Election officials say former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, despite his detention by the International Criminal Court

Allies of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr looked set to win at least half of the available Senate seats in a midterm election on Monday, an unofficial tally showed, in a contest seen as a referendum on his leadership and a fierce proxy battle with his estranged vice president.

Philippine midterm elections emerge as a referendum on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's leadership against Vice President Sara Duterte, amid a power tussle in the Senate race. Allies of Marcos are set to claim half of Senate seats,

MANILA -- Tens of millions of Filipinos have voted in the country's midterm elections, which will decide half the 24-strong Senate, all 317 members of the House of Representatives and thousands of local municipal leaders and legislators.

These men and women form part of the grain among the 2025 senatorial candidates In the days when this country’s political system consisted of two parties,