In Mindoro where power outage is a problem, Marcos says he will address electricity if he wins president. He still wraps it up by saying all hurdles will be overcome with unity - a branding that has worked for him if survey results are indications.

In Batangas, Sara Duterte says she condemns shooting on Leody de Guzman and Manobo-Pulangiyon tribesmen in Bukidnon, says "lahat ng election violence we condemn that, we already wrote Comelec a general letter if there is any incident lahat yun ay buksan nila ng official inquiry."

Late tweet, as signal spotty here in Malvar, Batangas where Marcos and Duterte will hold a grand rally. Marcos was still in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro past 3:30pm where he is expected to take a private plane to Batangas. 📸 Uniteam Livestream

Oriental Mindoro is a province of 564,128 voters. In 2016, Robredo also won Oriental Mindoro getting 141,410 votes vs Marcos’ 71,808. But where they’re headed to is more crucial — Batangas, part of Calabarzon the top most vote rich region with a combined 9.1 million voters.

Reporters had a really hard time earlier trying to enter through the backstage even though we have Uniteam IDs. BBC's

@Howardrjohnson

stayed outside and managed to ask Marcos "are you hiding something from the public?" It went unanswered.

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· Apr 20

Bongbong Marcos has steered away from tough TV debates and questions from independent journalists while election campaigning. BBC News asked: ‘Can you really be a good president if you’re not doing serious interviews?’

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Apr 21

From yesterday: PDP-Laban senatorial bet Salvador Panelo, when asked about Marcos’ stance on ICC seen to protect Duterte, invokes Constitution by saying ratification of Rome Statute was not valid. We asked: The Constitution also says observe due process of drug suspects.

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