2025 National & Local Elections

Today May 12, 2025 is the national and local midterm election in the Philippines. Millions of  Filipinos who are eligible to exercise their rights to vote will go out and choose 12 senators and 317 seats in the House of Representatives. Local elections are also held for the executive and legislative branches in every city, municipality, and province in the Philippines. Filipinos are encourage to vote wisely because this is crucial to the future of the Philippines.

Pope Leo XIV (His Excellency Robert Francis Prevost)

The Vatican announced the newly elected Pope, His Excellency Robert Francis Prevost and took the papal name Leo XIV. Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago on September 14 1955. He is the first American to be elected as pope and the first Augustinian pope. His election was followed by the death of Pope Francis. He is the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

NOTE: Photo not mine. Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Associated Press