Binay will face incumbent Vice Mayor and actor Edu Manzano, who joined Lakas–NUCD with selection of city councilor Robert Dean Barbers as running mate.

[1] There are rumors spreading that Binay's camp offered Manzano to back-out of race, with estimated amount of Php 50 Million cash.

If ever Manzano wants to join them, they can't give him a spot, especially when the party's stalwart and former Cory Aquino's speechwriter Teddy Boy Locsin is running for the 1st district.

The People Power Coalition have incumbent senator Sergio Osmena III, and longtime Makati City congressman Joker Arroyo were also there.

[4] There are also tirades, as said by Binay that the opposition did not have any comprehensive program of government, and is instead waging "a campaign of lies and character assassination" against him.