FOR decades, the anti-dynasty law has been treated as a kind of moral silver bullet, an article of democratic faith that, ...

IN Philippine politics, demolition is not an accident. It is an art — learned, refined and repeatedly deployed because it works. It is cheaper than governance, faster than persuasion, and far more ...

FINDING ANSWERSMany did not see it coming. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — heir to one of the most enduring political dynasties in the country — has ...

ART Lounge Manila at The Podium closes out 2025 with a bang, mounting a copious 50-artist group show where political dissent gets creatively channeled into purposeful artworks, auctioned for the ...

U.S. military delegation surveyed a new Luzon Strait base for joint defense operations in the country's north near Taiwan.

Two Filipino activist priests joined a group of complainants in filing a plunder complaint against Vice President Sara ...

WHEN DYNASTIES FALL, WHO RISES? Even when one clan loses, another often replaces it. In 2016, the Apostols of Leyte were unseated by the Ongs, themselves an emerging dynasty. In Pasig, Mayor Vico ...

Manny Pacquiao predicts Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul and Mike Tyson vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also discussed a Mayweather ...

An insider said the filing is less about getting a conviction than opening the door to financial scrutiny that could damage her politically.

The happenings and news in this year 2025 in the Philippines have been dominated by three letters in the alphabet which are, C, E, and I. It is almost a daily fare in the main and social media, and it ...

VOTERS draw a clearer line between political dynasties that run in the same election cycle and those that field candidates in separate terms, a national survey shows. The latest Philippine Public ...

In corruption studies, a field largely unheralded in the Philippines, there is a concept with growing global impact that has not drawn much attention yet in the country: state capture. Corruption ...