It’s Sunday afternoon and campaigning for this year’s Philippine presidential elections is in full swing. The smell of pork adobo wafts through the air, reminding supporters gathered in this plaza to ...
The Philippines is caught in a self reinforcing three fold crisis. First, the state set aside roughly ₱1.9 trillion for flood control projects between 2021 and 2025, yet investigations show that ...
The ongoing investigations and scandals regarding the flood control corruption have revealed the basic weaknesses in the Philippine political system. While it is true that certain DPWH personnel have ...
Supporters of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte take part in a rally demanding his return from the International Criminal Court, in Davao City, Philippines, March 16, 2025. Within a week, ...
In the Philippines, 2022 will be remembered as an election year in which familiar surnames dominated the polls. The Marcos–Duterte alliance in the May presidential elections has been described as a ...
In a report written in the context of the flood control scandal, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) made a striking conclusion: the country’s bicameral system has become so ...