IN this country, surveys have taken on the aura of prophecy. Every percentage point is treated as revelation, every bump or ...

A US-based maritime monitoring group has alleged a Chinese ship used different identities and flags while working in ...

Deepening political feuds, ex-president Duterte’s ICC arrest and the South China Sea dispute have reshaped the Philippine ...

AS 2025 comes to a close, the Philippines looks back on a tumultuous year marked by political upheavals, high-profile legal ...

A specter is haunting Philippine politics today: the specter of gambling, which is being linked to youth addiction, unethical use of public funds, money laundering, kidnapping, and murder. Gambling ...

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...

ONE of the most persistent questions in Philippine politics is also one of the least honestly confronted: Why can’t militant ...

THERE are a lot of concerns and reasons for Filipinos to be worried about the current political exercises in the country. Some are concerned about the state of the Philippine version of Universal ...

A senior Philippine police official has filed a criminal complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte over comments he made during a campaign rally last week, at which he jokingly threatened to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino voters generally have a negative view of Philippine politics, with more than half describing it either as “magulo” or “corrupt or all about money,” a recent survey ...

In the Philippines, the cooperation between the two political dynasties, the Marcoses and Dutertes, has ended just in time for the May 2025 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election. As the ...

A foul-mouthed former Philippine president who jailed political rivals, insulted the pope and claims to have hired “death squad” gangsters is running for re-election in his hometown in a desperate bid ...