When the Philippines assumes the Group Chairmanship of Asean and related summits, it will do so at a particularly turbulent time for the region. The year 2025 ...

The Napoles saga should have been a watershed moment, a call to overhaul how public funds are released and monitored. The Discayas’ continuing ability to secure projects suggests that the lesson was ...

Government contractors are facing intensified scrutiny on two fronts: their political contributions and the execution of ...

Let us not pretend anymore. The general public already knows there is racket involved in the projects — kickbacks, initiative, errata, SOP ‘for the boys.’ That is why, to those who conspire to rob the ...

Manila: The Philippine Senate has been caught in political shake-up, which has seen Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero unseated ...

Business couple Pacifico and Sarah Discaya accused Philippine congressmen of demanding kickbacks for government flood-control ...

Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has returned as Senate President, replacing Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero in a swift ...

We abide by this dictum: “the end does not justify the means.” This principle is upheld by our country’s fundamental laws and ...

With Philippine elections having degenerated of late into choosing between the hopelessly incompetent and the incorrigibly corrupt, or between those ...

A FEW months ago, things looked grim for Sara Duterte, the vice-president of the Philippines. The country’s House of ...

A Philippine senator has drafted a resolution seeking the dismissal of an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. The case threatens to end her political career and derail her ...

In Philippine politics, the most important political families incubate powerful regional networks of influence and patronage to jockey for power, all the while cutting deals and making and ...