President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is under fire for an enormous graft scandal that is unfolding under his watch. One ...
A group of civilians including two former government officials filed a graft complaint against Philippine Vice President Sara ...
Claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr took kickbacks from infrastructure projects cause outrage in the Philippines.
House Speaker Faustino Dy III led on Thursday the filing of a landmark Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, a reform he vowed to ...
Our guide to the key concepts and phrases related to the country’s ever-widening graft scandal.
Despite the corruption allegations against him, Marcos has so far survived the crisis, but his presidency has been weakened.
Filipinos have been protesting against the theft of public funds for flood defenses by corrupt politicians. The protesters face a political class whose leading figures, President Bongbong Marcos and ...
Analysts said an alleged plot by retired generals to oust President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr appears inspired by 2001’s EDSA Dos ...
House Speaker Faustino Dy III led on Thursday the filing of a landmark Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, a reform he vowed to ...
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 ...
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Banning dynasties in the Philippines

Perhaps nothing better captures our “negative exceptionalism” than the brazenly totalistic capture of our elected offices by ...
Aside from calling for an end to political dynasties, the groups also want the government to strengthen the powers of the independent commission investigating the flood control and infrastructure proj ...