Metro Manila, Philippines – The race for the 2025 midterm polls heats up, with several groups and personalities announcing their election bid ahead of the filing of Certificate of Candidacy (COC) next month.
NewsWatch Plus lists down the candidates vying for the 12 prestigious Senate seats – from familiar faces to rising names.
Familiar faces
Incumbent Senator Bong Revilla is seeking to get another spot in the upper chamber, after he was formally introduced as Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats’ sole candidate for the Senate race.The actor-turned politician served as a Senator from 2004 to 2016, and got reelected in 2019. ‘ ‘5’: ‘contentWidth’: ‘fit-content’ ’embedCode’: ‘