ELECTIONS 2025

Are 10 votes too difficult to give for the love of fPRRD?

With the May 12 senatorial elections just over two weeks away, there is no missing the tension in a country on a tailspin caused by massive corruption, soaring loans, official incompetence, rising criminality, and increasing repression, among other things. So much is at stake for a nation already left behind even by its war-ravaged neighbors in nearly every aspect.

Vice President Sara Z. Duterte has rallied behind a coalition of senatorial candidates dubbed the "#Duter10", endorsing their shared vision for national unity.

In her Easter message released on Monday, the Vice President said: “This vision is solid enough to break through the walls of the existing political division in the country.”

Aside from the 10 senatorial candidates running under former President Rodrigo R. Duterte's PDP–Laban, she said reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos and Representative Camille Villar, share the common vision of a peaceful and prosperous Philippines.

Former anti-insurgency body chief Allen Capuyan announced Monday that he will elevate Indigenous peoples’ (IP) advocacy to a higher level of struggle by participating in the 2025 senatorial elections.

The controversial retired military officer, who served as Chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), has been at the forefront of the IPs’ struggle for their rights and lands, as several IP communities in Mindanao have endorsed his senatorial bid.