The improbable election of a Filipino cardinal, such as Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, as pope would mark a historic shift in the Philippines, where a Filipino could wield global influence surpassing ...

Liza Diño and Ice Seguerra’s “Funeral Flowers” takes place entirely inside a chapel during the four-day wake of Manuel Santos ...

Politics and religious faith have always been divisive issues in the Philippines. In national politics, one is considered either a supporter of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., or Vice President Sara ...

Deepfakes are shaking up politics, with both politicians and their supporters turning to AI-generated videos to make arguments, attack their opponents and, worse, share misinformation. Powerful and ...

Philippine politics rarely pauses long enough for rivals to share the same stage. Yet that was precisely the scene in ...

Catholic leaders joined activists in the Philippines to criticize the national parliament for delaying the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, who is accused of misuse of public funds and ...

Cynthia Villar, a two-term senator, addresses a political rally in Las Piñas in the run-up to last month’s Philippine midterm election. Villar was one of several prominent political dynasts to lose ...

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 ...

Philippine lawmakers yesterday recommended the dismissal of two impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., arguing that both failed to meet the constitutional requirement of ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte is facing three new impeachment complaints, setting the stage for renewed scrutiny aimed at preventing her from becoming the country’s next leader. But unseating ...