May 12 a holiday for midterm elections – Palace
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MANILA – Malacañang declared Monday, May 12, as a special non-working holiday throughout the country for the 2025 national and local elections.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, on the authority of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., signed Proclamation 878 on Tuesday declaring a nationwide holiday to “enable the people to properly exercise their right to vote.”
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) recently urged Marcos to declare May 12 as a holiday to allow registered voters to cast their ballots.
Filipino voters will elect senators, House members, party-list representatives, and local officials such as governors, vice governors, mayors, vice mayors, and members of their local council. (PNA)
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