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Political leaders in El Salvador, the Philippines and Israel, among other places, have also positioned judges as the enemy of the people.
The Philippine midterms served as a proxy war between two feuding families at the top of the nation’s politics.
The country’s president is deeply unpopular and his chief rival is rising in the polls. Monday’s vote could set the stage for the 2028 presidential election.
The ICC is often criticised for being ineffective when it doesn’t act, and biased when it does.
With former strongman Rodrigo Duterte in prison, the Philippines may become even more divided – with a pivotal election coming soon.
The former strongman leader has been charged with crimes against humanity in relation to a bloody ‘war on drugs.’
The ‘war on drugs’ in Philippines became an orgy of violence accounting for many thousands of deaths.
The Philippines is recovering from six destructive typhoons in the past month. But its leaders are busily fighting among themselves.
US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
Studies show, though, that voters don’t like all that nastiness.
The newest class of right-wing populists aims to not only dismantle the guardrails of democracy, but also the most fundamental principles of the rule of law. We must prepare.
Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is playing a delicate game of great power relations between Beijing and Washington.
The agreement lets the US expand its access across military bases in the Philippines, unfolding a new chapter in the countries’ long military history.
Newly elected Philippines president Bongbong Marcos faces huge challenges, and a backdrop of his father’s dictatorship.
Bongbong Marcos is the projected winner of the Philippines election. That the son of a brutal dictator has won shows how wedded the country is to dynastic politics – and image manipulation.
Research suggests that communities need jobs, food and health care, not political acts that hijack the spirit of bayanihan.
The 2022 Philippines presidential election could be a battle between, or an alliance of, two controversial political dynasties.
The stakes are high for the Philippines ahead of next year’s election. Will the country choose a reformer, or will democracy erode even further?
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two courageous journalists who have faced repression and death by doing their work.
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