For many Filipinos, politics has long been connected with familiar surnames, established institutions, and traditions that have shaped public service for generations. But within the halls of Congress, ...

In 2018, the mother of the current president was accused of using Swiss foundations to transfer at least $200 million abroad during her 1975-1986 term as Manila governor. A portrait of former ...

A digital campaign was launched in the Philippines to end the country’s worst political problem: political dynasties, which have been blamed for corruption and poverty in the Southeast Asian country.

The Chinese Embassy in Manila has rejected as a “false narrative” allegations that China funneled funds to a political ...

SINCE the 1900s, American-style democracy taught us its rituals, which we embraced with enthusiasm but imbued with local pinoy flavor: festive campaigns, songs, “budots” dances, baby-kissing and, on ...

After intense and even emotional deliberations at the Philippine Senate, the decision to lower the effective voting threshold for conviction in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte may ...

The peace process in the autonomous region will continue long after the votes have been counted and a new government formed. The Bangsamoro Transition Authority votes on a proposed transition plan as ...

A nation of over 110 million people, the Philippines is currently enmeshed with the impeachment trial of the country’s Vice-President, Sara Duterte, over allegations concerning financial ...