MANILA, Philippines — Political dynasties hurt the economy. This is a sentiment commonly shared across academia, with several ...

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Lawmakers and experts weighed constitutional limits and reforms, as they tackled how to curb entrenched political families.

Impeachment is constitutionally a legal process with defined rules, but politically an exercise shaped by congressional alliances and power plays ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when many nations struggled to secure supplies, China was the first to deliver over 55 million vaccine doses to the Philippines, even as its own citizens awaited full ...

(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and China have resumed their political dialogue after a more than a year-long hiatus, holding talks on the sidelines of an Asean meeting amid heightened ...

CEBU—China and the Philippines have resumed political dialogue after more than a year-long hiatus, even as tensions flared in Manila over a public exchange between the Chinese Embassy and Philippine ...

THIS is the moment a man brazenly tries to assassinate his town mayor with an RPG in broad daylight. The horrifying ambush ...

The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the ...

According to Newsweek, Mayor Akmad Ampatuan escaped death this past Sunday (Jan. 25) after his vehicle was ambushed in the ...

Current ASEAN chair the Philippines said it looked forward to further talks with opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta, and ...

Both President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his estranged vice president, Sara Duterte, are under increasing pressure after a ...