seventeen relatives of Luis “Chavit” Singson’s political clan ran in local races in Ilocos Sur, a province in northern Luzon with a little more than 700,000 people. One lost her electoral bid.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate ...

The elections are over. Voters have crowned again many of the country’s entrenched political dynasties. Despite the results, election reform advocates said the May 2025 polls showed robust resistance ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Boxing champion Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao failed in his senatorial comeback, but his relatives ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The elections in Northern Mindanao or Region 10 were largely a family affair. In Bukidnon, Gov.

In the next three years, most provinces will remain in the hands of governors who come from political dynasties. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), 71 out of 82 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Elections in Central Visayas, a theater for national endorsements that boasts of 4.7 million ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X At least five members of the Plaza political clan, one of the obese dynasties of the Philippines, ...

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Camille Villar, the fourth in her family to seek a seat in the Senate, continued to outspend her rivals in advertising spending on traditional media, largely on TV and radio. She has run ads worth ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Some of the biggest names in Philippine politics come from the Ilocos Region, including the Marcos ...

The family of former President Rodrigo Duterte ruled the elections in their stomping ground Davao City, setting the tone for the rule of dynasties in the Davao Region, or Region 11. The elder Duterte, ...