As expected, the nail-biter United States elections created an unexpected outcome. In terms of popular vote, Republican ...

When in one local government, the checks and balances are compromised by a dynasty, by people belonging to the same family, ...

FOR the continued dismantling of the Duterte political structures, discussed in last week's column, it must begin and end in Davao. This dynasty was midwifed incongruously by President Cory Aquino ...

The fractures are real, and Sara’s sense of entitlement has made them harder to repair.” Sara Duterte’s political armor is cracking. Once a symbol of ...

The "pasakalye," or opening gambit, was Marcos allowing the investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the core initiatives of the Deegong administration, a vital part of Duterte's ...

MANILA, Philippines — Unknown to many, the exchange between former President Rodrigo Duterte and opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros during the Senate drug war probe became more intense when the ...

During a heated exchange on Monday, Duterte raised his voice at Sen. Risa Hontiveros, a staunch human rights activist, who said that his campaign had killed 122 children, including a baby ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cockiness, expletives and threats unleashed by former President Rodrigo Duterte in a Senate inquiry brought back the nightmare of the bloody “war on drugs” for ...

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that he kept a "death squad" to crack down on crime while mayor of one of the country's largest cities. In his first testimony before an ...

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has told a Senate inquiry that he had maintained a “death squad” of criminals to kill other criminals when he was the mayor of a southern Philippine ...

Duterte acknowledged without elaborating that he once maintained a death squad of seven “gangsters” to deal with criminals when he was the longtime Davao city mayor, before he became president.