As typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi, internationally) left over 200 Filipinos dead while affecting nearly 2 million people, President ...

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

In what could be a first, House Speaker Bojie Dy commits to passing a bill defining and prohibiting political dynasties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping hasn’t set foot in Manila since 2018. His invitation to return comes with conditions attached.

Well-known personalities in the Philippines are often revealed to have ties or relations to other influential figures in certain industries, such as the Barretto clan in Filipino showbiz, the Filipino ...

A new survey shows Duterte-Carpio likely regaining momentum as Marcos grapples with waning confidence in his leadership.

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...

Political analysts say persistent natural disasters could sustain public frustrations and anti-government protests.

Marta Temido, the head of the EU Election Observation Mission to the Philippines, speaks to the press in Manila, Philippines, May 14, 2025. Credit: Facebook/EU Election Observation Mission to the ...

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) stands on the cusp of its first parliamentary elections scheduled for October 2025. The shake-up within its interim government, the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Philippine politics have historically been dominated by a handful of political ...

The West Philippine Sea issue should not be used to further anyone’s political agenda as it concerns every Filipino, said ...