Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is facing three counts of crimes against humanity in connection with his years-long deadly war on drugs, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors announced Monday.

Over 3,000 students and lecturers from the University of the Philippines left their classrooms on Friday to protest against corruption.

Philippine police arrested 49 people suspected of hurling rocks, bottles and fire bombs at officers and blocking heavily guarded roads and bridges leading to the presidential palace Sunday while a peaceful anti-corruption rally took place in the capital,

Corruption in flood-control projects has enraged many Filipinos, who protested in the capital and in other regions on Sunday.

The Philippines has remained divided in reaction to a massive corruption scandal, say ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute academics.

Business couple Pacifico and Sarah Discaya accused Philippine congressmen of demanding kickbacks for government flood-control projects during a televised Senate investigation. Their allegations, sparking public outrage,

By Renester P. Suralta The Philippines is a country that has faced numerous challenges over the years, including political corruption, natural disasters and dee

The current political upheavals in three Asian countries cannot be compared to the military mayhem in Gaza and Ukraine, but do present a common thread of the peoples' outrages against corruption and government abuses.

A specter is haunting Philippine politics today: the specter of gambling, which is being linked to youth addiction, unethical use of public funds, money laundering, kidnapping, and murder. Gambling has long been closely connected to the country’s politics.

On Sept. 21, 1972, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law through Proclamation 1081. It was imposed in response to civil unrest, communist i

Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Anastas praised Manila's “firm and principled” stand against Israel’s planned Gaza takeover.