The current political crisis, fueled by immense social anger, is the sharpest since the ouster of President Estrada a quarter ...

Philippine authorities have flagged the alleged meddling of China in the ongoing campaign for the midterm local and national elections scheduled for May 12. China has denied the accusation, but the ...

MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine midterm election may have leaned in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's favour but the stronger-than-expected showing for estranged vice president and bitter rival Sara ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte arrives to cast her vote at a polling center in Davao City, southern Philippines, Monday, May 12, 2025. [AP Photo/Manman Dejeto] On Monday, Filipinos voted in ...

The Philippines’ 2025 midterm election could have marked a moment of reckoning for the decades-old populist Duterte dynasty. Its patriarch, 80-year-old former President Rodrigo, had been arrested by ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Key allies of detained former President Rodrigo Duterte and two liberal opposition candidates were among top winners in the May 12 Senate race in the Philippines, according to ...

The government's aid programs for the poor should be freed from political interference as these had been abused during ...

Last week’s impeachment of Sara Duterte has added an extra weight of political significance to the 12 Senate seats up for election. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers an address at the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte won’t be on the ballot in Monday’s midterm elections, but the outcome could determine whether she keeps her job in a high-stakes contest centered ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites that ...

In the Philippines, the cooperation between the two political dynasties, the Marcoses and Dutertes, has ended just in time for the May 2025 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election. As the ...