The 2025 Philippine elections underscored a growing truth in politics: branding shapes not just perception but performance.

An effective machinery. A string of loyal officials. A war chest. These are essential ingredients for anyone aspiring to run ...

Good day. Here are the stories of The Manila Times for Friday, May 16, 2025. Today's episode is brought to you by Wilcon ...

Despite being detained in The Hague and sidelined from active politics, former president Rodrigo Duterte's influence remains strong in Cebu, where his endorsed senatorial candidates dominated the ...

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has overturned the 2023 acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan ...

IT was the wave of loathing for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and even for his wife, in large part due to his treasonous surrender of ...

WE just witnessed two extraordinary elections. They had nothing to do with each other. One looked like the antithesis of the ...

FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte's resounding election victory in Davao City carries no weight in the eyes of international ...

THE campaign manager of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas said the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte was the main ...

THE Angeles City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of former presidential spokesman Harry Roque and ...

THE election fever is not yet over. From being campaign strategists and propagandists for months, we have become political ...

The mid-term Senate results suggest a clear mandate: move the country forward through cooperation, not confrontation” The storm from the midterm ...