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MANILA: The government has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reject the consolidated habeas corpus petitions for former president Rodrigo Duterte, citing lack of merit and being moot.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Tuesday (March 18, 2025)
MANILA: It was mainly intended to confirm his identity and set some matters of procedure. It was over in under 30 minutes.
Philippine President Bongbong Marcos has kicked off the year with a bang – purging the country’s most notorious political dynasty from the country’s most sensitive decision-making body.
For nine hours on Oct 28, it appeared as though the irreverent Rodrigo Duterte was back in the commander’s seat.
Three years ago, the most powerful political families in the Philippines joined hands to secure the nation's biggest election victory in four decades. Now they are locked in a feud that threatens to derail one of Asia's economic growth stars.
HONG KONG: As dusk fell on a Hong Kong beach, around a dozen Filipino migrant workers turned on their phone flashlights and placed them around the image of a clenched fist, a symbol of support for Rodrigo Duterte.
MANILA: Three years ago, the most powerful political families in the Philippines joined hands to secure the nation's biggest election victory in four decades. Now they are locked in a feud that threatens to derail one of Asia's economic growth stars.
The Philippine mid-term polls in May were supposed to be a race for the Senate and thousands of local posts. But a month into the campaign season, the toughest showdown is being waged not among the candidates, but by two very vocal figures.
Local political families have, for decades, arrogated to themselves political power as if it is their entitlement at birth.
MANILA (Reuters) - The daughter of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte remains the most popular prospect for next year's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, while her father slipped into second among contenders for the vice-presidency.
MANILA: Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that 15 senators should be “killed” to make room in the Senate for his party’s candidates was seen as a joke and met with laughter and applause by his supporters but was scorned by critics for being distasteful.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday reiterated its pledge of loyalty to flag and country amid speculations of a rift within its ranks following a presidential order removing Vice President Sara Duterte from the National Security Council (NSC).
Duterte’s senate election bid poses threat to former ally Marcos.
MANILA: Politics has always been a family affair in the Philippines. And the May 2025 midterms will be no different as election fever begins, with dynastic clans and celebrities poised to dominate the coming polls that are seen as a proxy war between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his erstwhile allies, the Dutertes.
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday vowed to fight back against what he called reckless and troubling threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice president said he would be assassinated if she herself were killed.
MANILA: The month of September was a whirlwind of activity as the authorities closed in on the Philippines’ most wanted fugitives, some of whom had evaded arrest during the tail end of the previous Duterte administration.
The month of September was a whirlwind of activity as the authorities closed in on the nation’s most wanted fugitives, some of whom had evaded arrest during the tail end of the previous Duterte administration.
MANILA: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons could seek roles in the Senate as the family fights for political influence in the 2025 midterm elections, amid a widening rift with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
egistration gets underway in the Philippines on Tuesday for one of the world's biggest midterm elections, headlined by what could be a bitter proxy battle between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and fiery predecessor Rodrigo Duterte.
