Philippine police have arrested 49 people suspected of attacking officers in violent clashes near the president palace ...
The protests in Manila and across the Philippines on Sunday were triggered by anger over corruption linked to flood control ...
Corruption in flood-control projects has enraged many Filipinos, who protested in the capital and in other regions on Sunday.
Some of the Philippines' biggest stars attend the rallies at Luneta Park and the EDSA People Power Monument, using their ...
The Philippine president has encouraged the public to express their outrage over massive corruption that has plagued flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries but says ...
Filipinos condemned the corruption in sham projects as an estimated US$2 billion in funds went down the drain.
Mass protests have erupted across the Philippines following revelations of widespread corruption in flood control projects.
The Philippines, one of America’s longest-standing allies, has been the target of a prolonged—and escalating—campaign of harassment and attempted intimidation by China in recent years. That campaign ...
On Sept. 21, 1972, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law through Proclamation 1081. It was imposed in ...
The Philippines’ probe into the misuse of public funds for flood control projects could uncover trillions of pesos in losses, ...
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Patronage politics: Likely root cause of corruption

The 1987 Constitution was meant to establish a democratic government, restore freedoms, protect civil and political rights and put safeguards against authoritarian rule. But almost four decades later, ...