President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came under growing pressure during the course of the year but managed to survive – at least ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the country's authorities today on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, or ICC. The court secretly issued the arrest ...

Ace Aguirre was just two bites into his oatmeal on the morning of November 4 when he noticed something strange: mud had seeped onto the living room floor of his bungalow in Cotcot, a village in the ...

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...

The vice president of the Philippines, Sara Duterte, has claimed to have hired someone to assassinate the president in the event that she herself is killed. Duterte is the daughter of Rodrigo Duterte, ...

Our guide to the key concepts and phrases related to the country’s ever-widening graft scandal.

A spokesperson for the president said his family was open to lifestyle checks after questions emerged over funds sent to his son’s district.

The Communist Chinese have to be loving it: What could be better than for the vice president of the Philippines to be issuing what’s seen as an assassination threat against that country’s president, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Philippine politics have historically been dominated by a handful of political ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes an oath during a Senate inquiry on the “war on drugs” during his administration at the Philippine Senate in Manila, Oct. 28, 2024 (AP photo by Aaron ...