OK if you think you understand politics and party politics prepare to have your understanding of how it works destroyed.
I will try and keep it simple.
Duterte senior's party has put forward Senator Go as presidential candidate with Duterte senior as vice president. Senator Go is not a member of the party and says he is not interested in running.
Sarah Duterte (who split and formed her own party) says it is time for her dad to stop pissing around and she will not run for President if he runs for VP. He backed down today and said he won't run for VP if she runs for President but he doesn't want her to.
Pacquiao was leader of Duterte senior's party but got removed from that position. He will probably leave the party to set up his own party and run under that.
Manila Mayor Moreno left the party he was vice chair of and joined a tiny party with just one lawmaker. That will be his party to run for President. He had a swipe at Duterte so Duterte discussed photos of Moreno wearing a bikini as a call boy. Really bad political move from Moreno, would have been a certainty for 2028 but obviously got impatient.
The Liberal Party has no candidate. The current VP and their leader doesn't know if she will run or not (she is on 5% in the polls) and the alternatives are dire. There doesn't seem to be support for her.
The Liberal Party said the opposition needed to unite and field one anti-Duterte candidate. Called a meeting with Senator Lacson who is building a coalition. He said fine but we all submit our candidacy and see what the opinion polls say. The one with the most support is the one we all back. Liberal Party backed off in horror as it sounded like democracy.
The Communist Party never put up a candidate under any of their front organisations. They will probably support the Liberal Party
Marcos is keeping quiet and staying out of the fighting. Expected to run for VP under Sara Duterte.
Current polls still show Sara Duterte way out in front.
9 months to go.