WITH the 2025 elections fast approaching, the clamor to wipe out political dynasties from the face of Philippine politics resurfaces — this time with forceful intensity. For many decades, these ...

Some dynasties fade away from politics and public consciousness ... “Dynastic Cycles: The Rise and Fall of Political Families in the Philippines.” Besides, the Laurels have also focused on running the ...

WHEN the Philippine Senate was created in 1916, it was designed as a deliberative chamber — a check on populist impulses, a ...

Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of Caritas Philippines, is one of the petitioners seeking the Supreme Court’s help against political dynasties. (Credit: Diocese of Kidapawan via CBCP News.) ...

The Supreme Court cannot compel Congress to enact a law banning political dynasties, Senate President Francis Escudero said, citing constitutional limitations.

Iloilo is seeing major comebacks, family feuds, and ‘ticking timebombs’ in key voting areas this election season ...

A coalition of civic organizations, led by 1Sambayan, yesterday petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to mandate Congress to ...

Political dynasties are relatively new and can be seen as a form of experimentation. BAGUIO, Philippines – Filipinos could only vote in 1907, and only men were allowed to do so. Filipinos in the ...

As the mid-term elections of 12th May approach, a group including former judges and bishops has appealed to the Supreme Court - “the last bastion of democracy” - for intervention against the ...

Filipinos could only vote in 1907, and only men were allowed to do so. Filipinos in the US were permitted suffrage after World War II in 1946. But the Cordillerans who joined the St. Louis Fair in ...