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Part three of the series covers aspirants who have not been a senator but are in the top 20 based on our criteria: Benhur Abalos, Abigail Binay, Willie Ong, Wilfredo Revillame, Bienvenido Tulfo, Erwin Tulfo and Camille Villar.

Part two of this election profile series covers former senators who are trying to regain seats in the chamber: Paolo Benigno Aquino, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson, Emmanuel Pacquiao, Francis Pangilinan and Vicente Sotto III.

There are seven incumbent senators seeking reelection in 2025: Pia Cayetano, Ronald Dela Rosa, Christopher Lawrence Go, Manuel Lapid, Maria Imelda Marcos, Ramon Revilla Jr. and Francis Tolentino

Dedicated to combating disinformation with verified information, Tsek.ph – the Philippines’ pioneering fact-checking coalition – will relaunch on February 7, ahead of the May 12 elections.

IBON’s Sonny Africa: It’s not true that the Philippines is developing and is the star of Asia. Things are pretty bad. There’s a great disconnect between government hype and what’s happening on the ground.

The fear of many during the 2022 elections campaign that a Bongbong Marcos presidency would lead to more Marcos Sr. “glory days” propaganda has come true.

Cuts made by Congress in the annual budget in the last three years had reached P1.042 trillion, broken down into: P219 billion in the 2013 GAA, P449.5 billion in 2024 and P373 billion in 2025.

Online videos falsely claimed that Pope Francis has officially resigned, and that he appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to become his successor.

IFCN to Zuckerberg: “Mr. Trump himself said your announcement was ‘probably’ in response to threats he’s made against you. Some of the journalists that are part of our fact-checking community have experienced similar threats from governments in the countries where they work, so we understand how hard it is to resist this pressure.” Those journalists referred to by IFCN did not have the enormous resources that Zuckerberg has. With 3.5 billion constituents, almost half of the world’s population, and the third richest man in the world with $217.7 billion net worth, imagine how dynamic democracy would be if Zuckerberg decides to take up the mantle of truth-telling.

There’s a lot of jostling among devotees, mostly barefooted, to get closer to kiss and rub towels on the cross of the glass-cased image of Jesus of Nazarene.

As Meta announces end to US fact-checking, program partners warn of setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences

Both Erwin and Ben are currently in a statistical tie in surveys on the top senatorial candidates for this coming May elections. Their populist followers are expected to dismiss talks of their fallibility. The argument is that after all, what is the present Senate but a group of impartiality-challenged stooges of their political patrons. That basest of senates is now tolerated – how do you explain Willie Revillame landing within the top six of current surveys? Erwin is poised to land No. 1 in the elections, his brother Ben not far behind.