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 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.

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 ...

Perhaps you’ve heard there’s a presidential election coming up? One that may, in fact, be the single most important referendum on our way of government in our lifetime? It is a reality that ...

Guest: Corey Brettschneider is a professor of constitutional law and politics at Brown University. He is the author of The Oath and the Office and his latest, The Presidents and the People: Five ...

Book: 17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm.) Michael Kenna's platinum prints capturing Huangshan, a mountain range in Eastern China, are presented alongside forty poems from the Tang Dynasty, known as the Golden ...

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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 ...