Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Pacquiao agrees: Free Leila de Lima

Presidential candidate and Senator Manny Pacquiao agrees with calls to release detained Senator Leila De Lima, days after star witnesses retracted their allegations against the lady senator.

• ‘Elect true servant-leaders’: Over 1,200 priests, bishops endorse Leni-Kiko tandem

Over 1,200 priests, bishops, and deacons announce their support for the Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan.

• Poll chief uses emergency powers, puts Abra town under Comelec control

For the first time, the chairman of the Commission on Elections exercises his controversial emergency powers to place Pilar, Abra under the poll body’s control.

• Loren Legarda’s son disowns her for joining Uniteam tandem

Loren Legarda’s son disowns her after she joined the senatorial slate of the late dictator’s son Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and presidential daughter Sara Duterte for the 2022 elections.

• Kris Aquino not cleared by doctors to take her flight abroad

Kris Aquino misses her scheduled flight abroad after her doctors deem her not yet fit to take long flights due to her high blood pressure. – Rappler.com