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Bongbong Marcos will be in Mindoro today, and will meet Sara Duterte in Batangas later. It's consistent with strategy to consolidate support in Luzon. It also follows Marcos dropping 4 points in Balance Luzon in the last Pulse Asia survey. #PHVoteMarcos #WeDecide | @lianbuan

@lianbuan Marcos is returning to Batangas a 4th time, and tomorrow she and Duterte will be visiting Laguna, according to Lakas-CMD. Why are Mimaropa and Calabarzon crucial? | via @lianbuan

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@lianbuan Marcos is in Mamburao, Occ Mindoro now, a province of 313,427 voters which Robredo won in 2016 or 79,411 votes vs Marcos' 57,115. Mimaropa went to Robredo as a region in 2016, but Marcos has local support now including Occ Mindoro Gov Eduardo Gadiano.

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@lianbuan Like always, Marcos begins his speech by hyping Sandro with oft-repeated joke that young women scream for him only to find out they're screaming for Sandro. Washington Post's @RegineCabato writes that Sandro is heart of Marcos' social media strategy. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/…

In Mindoro where power outage is a problem, Marcos says he will address electricity if he wins president. He still wraps it up by saying all hurdles will be overcome with unity - a branding that has worked for him if survey results are indications. | via @lianbuan #PHVote

@lianbuan In Batangas, Sara Duterte says she condemns shooting on Leody de Guzman and Manobo-Pulangiyon tribesmen in Bukidnon, says "lahat ng election violence we condemn that, we already wrote Comelec a general letter if there is any incident lahat yun ay buksan nila ng official inquiry."

@lianbuan Late tweet, as signal spotty here in Malvar, Batangas where Marcos and Duterte will hold a grand rally. Marcos was still in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro past 3:30pm where he is expected to take a private plane to Batangas. #PHVoteMarcos #WeDecide | @lianbuan

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@lianbuan Oriental Mindoro is a province of 564,128 voters. In 2016, Robredo also won Oriental Mindoro getting 141,410 votes vs Marcos’ 71,808. But where they’re headed to is more crucial — Batangas, part of Calabarzon the top most vote rich region with a combined 9.1 million voters.

@lianbuan Huge crowd here in Lipa-Malvar for Marcos’ 4th return to the vote-rich Batangas of the most vote rich region Calabarzon. Here, Marcos has the support of Governor Hermilando Mandanas. #PHVote #WeDecide #PHVoteMarcos | via @lianbuan

WATCH: PDP-Laban senatorial bet Salvador Panelo is here in Lipa-Malvar, and explains how Duterte supporters would naturally gravitate toward Marcos. If so, why not just endorse Marcos? Panelo says Duterte doesn’t want impression OP is being used. #PHVote #WeDecide | @lianbuan

@lianbuan After crossing over from Mindoro to court Mimaropa, which went to Robredo in 2016, Marcos finally reaches Batangas at 7pm. Despite the explicit endorsements of governors in Calabarzon, Marcos dropped survey points in this region so that he and Robredo are 38-37. | @lianbuan

LOOK: Sara Duterte has also been reading from placards lately, and takes selfies from supporters’ phones. On stage, she amplifies Marcos’ unity message - no color, only one Philippines. #PHVote #WeDecide #PHVoteMarcos | via @lianbuan

As crowd chants “panalo ka na,” Marcos says: “Konti na lang, basta walang iwanan, at walang tulugan. Alam naman nating maraming nangyayari kapag gabi,” alluding to his claim of election fraud in 2016 which has been junked unanimously 15-0 by Supreme Court. #PHVote | via @lianbuan

WATCH: No interview again with Marcos today, as he walked a short path straight from the stage to his car. #PHVote #WeDecide | @lianbuan

@lianbuan Reporters had a really hard time earlier trying to enter through the backstage even though we have Uniteam IDs. BBC's @Howardrjohnson stayed outside and managed to ask Marcos "are you hiding something from the public?" It went unanswered. | via @lianbuan

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@lianbuan @Howardrjohnson From yesterday: PDP-Laban senatorial bet Salvador Panelo, when asked about Marcos’ stance on ICC seen to protect Duterte, invokes Constitution by saying ratification of Rome Statute was not valid. We asked: The Constitution also says observe due process of drug suspects.

@lianbuan @Howardrjohnson ICC so far retained jurisdiction over case of Duterte’s alleged crimes against humanity in Davao and in drug war, albeit on pause because of deferral request last year. ICC Prosec Karim Khan asked for proof that PH probing on its own. Panelo defers to DOJ if PH already submitted.