President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came under growing pressure during the course of the year but has managed to survive – at ...

In 2025, the controversy over bicameral shenanigans in the national budget amplified calls for budget transparency, although ...

Our guide to the key concepts and phrases related to the country’s ever-widening graft scandal.

Ace Aguirre was just two bites into his oatmeal on the morning of November 4 when he noticed something strange: mud had seeped onto the living room floor of his bungalow in Cotcot, a village in the ...

A group of civilians including two former government officials filed a graft complaint against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, in a fresh political challenge for the estranged deputy of ...

THE PHILIPPINES’ long-delayed attempt to ending political dynasties risks amounting to little more than a symbolic gesture unless it meaningfully disrupts family-based succession in power, analysts ...

House Speaker Faustino Dy III led on Thursday the filing of a landmark Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, a reform he vowed to pursue to promote fairness, ...

Two ministers in Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s cabinet resigned on Tuesday after being implicated in an ongoing investigation into “ghost” infrastructure and billions of dollars of ...

CHRISTMAS in the Philippines has always been a season of joy, resilience, and unshakeable hope. Even in the darkest years, we ...

Two gunmen accused of a Hanukkah attack in Sydney stayed in Davao City, Philippines, where they interacted minimally with hotel staff. Police assert Sajid Akram and his son Naveed, inspired by Islamic ...

Speaker Faustino Dy III and President Marcos’ son Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos have jointly filed a bill seeking to prohibit political dynasties.

Perhaps nothing better captures our “negative exceptionalism” than the brazenly totalistic capture of our elected offices by a few families. Even at the height of political reform under the ...