Applying Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the carnivalesque to the upcoming May 2025 Philippine elections reveals ... where a national leader returns to local politics, disrupting conventional ...

Moreover, the critics welcomed Duterte’s arrest as a significant step towards accountability and progress to break free from a culture of political impunity and labeled it as “delayed justice.” This ...

Sara Duterte became the first Philippine vice president impeached after 240 lawmakers backed complaints ... Duterte’s impeachment does not resolve the deeper issues of lack of accountability, failure ...

How will Duterte’s arrest in Manila and detention in the Netherlands affect Philippine politics? Duterte’s arrest was not the first time that a former president in the Philippines was detained ...

Guest: David A. Graham is a journalist who covers politics and national affairs for The Atlantic Magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America.

She presumed they, too, did not fully understand the intricacies of government processes. When I asked if she remembered her lessons on Philippine government from high school, she admitted that much ...

As this politicking persists, governance is relegated to the background. Sadly, all these are playing out when the ordinary citizens, who they claim to represent, are facing the worst times of ...

As for the bond market, Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. (PDEx) president and CEO Antonino Nakpil said domestic investors remained largely unaffected by local politics. “Our domestic ...

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A supporter of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte ... it depends on virtuous governance." Let the Filipino people—not foreign courts—decide the legacy of their leaders.

The stigma arises as voting preferences often stem from influence, proliferating a cycle of political idolization that results in blind loyalty to political figures. These politicians are so good with ...