Political analysts say persistent natural disasters could sustain public frustrations and anti-government protests.

Despite the president’s promises to crack down on high-level corruption, the pressure on his government continues to build.

The task force aims to enhance interoperability and crisis responses of American and Filipino troops, particularly in the ...

Well-known personalities in the Philippines are often revealed to have ties or relations to other influential figures in certain industries, such as the Barretto clan in Filipino showbiz, the Filipino ...

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 ...

Manila also aims to improve maritime coordination among Philippine agencies in disputed areas such as the Scarborough Shoal.

Cynthia Villar, a two-term senator, addresses a political rally in Las Piñas in the run-up to last month’s Philippine midterm election. Villar was one of several prominent political dynasts to lose ...

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) stands on the cusp of its first parliamentary elections scheduled for October 2025. The shake-up within its interim government, the ...

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 ...

In today's national political arena, the glory that was Cebu is now a thing of the past. There is no Cebuano leader nowadays who has the stature to command national attention. What we have, and I say ...