For politics in the Philippines, political parties usually align with the powerful political families. Therefore, the tensions between the president and the vice president may cause some backlash ...

Imee currently belongs to the Nacionalista Party (NP), touted as the oldest political party in the Philippines. Imee has sided and has been staunchly defending Vice President Sara Duterte ...

Drawn together in a marriage of convenience, Bongbong and Ms. Duterte lead different political parties. In the Philippines, voters cast their ballots separately for president and vice president. After ...

Still, the unraveling of their political marriage has ... including third parties like the U.S. Such an agreement would require the Philippines to abandon the E.D.C.A. and China to dismantle ...

Here’s what to know about the crucial midterms and the rival dynasties at the heart of the Southeast Asian nation’s politics.

“No joke, no joke,” she added for emphasis, but as far as the Chinese communists are concerned, the joke is on the Philippines. China’s Global Times, an offshoot of the Chinese Communist Party’s ...

"If that happens, she will come out strong and that's a boost for her presidential bid," said Aries Argugay, a political science professor at the University of the Philippines. "Sara is looking ...

THE Philippines’ dominant political party has strengthened its grip after it secured key positions in the midterm elections, as tensions between two of the nation’s most influential political clans ...

Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of Caritas Philippines, is one of the petitioners seeking the Supreme Court’s help against political dynasties. (Credit: Diocese of Kidapawan via CBCP News.