The Philippine partylist system in 2024, based on current composition alone, is a far cry from its incarnation in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In place of having Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, and …
The Pink Movement: Restoring or Polarizing Democracy in the Philippines?
Antecedent to Leni Robredo’s declaration of her presidential candidacy in the 2022 Philippine elections, a vibrant pink becomes a beacon of hope initiating a people-led movement that soon rallied for …
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Slippery Slope Road of Constitutional Change: The Potential Damage to Philippine Democracy
Who would have thought that the term ‘change’ could undermine streamlining the bureaucratic process by growing the political division and recurring issues in Philippine politics? With the effects of …
Bridging the Moral Chasm: Understanding the Increasing Polarization in the Philippines
Dubbed by analysts as the “most significant election in the Southeast Asian nation’s recent history”, the last 2022 national elections was the most polarized and most participated with a voter turnout …
Tyranny? You mean, Unity?: The Fateful Alliance of the Marcos-Duterte Clans in the Philippines
“Bagong Pilipinas, Bagong Mukha!”, (trans: New Philippines, New Face) the battle cry of the 2022 Marcos-Duterte campaign jingle echoed throughout the nation as the resurging Marcoses and the …
All the Web’s a Stage: New Media, Micro-Celebrities, and Fake News in the Philippines
“Celebrity” in Philippine politics can manifest in more ways than one. Most notoriously, celebrity makes itself evident when film and television stars participate in politics as candidates during …