Rodrigo Duterte

The Philippine military claims that a breakthrough is around the corner, but a continuation of the conflict is convenient for many.

In addition to supporting healthcare and low-income households, Manila has focused on propping up its agricultural sector, which employs nearly a quarter of Filipinos.

Rights groups said the Indigenous people had been “red-tagged” after opposing a local dam project. It’s the latest in a string of high-profile police incidents.

Guilty or not for exacerbating the suffering of Filipinos in 2020, Duterte is facing potentially tougher challenges in 2021.

"If you get killed, it's because I'm enraged by drugs," Duterte said. 

The Philippines has been the perfect target for Chinese political interference – but it won’t be Beijing’s last victim.

After cannily manipulating Facebook in his campaign for the presidency, Rodrigo Duterte is intimating that he might shut the social network down.

Joko Widodo and Rodrigo Duterte both used their inaugural U.N. speeches to express alarm at accelerating superpower tensions.

The accounts beamed out content supportive of the Philippine president and his daughter's possible presidential aspirations.

After four years of flip-flopping, the Philippine President voiced strong support for a Hague ruling rejecting most of China’s claims to disputed waters.

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