Political power remains concentrated within a small circle of elite families, the team monitoring the Philippines midterm ...

Politics in the Philippines has always been something of a family affair. But lately, it has devolved into a family feud, complete with assassination threats and impeachment charges.

The eGov PH mobile app – a so-called super app – has now integrated more than 1,000 government systems to streamline services ...

Asia Society Philippines Center Head and Managing Director Natalie Christine V. Jorge writes on the 2025 Philippine election.

Benedict Anderson, an Irish-American political scientist, called the Philippine political system as a cacique democracy. It has never changed from the time of Aguinaldo to BBM.

P resident Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. remains firm in his stand that he will not allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the “war on drugs” of former president Rodrigo Duterte. He ...

Much has been said about the 2025 national budget. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) clarified and defended that the General Appropriations Act (GAA), which serves as the law when it ...

Yet to this day, the Philippine government’s dismal human rights record remains far from encouraging. This is clearly seen in the way our justice system has so far responded to EJKs arising from ...