Despite the president’s promises to crack down on high-level corruption, the pressure on his government continues to build.

The ongoing investigations and scandals regarding the flood control corruption have revealed the basic weaknesses in the Philippine political system. While it is true that certain DPWH personnel have ...

The prospect of Ferdinand Marcos Jr moving back into the presidential palace has alarmed rights activists, church leaders and political analysts - Copyright AFP/File ...

It’s Sunday afternoon and campaigning for this year’s Philippine presidential elections is in full swing. The smell of pork adobo wafts through the air, reminding supporters gathered in this plaza to ...

In the Philippines, 2022 will be remembered as an election year in which familiar surnames dominated the polls. The Marcos–Duterte alliance in the May presidential elections has been described as a ...

The political history of the Philippines is complex: full of colonial twists, local and tribal influences, and religious devotion. These characteristics are common in Southeast Asian countries, but ...

Ferdinand Marcos, the strongman who ruled the Philippines with an iron grip for two decades, may have died over 30 years ago, but his ghost haunts the Philippine presidential election that is slated ...

A priest turned policy maker finds that owners of diploma mills have powerful friends No one was more surprised than the Rev. Rolando V. de la Rosa when he was plucked out of relative obscurity a year ...

Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., following his victory at the May 9 presidential election. Credit: Facebook/Bongbong Marcos The election victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in this month’s ...