Philippine Politics

The Marcos-era defense chief and political powerbroker shaped Philippine history across regimes, coups, and corruption scandals

Several Cebu officials, including a Duterte relative, traveled abroad during Typhoon Tino despite a DILG directive suspending foreign trips

New extradition procedures could slow any attempt to bring Sen. Bato dela Rosa to the ICC, but a lawyer says the rules do not cover international courts

With 71 dead and over 119,000 evacuated, calls are mounting to investigate P26 billion in flood mitigation works that appear to have done little to prevent Cebu’s worst flooding in years

The bill, named after TV host Kim Atienza’s late daughter, targets online harassment and hate speech in the Philippines, drawing the ire of social media users