Despite the landmark effort by the Philippines’ Commission on Elections to formally penalise misogynistic campaign speech, misogyny continues to endure in Philippine politics. Issuance of show-cause ...

Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet. The country's elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of ...

Marta Temido, the head of the EU Election Observation Mission to the Philippines, speaks to the press in Manila, Philippines, May 14, 2025. Credit: Facebook/EU Election Observation Mission to the ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (right) and former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on board the jet to The Hague on March 11, 2025, for Duterte’s trial at the International Criminal ...

Females in the Philippines spend nearly 11 hours each day on unpaid care and domestic work, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) said Thursday. In a Facebook post, the commission noted that such ...

Not long after forming a grand electoral alliance in 2022, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Vice President Sara Duterte split, arming themselves with both local and international political ...

In the gripping game of thrones of Philippine politics, voters have delivered former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte a sweeping mayoral victory in his hometown stronghold of Davao – predictable ...

This file photo taken on November 23, 2016 shows Kerwin Espinosa, son of the late mayor Rolando Espinosa, taking an oath during the Senate drug hearing at the Senate building in Manila. [AFP] ...