Philippine Politics

The Palace calls on Zaldy Co to return to the Philippines to make a sworn statement after the ex-congressman alleged that the president ordered insertions in the national budget

The ex-House appropriations chair alleges that Marcos, Romualdez, and top officials orchestrated the P100-billion insertions now under scrutiny, and vows to reveal more

Tributes to Juan Ponce Enrile from public officials clash with searing statements from former detainees and researchers who refuse to mourn the “architect” of martial law

Already dealing with an ethics complaint in Congress, the congressman now also faces criminal complaints over allegedly inciting violence during the September 21 protests

Across seven decades and two Marcos presidencies, Enrile embodied the endurance of Philippine power. We look at the controversial events that defined each decade of his political career