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PAGADIAN CITY — Former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said there would be no shortage of potential candidates to carry Vice President Sara Duterte’s banner in the 2028 presidential race should she be convicted by the impeachment court and barred from holding public office. Panelo told reporters here on Saturday night that one viable substitute for

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