The official website of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has finally posted the list of candidates who filed their Certificate of Candidacy (COC) last October 12-16, 2015 for the upcoming local and national elections to be held this coming May 9, 2016.
In the Municipality of Sto. Niño, there are two (2) candidates who filed COC for mayor, three (3) candidates for vice mayor and a total of twenty-one (21) candidates seeking one of the 8 seats in the municipal council.
Here is the list of candidates for the May 2016 elections in Sto. Niño, South Cotabato:
MAYOR - SANTO NIÑO
- LUNTAO, ERVIN (PDPLBN)
- MATINONG, PABLO JR. (LP)
VICE-MAYOR - SANTO NIÑO
- CORDERO, GERRY (IND)
- MADRES, REY (PDPLBN)
- VILLALOBOS, SULPICIO (LP)
COUNCILOR - SANTO NIÑO
- BARADAS, JOEL (LP)
- BAYLOSIS, DANTE (PDPLBN)
- CABANTUD, NENING (PDPLBN)
- DEMEGILLO, DELFIN (LP)
- DIMZON, WILFREDO (LP)
- DOHINO, DELIA (PDPLBN)
- FALE, HELEN (NPC)
- FEO, MAYMAY (IND)
- FIRMALINO, LYDIA (PDPLBN)
- FRUGALIDAD, ANTONY (PDPLBN)
- FUNA, ERNESTO JR. (LP)
- GULMATICO, USTING (PDPLBN)
- LADOT, PEARL JOY (IND)
- LADOT, ROY (UNA)
- MANUA, DANILO (LP)
- NIEVARES, ROMANO (UNA)
- NONO, ADELA (UNA)
- OCTAVIANO, JAMES (PDPLBN)
- PATOSA, LEA (NPC)
- SEGURA, NELSON (LP)
- VILLARIN, ALLAN (PDPLBN)