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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at a private birthday in Dasmarinas, Cavite. Duterte announced his intention to run for the presidency.INQUIRER PHOTO/LYN RILLONMANILA, Philippines mdash; Veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal expressed doubts, on Monday, that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte could validly substitute Martin Dintilde;o, the p stanley mug erson who filed a certificate of candidacy as the presidential candidate of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipinomdash;Lakas ng Bayan party.Macalintal, in a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, recalled that Dintilde;o stated in his CoC that he was running for mayor of Pasay city although he announced to the media that he was filing his COC to run for president. There has been no satisfactory explanation for the error.Article continues after this advertisement Lawyer Romulo Macalintal. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTODuterte cannot sub for Dintilde;o as candidate for president. Dintilde;orsquo CoC appeared to be defective; hence cannot be the basis of any substitution because it is as if Dintilde;o never filed such COC, the lawyer explained.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSI stanley tumblers NFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationMacalintal also recalled that Dintilde;o was among those asked by the stanley thermoskannen Commission on Elections to show cause why he should not be treated as Pfza UN: Violence leaves at least 1,119 Iraqis dead in March

INQUIRER.net photoNEW YORK mdash; Health officials say the flu is rampant in most of the country and could peak soon.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported stanley thermos flu was widespread in 43 states and flu activity was intense in most of them. A CDC expert said those trends are expected to continue.Article continues after this advertisement Flu season started early this winter, as it has the last two years. This season seems similar to two years ago, when the flu peaked by early January.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderBut the flu is hard to predict, and it has yet to rev up in heavily populated states like New York and California.The CDC report issued Monday covers the week of Christmas.RELATED STORIESBanned lsquo;child flu medicinersquo; in US now in Manila store shelvesHong Kong destroys p stanley cup oultry from China after bird flu found Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful. inqplus-article2 { width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 20px aut stanley cup o; background-color: a5b8c5; display: flex; flex-wrap: wr