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Defensor challenges Belmonte in QC race

Updated at 12:34 am Oct. 8, 2021

ANAKALUSUGAN party-list Rep. Michael 'Mike' Defensor filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) at a local Commission on Elections office on Thursday to challenge incumbent Quezon City Mayor Josefina 'Joy' Belmonte in the 2022 mayoral race.

THE CHALLENGER Rep. Mike Defensor (right) and councilor Winnie Castelo. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE