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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...

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De 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...

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What 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...

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Vico 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...

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Sandiganbayan 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...

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Marcos 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....

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WATCH: 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...

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2 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...

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Vatican 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...

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Ombudsman 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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