Rodrigo Duterte

The call forms a neat bookend to Duterte's six years of controversial rapprochement with China.

So far the Philippine leader has refrained from anointing a successor. But he could just be waiting for the right moment.

The declaration by the president's faction of PDP-Laban will add further wind to the frontrunner's sails ahead of the May 9 election.

Fact-checkers are a vital bulwark against the wave of election-related misinformation. But such efforts are coming under attack.

According to a leading human rights group, Senator Leila de Lima's detention "exemplifies the lawlessness and cruelty of the Duterte administration.”

On May 9, 65.7 million Filipinos will go to the polls to choose who will succeed President Rodrigo Duterte.

The nation faces a tough year, but the upcoming presidential election heralds winds of change.

A new COVID-19 surge now threatens to overshadow campaigning for the country's presidential election on May 9.

The Philippine leader's war on narcotics is perhaps the only policy that he has carried through consistently since his election in 2016.

Frustration is growing two weeks after a devastating typhoon struck the Philippines, with government assistance slow to reach the affected areas.

The past year has reflected the tendencies and eccentricities that marked Rodrigo Duterte's first five years in power.