The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
The people from various parts of the country, and the world, have spoken.
Give these showbiz denizens chances once more to prove their mettle in public service for the next three years in the local/regional/district/sectoral posts or a six year-term in the Senate.
Overseas voting for Filipinos to choose senatorial and party-list reps was held way ahead of the scheduled midterm elections in the Philippines on May 12, 2025.
In the official tally and proclamation by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Isko Moreno has reclaimed his mayoral power in Manila which he left in 2022 after he decided to run for the more powerful presidency and heavily lost likewise ER Ejercito who regained his leadership in Pagsanjan town of Laguna Province where he served and completed uninterrupted his three-termed mayorship which he relinquished before he ran for the gubernatorial post and won in 2010 but cut short in 2014 after he was forced to resign over a Comelec overspending case.
Former governor ER will now be under newly elected Gov. Sol Aragones, an erstwhile television broadcast journalist of ABS-CBN, a realm of show business.
Actress Aiko Melendez and actor Alfred Vargas were reelected councilors of the 5th District of Quezon City likewise Angelu de Leon, who was voted again in Pasig City council.
Young actor Arjo Atayde was reelected congressman of the 1st District of Quezon City.
Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos returns to Batangas capitol where she served a three-term tenure from 2007 to 2016.
Action and drama star Daniel Fernando has won his third and last stint as governor of the Province of Bulacan while his vice-governor, Alex Castro, an ex-ABS-CBN contract talent, was reelected.
“Eat Bulaga” host Tito Sotto made it again to the Senate together with action superstar Lito Lapid and TV man Erwin Tulfo as a newcomer to the Upper House membership.
Award-winning actor Richard Gomez was reelected as a member of the House of Representatives for the 1st District of Leyte Province while her commercial model wife Lucy Torres clinched once more the mayoral post of Ormoc City in the same province.
Media man Ray Junia has his first taste of elected political life when he won a seat at the Leyte’s First District.
What’s the fuss over multimedia people making it to public service?
The question shouldn’t be how capable they are in articulating their platforms but how they would be performing them for the betterment of their constituents.
Popularity isn’t even a factor because most of them are popular to begin with.