It’s Sunday afternoon and campaigning for this year’s Philippine presidential elections is in full swing. The smell of pork adobo wafts through the air, reminding supporters gathered in this plaza to ...

THERE are a lot of concerns and reasons for Filipinos to be worried about the current political exercises in the country.

Philippine Vice President-elect Sara Duterte, second from left, poses with, from left, Senator Imee Marcos, her mother Elizabeth Zimmerman, outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, incoming ...

"We should emphasize merit over lineage. Leadership should be earned, not inherited" THE 1987 Constitution provides in Section 26 of Article II: “The ...

Philippines eyes world-first move to put its $95B national budget on blockchain, aiming for real-time public oversight.

The Philippines’ Commission on Elections recently proclaimed the 12 winning senators of the just-concluded midterm elections. Unfortunately for me, I voted for only two of those winners. However, if ...

As the Philippines emerged as “the first ‘democratic’ republic in Asia,” the new focus on democratic elections was blended with the historical and cultural legacy of the encomienda system, whereby ...