Rappler's latest stories on 2019 senatorial elections
Scenarios: 2022 looms over tight midterm race
President Duterte has endorsed 4 out of 7 reelectionist senators: Pimentel, Villar, Angara, and Ejercito. Will he anoint one of them to be his successor?
[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Candidates avoid debates to avoid scrutiny
We ask the Comelec to use all its moral suasion to organize one senatorial debate and compel all major candidates to attend. Or we wake up in May with a Senate slate that is purely bought and paid for.
For an 'independent Senate,' Makabayan endorses 9 candidates
(UPDATED) Aside from its bet Neri Colmenares, Makabayan endorses 5 of 8 Otso Diretso bets
Duterte says Bong Go 'handled millions of money' as aide
The President says Go never took a single cent from millions of cash supposedly distributed to law enforcers for operations and intelligence work
CONTEXT: Jinggoy Estrada 'filed 600 bills' in Senate
Over 500 of the bills the ex-senator and 2019 senatorial bet co-authored or filed were pending at the Senate committee level in the 16th Congress, from 2013 to 2016
Can progressives win Senate seats this time?
Warring unions join forces for the first time in decades to push for the pro-worker agenda that Duterte has failed to deliver. Will this be enough of a game changer?
Jiggy Manicad: Libel should stay a crime to prevent 'abuse' by journalists
'Dapat pa rin pong krimen siya para wala pong abuso sa hanay nating mamamahayag,' says senatorial bet and former journalist Jiggy Manicad
IN NUMBERS: Candidates for Senate 2019
How are the 62 senatorial aspirants in the 2019 midterm elections the same or different from each other?
Duterte officially endorses 11 chosen candidates for May 2019
(UPDATED) ''Pag natalo itong mga kandidato ko, balikan ko kayo,' President Rodrigo Duterte jokingly tells the audience during PDP-Laban's proclamation rally in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
Comelec allows Pimentel, Osmeña to run for senator
Unlike them, pro-life advocate Rizalito David and lawyer Jude Josue Sabio fail to convince the Commission on Elections to allow them to run for senator
No to Chinese workers replacing Filipinos – Mar Roxas
'Kung gano'n ang tulong nila sa atin, 'yung ayuda, 'yung pautang nila sa atin, hindi na bale,' says opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas
Roque says no to death penalty in drug crimes
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque contradicts the Duterte administration on death penalty for drug-related crimes
Imee Marcos, Pia Cayetano, Villar, Angara in Duterte's Senate slate
President Rodrigo Duterte says he will likely have his own 2019 Senate slate, distinct from the slate of his own political party, PDP-Laban
Survey says: How 2019 senatorial bets are faring so far
(3rd UPDATE) Reelectionists and former senators are ahead, while some newcomers gain ground, in surveys leading to the 2019 midterm elections
Opposition senatorial bets eye Western Visayas vote
Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon says Region 6 will 'play an important role for Otso,' referring to the opposition's Otso Diretso senatorial candidates
Mar Roxas says Ilonggo support won’t make him complacent
In their first sortie, the coalition candidates go to Capiz, Roxas’ home province and bailiwick
Opposition hopes to repeat Robredo's 2016 victory for Senate bets
'Hindi ba meron tayong isang kandidato na from 1% to Vice President? Nasubukan na po natin noon. Uulitin natin para sa 8,' Team Pilipinas convenor Maria Cecila Reyes tells volunteers for the opposition's 2019 campaign
[OPINION] When the opposition says it will tap volunteers
The Liberal Party-led senatorial slate should make sure volunteer sign-ups and social media endorsements will translate to votes
4 things you need to know about the 2019 Senate hopefuls
Most of those running for senator are male, married, and approaching their senior years
How 7 reelectionist senators voted on key issues, bills
This is how they voted on the Train Law, hero's burial for Marcos, martial law extension, Bangsamoro Organic Law, and other issues during the 17th Congress
Chel Diokno on running for senator: 'Fight the fear'
'I just couldn't sit and watch it happen,' says human rights lawyer Chel Diokno as he tells Rappler why he decided to run for the Senate at this time of extrajudicial killings
Barangay event kicks off opposition bid to overcome ‘dilawan’ handicap
They shed their yellow shirts, and do away with the classic ‘L’ sign. Voters, they believe, don't care about colors anymore.
LIVE: Opposition coalition introduces final Senate slate
Watch the launch of the opposition coalition slate on Rappler
No limits: ‘Senior’ government officials running in 2019
Despite years – or decades – spent working in the government, these political veterans are still running for office in the 2019 Philippine elections
13 Senate campaign virgins spice up 2019 elections
These first-time Senate hopefuls – lawyers, Duterte appointees, a reporter, civic Muslim leader, former soldier, long-time local chiefs – promise to shake up the midterm polls
LIST: 2019 Senate hopefuls facing cases, complaints, probes
(UPDATED) Rappler lists the senatorial aspirants who are facing cases, complaints, or probes, as well as those who have been acquitted or the cases against them dismissed
Seniors bid for Senate seats to address environmental, transport problems
Mansueto Gallardo, 70, and Porferio Camorongan, 80, find government slow in addressing some pressing problems
Like Jinggoy, JV plans to run as 'Estrada' in 2019
'Talagang mayroong confusion. May mawawalang boto because of confusion. That comes with the risk of running together kaya nga hindi ginagawa ito ng pamilya,' says Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito
Opposition coalition to announce final Senate slate on October 24
Vice President Leni Robredo says they are still deliberating whether or not to field a complete slate of 12 senatorial bets for the 2019 polls
No special event to announce PDP-Laban’s Senate slate
PDP-Laban president Senator Aquilino Pimentel III says the party will 'just release a complete list of its candidates nationwide' after the filing of certificates of candidacy
Opposition coalition to announce Senate slate only after October 17
Senator Francis Pangilinan says opposition groups still 'needed more time' to finalize their senatorial slate for the 2019 elections
Musicians remind people to 'go register' for 2019 elections
Among those who posted using the #GoRegisterPH hashtag on social media are Eraserheads legends Raymund Marasigan and Buddy Zabala, jazz singer Toni B, and musicians from Cheats, Sandwich, Moonstar 88, The Vowels They Orbit, and Gracenote
Jiggy Manicad to run for senator in 2019
'Kung tatanungin mo ako if I really want to have power, ayokong ganun. It's more of correct the insitutions na magsisilbi sila,' says broadcast journalist Jiggy Manicad on his plans to run for senator
Women in top 5 of Pulse Asia poll on 2019 senatorial race
Senators Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, and Nancy Binay, Taguig City Representative Pia Cayetano, and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio lead the probable winners in the senatorial race, if elections were held in early September
[OPINION] Resist de facto dictatorship: Don’t give up the Senate in 2019
Most likely, it will be the only arena where genuine political competition can happen
Aquino vs Marcos looms in 2019 Senate race
How is the Senate race shaping up a year into the polls? Results of the June 2018 Pulse Asia survey present interesting movements.
Dela Rosa: I want to run for senator, but...
'Ako, Senado, kung ako'ng masusunod ah,' says Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald dela Rosa after being asked to choose between running for senator or governor
PDP-Laban to give 'unknowns' shot at Senate slate – Pimentel
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III says the ruling party will consider even poor performers in surveys on possible senatorial aspirants
Liberal Party, other groups urge Mar Roxas to run for senator
'We are suggesting to him to consider it but candidacy is a personal decision. But yes, we are suggesting to him to take a good look at it,' says Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon
Pimentel to Cordillerans: There'll be 2019 elections despite charter change efforts
One of the contested issues in Baguio about federalism is its effect on the Cordillera Administrative Region's quest for autonomy
Bongbong Marcos accuses PET of 'unfair treatment'
Former senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr says 'one option' is to request for his electoral protest case be raffled off to another Supreme Court justice
'Why run for senator when I already won as VP?' – Bongbong Marcos
(UPDATED) Former senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr says he is determined to see through the electoral protest he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo
Get to know Alvarez's 6 nominees to the PDP-Laban 2019 senatorial slate
(UPDATED) House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez names 6 people whom he wants to be part of PDP-Laban’s senatorial slate for the 2019 elections: Mocha Uson, Harry Roque, Carlo Nograles, Francis Tolentino, Geraldine Roman, Albee Benitez
Duterte on Mocha Uson as Senate bet: 'Let the people decide'
'If that guy or woman is elected by the people, then you have to honor that choice,' says President Rodrigo Duterte
Pimentel: No party decision yet on Uson, Roque as PDP-Laban bets
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, president of the ruling party, says Mocha Uson and Harry Roque for now are just nominees of PDP-Laban secretary general Pantaleon Alvarez
