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• Opposition bares some Senate bets for 2025 elections

Liberal Party spokesperson Leila de Lima reveals some of the opposition’s Senate bets in the 2025 midterm elections: former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno.

• Korean firm Miru wins top 2025 election contract, replacing Smartmatic

The joint venture led by South Korean firm Miru Systems will be the Philippines’ top election provider in 2025 including automated counting machines.

• PLDT-Sky Cable deal not pushing through

Manny Pangilinan’s PLDT is not acquiring the Lopezes’ Sky Cable after all. Sky Cable’s parent company ABS-CBN says the two companies mutually decided not to proceed with the P6.75-billion deal.

• 8-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest to beat grandmaster

Eight-year-old Ashwath Kaushik becomes the youngest chess player to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess on Sunday, February 18. He beats 37-year-old Polish grandmaster Jacek Stopa.

• Singapore lures Taylor Swift with grant for sold-out March concerts

Singapore awards pop star Taylor Swift a grant to perform in the island nation, recognizing efforts to persuade her to perform in their country and the potential to boost the economy from her six-day concert. – Rappler.com