Erin Cook

Duterte’s latest trip to China did little to ease concerns about his approach to Beijing.

This year’s iteration of the prime minister’s National Day Rally speech was scrutinized for a sense of the country’s political future.

The president’s incendiary rhetoric conceals more complex policy realities in the country under his tenure.

The declaration has highlighted the country’s longstanding challenges in managing the issue.

As a new government takes shape, the issues that lie ahead for it are quite familiar.

This iteration of the annual speech came amid several domestic political developments and agenda items of consequence.  

While the election result may have been settled, the post-election dynamics are only beginning to shape up.

A sex scandal that erupted this week is just the latest issue that has confronted the new government.

As the dust settles following the events of the past week, a closer look at some of the key aspects that will shape the country’s future.

As the country heads for the polls, the two contenders’ foreign policy outlooks have not really factored all that much beyond a series of tendencies.

Doubts about the results and the role of the election commission in particular have further intensified distrust about the country’s institutions and muddied the waters.

Less than a year since it took power, the Pakatan Harapan government is confronting questions about the pace of promised reforms.