Philippines politics

Student activists have played crucial roles at key junctures in the nation's history.

Despite allegations of corruption and his ineptitude in handling the COVID-19 crisis, the Philippine leader's popularity continues to climb.

The Philippines’ anti-corruption body has declined to make financial disclosures public. That’s a big problem.

A disagreement over a term-sharing plan led to a standoff between two rivals for the House speaker position that almost turned ugly.

An independent research group says the country’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, but questions remain about trends outside of Metro Manila.

Mounting concerns about the Philippine President's health threaten to play into elections due in 2022.

The rehabilitation of Ferdinand Marcos is a sign of the public's continuing discontent with the status quo.

A group of Duterte supporters has called for a “revolutionary government” that would arm the president with additional powers. What does that even mean?

The president said he was unfamiliar with a group calling to install him as head of a new government, despite video showing him at the group’s convention in 2018.

The Philippine president threatened to shut down major telecom operators and said Beijing was “in possession” of the South China Sea.

The Philippine president is also seeking emergency powers and urging the return of the death penalty for drug crimes.