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Boon and Bane at Once to PH Democracy: The Catholic Church as a Two-Edged Sword

Despite being known for its role in restoring democracy and its efforts to sustain it, the Catholic Church in the Philippines is regarded by...

Since its victory against the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, and its successful ouster of President Joseph "Erap" Estrada in 2001, the Philippines...

More than 50 trade unionists have been killed in the Philippines since Rodrigo Duterte came to power, according to a 2022 report by the...

The Philippines has not had a scarcity of strongmen in its history—from Manuel L. Quezon, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., and the most recent president,...

The legal assaults on drag artist Pura Luka Vega signify a chilling reality: not only the LGBTQIA+ community is under attack, but also the very...

The Philippine partylist system in 2024, based on current composition alone, is a far cry from its incarnation in the late 1990s and early...

Antecedent to Leni Robredo’s declaration of her presidential candidacy in the 2022 Philippine elections, a vibrant pink becomes a beacon of hope...

Who would have thought that the term ‘change’ could undermine streamlining the bureaucratic process by growing the political division and...

Dubbed by analysts as the “most significant election in the Southeast Asian nation’s recent history”, the last 2022 national elections was the...