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Philippine elections 2025

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Philippine elections 2025.

  1. Too early to crow

    Too early to crow

    As a third force, the Pink Alliance has largely failed to move beyond symbolic campaigns to build a coalition inclusive of urban, rural, elite, and…

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  2. Of civic duty and character

    Of civic duty and character

    To those who lost but ran with honesty, dignity, and a desire to uplift — do not give up. You may not have gained a seat, but you earned respect.

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  3. Dynasties hold ground, but reformers make mark

    Dynasties hold ground, but reformers make mark

    The May 2025 elections highlighted the enduring power of political dynasties in the Philippines, but emerging independent voices and surprising local upsets…

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  4. Vote vying

    Vote vying

    The 2025 elections highlight the Philippines’ descent into vote-buying, dynastic politics, and performative campaigns—where dancing and corruption steal the…

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  5. Beyond elections

    Beyond elections

    If not detected and countered, such insidious subversion by foreigners sows confusion and damages confidence in our democratic process.

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  6. Let the Filipino ‘kalooban’ shine

    Let the Filipino ‘kalooban’ shine

    Once, we were a nation proud in its unity, a people driven by the spirit of bayanihan, where the hands that held each other in solidarity were stronger than…

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  8. What the surveys missed

    What the surveys missed

    Even with the margin of error, I doubt the at least 1.3-million votes of the INC voting as a bloc could be fully accounted for in this race.

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  9. Gardeners of our future

    Gardeners of our future

    We must ensure that the electoral process itself is fair and transparent. Vote-buying and other forms of electoral fraud undermine the essence of democracy.

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  10. Environment ranks low in the priority concerns of voters.

    Call for ‘green’ votes

    ‘Genuine change will not happen in our society if we do not include nature and science in our discussion.’

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  11. Election day sabotage?

    Election day sabotage?

    Chinese suspect Tak Hoi Lao may not have been after crucial electoral data, since Comelec presumably had taken steps to secure its operations, especially the…

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  12. Election crunch time

    Election crunch time

    Incumbent Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman has been found administratively guilty of grave misconduct for allegations he was receiving jueteng payola when he…

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