On May 9th, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was elected President of the Philippines. If that name sounds familiar to you, it is because he is the son of Ferdinand Marcos Senior, the brutal kleptocrat who ruled ...

The office of President Marcos Jr. didn’t respond to requests for comment. Lawyers for Rodrigo Duterte have said that his arrest was illegal, citing, among other points, the Philippines ...

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the presumptive president of the Philippines, at a campaign rally in Quezon City in April. Aaron Favila / AP file May 14, 2022, 4:30 AM EDT ...

As the Philippines geared up for mid-term elections in May, social media users shared an edited video to falsely claim the audience at a rally of candidates backed by President Ferdinand Marcos in ...

MANILA — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the former dictator, was sworn in Thursday as the 17th president of the Philippines, praising his father’s legacy and pledging to ...

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (L) stands beside boxing icon and Senator Manny Pacquiao (R) at a meeting in Davao in southern island of Mindanao on May 28, 2017. Manman Dejeto-AFP/Getty Images ...

MANILA — A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics ...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the Philippine strongman who was ousted in the 1980s, has taken an early lead and appears to be on the verge of becoming the Philippines' next president.

Boxing star Manny Pacquiao said on Sunday he will run for president of the Philippines next year, after railing against corruption in government and what he calls President Rodrigo Duterte’s ...

While Trump did not indicate a time-frame for Duterte's invitation, the Philippine president told reporters on Monday that he could not commit yet because he might be "tied up." "I cannot make any ...

Isko Moreno, the celebrity mayor of Manila City, has launched a bid to succeed Rodrigo Duterte. At 46 years old, the former actor would represent generational change for the nation of 109 million.