Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan win Senate seats in political comeback
- Leni Robredo makes history as first female mayor of Naga City
- Voters in hardest-hit PrimeWater service areas decisively reject Camille Villar
- Chel Diokno set to enter Congress as Akbayan leads party-list race
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-13-2025/
- Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan win Senate seats in political comeback
- Leni Robredo makes history as first female mayor of Naga City
- Voters in hardest-hit PrimeWater service areas decisively reject Camille Villar
- Chel Diokno set to enter Congress as Akbayan leads party-list race
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-13-2025/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:06Former Senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan are poised for a senatorial comeback.
00:17Lenny Robredo wins as Naga City Mayor while detained former President Rodrigo Duterte wins the Davao City Mayoral Post.
00:24Data shows senatorial candidate Camille Villar rejected in areas hit hardest by prime water issues.
00:30And Akbayan leads the party list race as dynasties keep strongholds and suffer major losses in local races in the country.
00:39Former Senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan are set for a political comeback as both break into the top half of the so-called Magic 12 in the 2025 senatorial race.
00:48Based on partial and unofficial results of the Commission on Elections on Tuesday, May 13, with 97.2% of total election results processed,
00:57Aquino is at 2nd place with more than 20 million votes while Pangilinan is at 5th place with more than 15 million votes.
01:03The two trailed behind in pre-election surveys.
01:06Both Aquino and Pangilinan cited the last-minute game-changers such as pivotal endorsements from local executives and big groups.
01:12Aquino was on the list of bloc-voting Iglesia ni Cristo, the religious group Jesus is Lord,
01:18and the Bangsa Moro Groups Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front.
01:23Pangilinan was also endorsed by the Yemaya Left, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and the Rimulias of Cavite.
01:29Meantime, only three of former President Rodrigo Duterte's 10 Senate candidates are likely to win Senate seats,
01:35with two re-electionist Senators Bongo and Bato de la Rosa and Sagip Representative Rodante Marcoleta.
01:40But two candidates endorsed by Vice President Sara Duterte make it to the 12,
01:45Lespinas Rep. Camille Villar and re-electionist Aini Marcos.
01:49Five Senate bets from Alianza para sa Bagong Pilipinas slate are poised to secure seats, not counting Marcos and Villar.
01:56They are Erwin Tulfo, former Senator Ping Lacson, former Senate President Tito Soto, re-electionist Pia Cayetano, and Lito Lapid.
02:04Former Vice President Lenny Robredo makes history as the first female mayor of Naga City.
02:12She secures 84,377 votes, besting her rivals in a landslide.
02:17Sa akin yung stress kasi ng Naga, good government, saka people, empowerment.
02:22Robredo follows the steps of her late husband Jessie, who served as Naga mayor for 19 years.
02:27In Davao, former President Rodrigo Duterte, despite being detained in the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, is poised to win as mayor.
02:36Accused of committing crimes against humanity, Duterte emerges victorious with more than 660,000 votes,
02:42beating his former spokesperson and cabinet secretary, Carlo Nograles, who only got 80,000 votes.
02:48In Pasig City, Vico Soto is assured of a third term as mayor, winning over businesswoman Sara Descaya in another landslide.
02:56Soto's ticket, Giting Lang Pasig, also wins a straight victory, with Pasig Lone District Representative Roman Romolo securing a win against lawyer Ian Sia.
03:05Sia was earlier disqualified by the Comelec 2nd Division over sexist remarks about solo parents.
03:10In Manila, Isco Moreno, meantime, reclaims the mayoral post, winning over incumbent mayor and his former ally, Honey Lacuna.
03:18Lacuna was Moreno's vice mayor when he held the top post in 2019 to 2022, before he ran for a presidential bid and lost.
03:27In Makati City, Nancy Binay claims the mayoral post, making her the fifth Binay to become the city's mayor.
03:33She defeats her brother-in-law, Makati's 2nd District Representative Luis Campos, the husband of term-limited mayor Abby Binay.
03:40In Las Piñas, the Villars lose their hold as the city's representative in the House, as city councillor Mark Anthony Santos defeats Senator Cynthia Villar.
03:49The 2025 polls is the first time the Villar family lost a position since Manny Villar held the congressional seat in 1992.
03:57In Marikina, Ma and Teodoro, meantime, wins as mayor, continuing the Teodoro's hold over the city since 2016.
04:03She defeats fellow congresswoman Stella Quimbo.
04:06Teodoro is switching seats with her spouse, Mayor Marcy Teodoro, who won her seat in the House of Representatives.
04:13Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte secures her third and final term in office.
04:17She follows the footsteps of her father, former House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, who held the mayoralty position for nine years.
04:25Meantime in Leyte, Irwin Espinosa, son of slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., wins the mayoral race in Albuera Town.
04:32Espinosa survived a gun attack on April 10 during a campaign sortie, sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest.
04:39He was tagged by former President Rodrigo Duterte as Eastern Visayas' top drug lord.
04:45And in Baguio City, incumbent Mayor Benjamin Magalong is poised to win a third term, as his closest rival, Baguio City Representative Mark Goh, formally conceded Monday night.
04:54Follow Rappler's continuing coverage of the 2025 elections and results. Visit ph.rappler.com for the latest updates.
05:04Granular data shows senatorial candidate Camille Villar's senatorial bid was decisively rejected in cities and towns that bore the brunt of Prime Water's poor services.
05:14Villar ranks 10th in the national tally but ranks 36th out of 66 candidates in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
05:20San Jose del Monte residents say they have been grappling with Prime Water's bad service despite high costs.
05:26In Desmariñas, Cavite, another city where Prime Water took over the operations of the water district, Villar placed 33rd.
05:34She also performed poorly in other Cavite localities where Prime Water's operations were flagged by the Commission on Audit.
05:4013 Martires, 23rd place.
05:42Silang, 22nd.
05:44Tagaytay, 20th.
05:45She also placed below the top 20 in the localities where Prime Water had contracts with the water districts.
05:51Muñoz, Nueva Ecia, Marilao, San Rafael, San Edelfonso, and Malolos in Bulacan, Agoncillo, Batangas, San Pedro, Laguna, and Daet, Camarines, Norte.
06:01Prime Water's bad service has become an election issue, with residents mounting a campaign against Camille.
06:07Her brother, Manuel Paulo Villar, owns Prime Asset Ventures, the parent company of Prime Water.
06:12President Ferdinand Marcus Jr. earlier ordered the Local Water Utilities Administration to investigate the utility firm.
06:21Human Rights Lawyer Chael Jokno is set to join Congress.
06:25Akbayan Citizens Action Party, which lists him as a top nominee, leads the 2025 party list race.
06:31Close second is Duterte Youth.
06:33Mamamayang Liberal, whose first nominee is former Senator Laila de Lima, is also poised to clinch a House seat.
06:39Groups under the Makabayan coalition, meantime, are still waiting for final counts.
06:45So far, ACT teachers and Kabataan are the ones most likely to have seats in Congress.
06:49Gabriela is ranked 55, while Bayan Muna is far below at rank 76.
06:55Meantime in the regions, incumbent Davao del Sur Lone District Representative John Tracy Cagas
07:00leads by a wide margin in the congressional race against his opponent, broadcaster Jun Blanco Malaza.
07:05Cagas is the only Davao region lawmaker who voted in favor of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment.
07:12In Zamboanga del Norte, the Halosjos dynasty suffer major setbacks as the Pitan City Mayor Seth Frederick Halosjos
07:18is behind Dipolog City Mayor Darrell Dexter Uy in the gubernatorial race.
07:23Selly Halosjos-Carion and Cesar Halosjos are also behind in the respective races.
07:27Outgoing Governor Rosalina Halosjos also suffers a huge loss in the Dipolog City Mayoral Post.
07:34Belen Uy of Lakas CMD secures the mayoralty in the Pitan City, long considered a Halosjos stronghold.
07:40She defeats Mayta Halosjos.
07:43In Pampanga, the Pineda dynasty keeps its grip on the Pampanga capital
07:46after the mother and son tandem of Lilia and Delta Pineda win as governor and vice-governor.
07:51San Fernando Mayor Vilma Kaluwag wins her second term, beating a Pineda daughter, Mylene Pineda Kayab-Yab.
07:58The Yenares family, which ruled the Rizal capital since 1992, continues its winning streak in the province.
08:05Governor Nina Richie Yenares is re-elected.
08:08Antipolo City Mayor June Yenares also cruised to an easy re-election victory.
08:13In Binangonan, Rhea and Russell Yenares ran unopposed for mayor and vice-mayor.
08:17In the Halosjos region, Team Marcos' Brian Alcid, an outgoing city councillor and a construction contractor in the province,
08:25wins as mayor of Lawag City.
08:27He unseats Michael Marcos Quayon, the estranged first cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
08:33Cecilia Reneta Marcos, the president's first cousin-in-law, wins as governor,
08:37and Matthew Manotok also wins as vice-governor unopposed.
08:40Sandro, the presidential son, is also re-elected first district representative unopposed.
08:45In Batangas, television host Luis Manzano lost to Governor Dodo Mandanas in the vice-governatorial race.
08:53His mother Vilma Santos Recto and brother Ryan Christian Recto cruised to easy wins in their
08:57gubernatorial and congressional races respectively.
09:01Second District Representative Jinky Luistro meantime survives a challenge from her predecessor
09:05Rani Abu, meaning she can keep her role as a House prosecutor in Vice President
09:10Sara Duterte's upcoming impeachment trial.
09:13And in Cebu, Pamela Baricuatro, supporter of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte,
09:18is proclaimed the winner of the gubernatorial race.
09:21She unseats Gwen Garcia, ending the grip of the Garcia clan over the Cebu Island politics.
09:26And that's today's wrap.
09:30I'm Cara Oliver.
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