The count done by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shows there are at least two dozens of political ...

President Joko Widodo is using the powers of the state in an unprecedented bid to shape his country's political trajectory ... Postwar dynasties in Asia have been remarkably persistent.

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s (PCIJ) own count shows there are at least two dozens of political dynasties seeking to occupy at least five seats each after the May 2025 elections ...

THE Philippines bans political dynasties. Section 26 of its Constitutions says: "The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service and prohibit political dynasties as may be ...

The said anti-political dynasty provision ... amending the 39-year old Omnibus Election Code. “Ang isyu dito ay hindi pamilya kundi kung ano ag hugis ng political players natin.

Aside from exacting full accountability for Ampatuan’s mismanagement of public funds, the ruling provides a case study on how abuses, corruption, and impunity are enabled by political dynasties. With ...

MANY Filipino voters believed that government officials from political dynasties tend to be more corrupt, yet a huge chunk of voters thought there was nothing wrong with candidates from the same ...

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“What everyone thinks of him as an individual or of his policies, he’s a compelling political figure,” Mr. Brands said. He said the dynasties Mr. Trump reproached weren’t offering their ...

WRITTEN a year after the ouster of the late Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. in 1986, the 1987 Philippine Constitution is an emphatic expression of distrust in the ways of a dictator. From the time he declared ...

While Family Political Dynasties (FPDs) are not new and unusual in the Philippines, the blatant display of this practice for the coming elections elicited criticisms/objections and a movement to ...