2025 Philippine elections: Candidates, voting, results, winners
A record-high 68.43 million Filipinos nationwide were registered to vote in the 2025 polls on Monday, May 12 — an election that took place midway into the term of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The...
View ArticleDe Lima, ML party list back Nadine Lustre social media attack complaint
MANILA, Philippines – Actress Nadine Lustre will have a powerful ally in her corner as she pursues legal action against what she claims as a social media assault. Incoming Representative Leila de Lima...
View ArticleWhat we know so far: EDSA rehabilitation
MANILA, Philippines – Motorists and commuters alike are bracing for longer travel times along EDSA in the coming months as the main artery cutting across the metropolis will undergo a major facelift...
View ArticleVico Sotto’s Giting ng Pasig showed principles can win an election
At dusk on Tuesday, April 29, Vico Sotto and the rest of Giting ng Pasig campaigned in a remote neighborhood of Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig’s southern frontier, where the city’s namesake river meets...
View ArticleSandiganbayan acquits former agri secretaries Fondevilla, Alcala
MANILA, Philippines – A pair of former secretaries of the Department of Agriculture of two administrations were acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of the graft charges filed against them six years ago due...
View ArticleMarcos orders cabinet courtesy resignations | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Marcos orders Cabinet courtesy resignations in ‘bold reset’ after 2025 midterms President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
View ArticleWATCH: Caloocan voters name top issues they want addressed
MANILA, Philippines – Caloocan City, the third most vote-rich locality in Metro Manila, is still led by familiar names following the 2025 midterm polls. Mayor Dale “Along” Malapitan was successful in...
View Article2 Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in downtown Washington; lone suspect held
WASHINGTON, USA – Two Israeli embassy staffers, committed to Israel-Palestinian dialogue and about to get engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, May 22, and a...
View ArticleVatican silent on Russia-Ukraine talks, leaving prospects uncertain
VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the Pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about the possibility, leaving...
View ArticleOmbudsman to Cebu governor: explain defiance of preventive suspension
CEBU, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman issued a show cause order against Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia for defying its April 23 preventive suspension order pending investigation of her alleged...
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