The Philippines has long been the closest US ally in Asia. Now Washington wants something more: a place to make bullets and shells.

Politics and religious faith have always been divisive issues in the Philippines. In national politics, one is considered either a supporter of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., or Vice President Sara ...

Philippine politics rarely pauses long enough for rivals to share the same stage. Yet that was precisely the scene in Malacañang last month when mayors from across the political spectrum gathered to ...

Deepfakes are shaking up politics, with both politicians and their supporters turning to AI-generated videos to make arguments, attack their opponents and, worse, share misinformation. Powerful and ...

A significant majority of Filipino adults support the passage of a law against political dynasties, with 64% expressing ...

IN the Philippines, a political campaign is less a debate over white papers and more an invitation to a family reunion. While modern democracies are theoretically built on the bedrock of competing ...

Cynthia Villar, a two-term senator, addresses a political rally in Las Piñas in the run-up to last month’s Philippine midterm election. Villar was one of several prominent political dynasts to lose ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Filipino community activists rallied outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma on Thursday, demanding immigration officials halt the deportation of a legal permanent resident ...

Despite the landmark effort by the Philippines’ Commission on Elections to formally penalise misogynistic campaign speech, misogyny continues to endure in Philippine politics. Issuance of show-cause ...

Philippine lawmakers yesterday recommended the dismissal of two impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., arguing that both failed to meet the constitutional requirement of ...