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Pacquiao to run for president

Updated: 12:39 a.am Sept. 20, 2021

SEN. Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao was proclaimed Sunday by the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction led by him and Sen. Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel 3rd as its candidate for president in next year's elections.

IN THE RUNNING Sen. Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel 3rd raises the hand of Sen. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Pacquiao who accepted his group’s nomination to run for president next year during its national assembly on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO