Tito Sotto: Senators approached me about Senate presidency

Today’s headlines: Tito Sotto, Internet voting turnout, Filipino mountaineer

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

Responding to reporters’ questions, former Senate president Tito Sotto III says several senators had approached him about being the next Senate president.

It’s a dismal turnout for internet voting in the 2025 midterm elections at 19%. Around 232,000 overseas Filipinos voted via internet voting out of the expected 1.22 million.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas says it will temporarily suspend operations of coin deposit machines in select malls in the Greater Manila Area starting Tuesday, June 17.

The United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the political wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a sweeping victory in the two Maguindanao provinces, Tawi-Tawi, and Cotabato City but lost in other top races elsewhere.

Filipino mountaineer Philipp ‘PJ’ Santiago II passed away on Wednesday, May 14, in his bid to reach the peak of Mount Everest. He was 45.-Rappler.com