Lakas-CMD and Tingog party-list will spearhead a major show of force in Eastern Visayas today (Thursday) to rally the region’s 3 million Waray voters to support the senatorial candidates of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas.
This as Alyansa bets continued to dominate the Senate race, the latest Tugon ng Masa survey by OCTA Research showed.
Conducted from April 20 to 24, 2025, the survey revealed that 18 candidates—of which 10 are from Alyansa—currently have a statistical chance of winning one of the 12 Senate seats up for grabs.
The frontrunner was Christopher Go of the Duterte-backed PDP-Laban party, with 56.8% of voter preference, placing him firmly in the 1st to 2nd statistical range.
In close second was Erwin Tulfo of Alyansa, who garnered a 52.7 percent support and shared the same statistical bracket.
Former Senate President Tito Sotto III was ranked within the 3rd to 8th range with 42.3 percent, while Senator Ronald dela Rosa was at 40.8 percent, placing him in the 3rd to 9th range.
Ben Tulfo (40.2 percent), Senator Pia Cayetano (39.1 percent), and Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. (38.1 percent) were all within the 3rd to 10th range.
Makati Mayor Abby Binay ranked in the 3rd to 11th range with 37.6 percent, while Senator Lito Lapid, with 35.6 percent, was in the 4th to 13th range.
Former Senator Panfilo Lacson, with 34.3 percent, was within the 5th to 16th range, while Rep. Camille Villar (31.9 percent), former Senator Bam Aquino (31.4 percent), and TV host Willie Revillame (30.4 percent) were all statistically tied within the 8th to 20th range.
Former Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao (29.1 percent), Senator Imee Marcos (28.9 percent), and Benhur Abalos (28.5 percent) also landed in the 10th to 20th range.
Rep. Rodante Marcoleta saw a strong rise in voter preference, climbing nine percentage points from the previous survey to reach 27.8 percent, placing him in the 11th to 20th range, while former Senator Francis Pangilinan, with 26.3 percent, was within the 11th to 21st bracket.
The OCTA survey sampled 1,200 respondents nationwide and has a ±3 percent margin of error at a 95 percent confidence level.
Today’s rally in Tacloban City is expected to gather the regions’ six provincial governors, 13 district lawmakers, at least 10,000 community leaders and volunteers, seven city mayors, and 136 municipal mayors from across political lines, signaling the strongest show of political force and regional unity in support of the administration’s 2025 midterm slate.
“This is the unified voice of a region that has found strength and clarity in President Bongbong R. Marcos Jr.’s vision of a Bagong Pilipinas. When leadership takes root in the grassroots, governance flourishes at the national level,” said Tingog party-list, represented by lawmakers Yedda Romualdez and Jude Acidre.
The grand assembly, co-hosted by Lakas-CMD, will feature a motorcade through Tacloban City, followed by a unity program inside the Tacloban Astrodome, where all Alyansa senatorial candidates have been invited to present their platforms.
With three million registered voters, Eastern Visayas is poised to become a game-changing political bloc in the 2025 elections, Tingog said.
“We believe in leadership that listens, in governance that includes. That’s what each of these 11 candidates represent, and that is why we will work day and night to send them to the Senate,” the party-list added.
“The stand of Eastern Visayas is clear: we will support candidates who care, who have a vision, and who have a concrete plan for the town. When regions unite, the whole country moves forward. This is the contribution of Eastern Visayas to the New Philippines—a government rooted in caring, unity, and true service,” Lakas-CMD head and Speaker Martin Romualdez said.
“Leadership must be rooted in love of country and service to others. On May 8, Region 8 declares: we stand for unity, not division; for service, not self-interest; for country—always,” he added.
