Biazon to run for reelection

MANILA, Philippines — Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon will run for a second term, his regional party One Muntinlupa (1Munti) announced on Saturday night.

Formed in 2022, 1Munti bared its candidates for the 2025 elections in a Facebook post, two months before the filing of certificates of candidacy begins.

Biazon, a five-term congressman and erstwhile Bureau of Customs commissioner, asked for another term.

Running for vice mayor is Poblacion barangay captain Allen Fresnedi Ampaya, who currently serves as president of the city’s Association of Barangay Chairpersons.

Incumbent Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac, who ran under the 1Munti banner in the 2022 polls, has not yet declared any intention to run for a local post.

Rep. Jaime Fresnedi, who served as Muntinlupa’s mayor for nearly two decades, will gun for a second term to represent Muntinlupa’s lone congressional district.

The city has two legislative districts. District 1 includes Barangays Bayanan, Putatan, Poblacion and Tunasan while District 2 covers Barangays Alabang, Buli, New Alabang Village, Cupang and Sucat.

For District 1 councilors, 1Munti fielded Rachel Arciaga, Walter Arcilla, Paty Katy Boncayao, Amanda Camilon, Raul Corro, Alexson Diaz, Ting Niefes and Jedi Presnedi.

The party’s slate for District 2 includes Marie Shalimar Baes-Reyes, Ryan Bagatsing, Arlene Hilapo, Reggie Landrito, Eliot Martinez, Dado Moldez, Kaye Anne Rongavilla and Metong Sevilla.