Voting starts for 2025 Elections

Star power: Celebrities who cast their vote on Election Day 2025

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino celebrities proudly voted on Election Day 2025, Monday, May 12, sharing photos of their fingers marked with indelible ink on social media. A total of 68.43 million Filipinos across the country will cast their votes in the midterm elections — with 18,320 elective positions up for grabs. Filipinos will vote for 12 senators, one party-list group, one congressional representative, one mayor, one vice mayor, one provinc…

Voting starts for 2025 Elections

MANILA, Philippines — MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Filipinos will cast their votes today, May 12, for the midterm elections to pick over 18,000 officials — 12 senators, 254 district representatives, 63 party-list representatives, and 17,942 governors, provincial board members, and councilors. Of course, each voter will only have to select much fewer than that total number, namely: 12 senators a House representative from his or her district…

May 12 elections: Defining moment for PH democracy

**media[10981]**Today, May 12, the Filipino people will once again troop to the polls in one of the most consequential electoral exercises in recent memory. At stake are 12 Senate seats, all 316 seats in the House of Representatives, and thousands of local positions—from governors and mayors to councilors in cities and municipalities across the nation. This is more than a periodic renewal of political mandates; it is a pivotal opportunity for ci…

Election 2025: A voter's guide for May 12

The 2025 midterm election in the Philippines is just around the corner. Whether you're a first-time voter or a regular participant, here's a voter's guide for May 12.

1.2M new registrants in 10 days for barangay, SK polls

MANILA – More than a week after the resumption of voter’s registration nationwide, the number of new regular and youth voters has reached 1.2 million. John Rex Laudiangco, acting spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), reported over the weekend that as of July 14 or 10 days…

Guv urges more than 2M Negrenses to vote today

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson is calling on Negrenses to go out and vote on Election Day on Monday, May 12. “I encourage you to go out and vote tomorrow. Your votes matter, and your voices deserve to be heard,” Lacson said in a statement on Sunday. “I pray for peaceful, honest, and orderly […]