BULACAN, Philippines -- Residents of Balagtas, a town in Bulacan province, the Philippines, are furious over an abandoned ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping hasn’t set foot in Manila since 2018. His invitation to return comes with conditions attached.

A new survey shows Duterte-Carpio likely regaining momentum as Marcos grapples with waning confidence in his leadership.

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

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 ...

As extreme climate is evolving into the new norm in the Philippines, it will exacerbate the political and economic storms, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...