The Philippines’ evaluation of buying Japan’s Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile system creates new security dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region beyond typical defense equipment sales.
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The first step to a political reboot: Abolish Congress

In a report written in the context of the flood control scandal, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) made a striking conclusion: the country’s bicameral system has become so ...
Earlier this month the World Bank said it had lowered its growth forecast for the Philippine economy. Initially, the projection was 5.4% in 2026 and 5.5% in 2027. Its downgraded forecasts are now 5.3% ...
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, who has just finished serving as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the ...
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Banning dynasties in the Philippines

Perhaps nothing better captures our “negative exceptionalism” than the brazenly totalistic capture of our elected offices by ...
The promise the Constitution made and the one Congress has yet to keep Nearly four decades after the 1987 Constitution ...
House Speaker Faustino Dy III led on Thursday the filing of a landmark Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, a reform he vowed to ...
Ruben Mendoza argues Senator Ronald dela Rosa is instrumentalizing faith by posting Sto. Niño photos to gain sympathy while ...
By confronting dynastic politics head-on, the President is choosing the hard, principled path” PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday pushed for the swift passage of key reforms, including the anti-political ...
Manila, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond on Monday to an allegation by his estranged sister, a senator, that he has been a longtime drug addict whose cocaine ...
Juan Ponce Enrile, who administered martial law as Philippine defense minister under President Ferdinand E. Marcos, helped oust his autocratic mentor during the “people power” revolution of 1986, and ...