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The future of the Duterte political dynasty has, to a large extent, dominated discourse for the May 2025 midterm elections. This follows the impeachment in February of Vice President Sara Duterte and ...

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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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The leadership shakeup in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) expanded the ...

We launched our series on political dynasties in October 2024 after our social media feeds were flooded with images of political clans posing with their relatives in government—lined up, certificates ...

The author is an Assistant Professor (On Study Leave) at the Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University and is currently taking Ph.D. in Political Science at the Department of ...

In congressional districts, cities and municipalities, some dynasties – the Apostols of Leyte, the Felixes of Cainta, Rizal, and the Eusebios of Pasig City — were also dislodged from their perch by ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for former President Rodrigo ...

Outgoing Baguio City Rep. Mark Go is running for mayor, while his wife Soledad is seeking to succeed him in the House of Representatives. This is a first for the city’s voters, who have not seen a ...

The author is an Assistant Professor (On Study Leave) at the Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University and is currently taking Ph.D. in Political Science at the Department of ...

Some dynasties fade away from politics and public consciousness due to lack of successors, defeats to emerging clans or even “erosion of narrative.” Once among the who’s who in Philippine politics for ...