News5 Philstar.com Business World Philstar Life

Bilang Pilipino 2025

Weaponizing information: How foreign, local forces shape 2025 elections

Weaponizing information: How foreign, local forces shape 2025 elections

Philstar.com 10 hrs ago

Explainers

Malacañang won’t hinder AKAP release despite concerns of potential abuse amid campaign period

By Rodolfo Dacleson II (March 31, 2025) – The Malacañang on Monday maintained that it won’t stop the release of the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) despite concerns that it could be taken advantage of by politicians amid the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections. Presidential Communications Office undersecretary Claire Castro said […] The post Malacañang won’t hinder AKAP release despite concerns of potential abuse amid campaign period appeared first on N5E.

LIVE updates: 2025 local candidates on campaign trail

MANILA, Philippines — The 45-day campaign period for local candidates began on Friday, March 28. Based on the latest Commission on Elections data, a total of 18,320 positions are up for election at both the national and local levels. For local posts, 82 seats are available for governors and vice governors, 840 for Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, 149 for city mayors and vice mayors, and 1,493 for municipal mayors and vice mayors. Meanwhile, 1,690 seats are open for Sangguniang Panglungsod members and 11,948 for Sangguniang Bayan members. Follow real-time updates on the local campaign trail here.

Bong Revilla on plane emergency landing after potential crash: 'It's not yet my time'

A helicopter carrying actor-politician Sen. Bong Revilla made an emergency landing in Cebu after a kite hit the motor and got entangled in it over the weekend.

Disclose election deal, Comelec told

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) should release documents connected to the election contract it awarded to a South Korean company for this year’s midterm poll to spur public confidence in the electoral system, a watchdog group said on Monday. In a statement, Democracy Watch Philippines pushed the poll body to disclose all documents regarding the […]