CORONEL: And there was a political system that was unable ... Marcos continued to curate his image as a great hero - the past, the present and the future of the Philippines. CORONEL: He saw ...

Current political and economic issues ... the younger Marcos has tried to rehabilitate his image, claiming that Marcos Sr. could have transformed the Philippines into a wealthy, well-run state ...

Political dynasties in the Philippines ... Leni Robredo is the current vice president of the Philippines and a liberal progressive. A lawyer by training, Robredo co-authored an anti-dynasty ...

Among the challengers to Marcos and Duterte-Carpio is the current ... a political-science professor at the University of the Philippines at Diliman, told me, partly because of a weak party system ...

Marcos’s success on the campaign trail, despite his family’s brutal political legacy, is a testament to their decades-long project of image rehabilitation ... in a quest to control the Philippine ...

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

(Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images) On Monday in the Philippines, more than 67 million ... era mired with corruption and violence. "Our political system has really been monopolized and dominated ...

Philippine President ... between local political dynasties became more intense, they shifted their attention towards capturing the market for party-list groups, a system of representation reserved ...

Even current ... Philippine political history, traced the country’s feudal culture back to the pre-Spanish Maharlika period, when local elites were dominant rulers of the fragmented islands. The ...

Philippine youth, who make up more than half ... as some candidates supported by powerful political clans were toppled by their younger counterparts. It is, however, unclear whether the youth ...

Image President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with lawmakers in Manila last July. The impeachment of Ms. Duterte risks an all-out war between the two most powerful political clans in the Philippines and ...