Trillanes eyes Caloocan; Binay still waiting for a sign for Taguig run

Trillanes eyes Caloocan; Binay still waiting for a sign for Taguig run

While the 2025 midterm elections may still be more than a year away, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV is almost certain that he will be running for Caloocan mayor to end the reign of the Malapitan family in the city.

“I’m not there yet. Let’s just say that I’m 95 percent going into that direction,” Trillanes said in a recent interview with ANC’s “Headstart.” He added that while returning to the Senate was another possibility, “right now, I’m more inclined to go into local politics.”

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On the other hand, Makati Mayor Abby Binay said that she was still waiting for a sign to push her toward running for Taguig mayor.

Binay, who is on her last term as Makati mayor, said that this was just one of the political options she was considering although she admitted that it would be a “very difficult decision” that would require her to resign from her current post and transfer her residency and voter’s registration to Taguig.

“I’m waiting for some divine intervention,” she said at an event organized on Jan. 9 by the Rotary Club of Makati. “That’s something we have to wait for, and [it] will be the sure sign of my decision in 2025.”

Binay said her main consideration was the welfare of residents in the 10 “Embo” areas that were recently transferred to the jurisdiction of the Taguig City government based on a 2021 Supreme Court decision. As a solution, she may run or endorse someone who would “ensure that the residents in my Embos are taken care of,” she said.

Binay was recently spotted with former Taguig mayor and current Global Electric Transport president Freddie Tiñga, who joined her and her department heads for lunch

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