LIST: Candidates for Cebu Province 2025 local elections

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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Twenty-three positions in Cebu Province are up for grabs in next year’s Midterm Elections.

Below is the list of aspirants – from governor to members of the Provincial Board (PB) – who have successfully lodged their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2025 National and Local Elections.

Governor

• Gwendolyn Garcia – One Cebu
• Pamela Baricuatro – PDP-Laban
• Gingco Valeriano – Independent

Vice-Governor

• Joselito Ruiz – Independent
• Glenn Anthony Soco – One Cebu

Congress

1st District

• Rhea Mae Gullas – LAKAS-CMD  (unopposed)

2nd District

• Edsel Galeos  – LAKAS-CMD
• Hilario Davide III – Independent

3rd District

• Karen Hope Garcia (substitute) – One Cebu (unopposed)

4th District

• Salvador Cariaga – Independent
• Sun Shimura – Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)
• Janice Salimbangon – National Unity Party (NUP)

5th District

• Vincent Franco “Duke”  Frasco – One Cebu
• Thomas Mark “Mix” Durano – Independent

6th District

• Daphne Lagon – LAKAS-CMD (unopposed)

7th District

• Joselito Navarro – Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP)
• Patricia Calderon – Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) / One Cebu
• Maria Fema Duterte – PDP-Laban

Sangguniang Panglalawigan

1st District

• Antonio Bacaltos Jr. – Nacionalista Party (unopposed)
• Lakambini Reluya – Nacionalista Party (unopposed)

2nd District

• Odysseus Camarillo –Independent
• Raymond Joseph Calderon – One Cebu
• Stanley Caminero – One Cebu

3rd District

• Julius Anthony Corominas – One Cebu
• Farid Baena – Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP)
• Dason Lorenz Lagon – LAKAS-CMD
• John Ismael Borgonia – One Cebu

4th District

• Kerrie Keane Shimura – One Cebu
• Nelson Mondigo – One Cebu / National Unity Party (NUP)
• Frederick Salazar – Independent
• Jenny Armamento –  National Unity Party (NUP)

5th District

• Adrian Pilones – Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (BAKUD)
• Rosemarie Sybico – Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (BAKUD)
• Michael Joseph Villamor – One Cebu
• Andrei Duterte – One Cebu

6th District

• Dason Larenz -LAKAS- CMD (unopposed)
• Alfred Francis Ouano – LAKAS-CMD (unopposed)

7th District

• Paz Rosgoni – Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) / One Cebu
• Lorenzo Lorono – Independent
• Cesar Baricuatro – One Cebu

According to the Commission on Elections in Cebu (Comelec-Cebu), they received a total of 1,265 COCs, including those vying for the mayoralty, vice-mayoralty and council positions in the 50 towns and component cities in the province. /clorenciana

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