BEIRUT—Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the country’s majority Shiite opposition and human rights activists for the pontiff to raise human ...

The president, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, whose father in 20 years as a dictatorial president imposed martial law, is ...

Last of a series IN the aftermath of EDSA 1986, several narratives circulated among the Marcos loyalists blaming former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos for the downfall of the dictatorship. I ...

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There are plans to transform the Philippines’ socioeconomic planning agency, NEDA, into a new Cabinet department. But this ...

It comes across as an effort to draw up a rough balance sheet of the Left’s engagement with Philippine society by one who played a central role in it ...

The Philippine lower house on Wednesday impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former ...

Family dynasties have a stranglehold on Filipino politics — and this week was a reminder that some dynasties at the top are ...

Many of us may still remember Tecla San Andres Ziga, Eva Estrada Kalaw, and Letecia Ramos Shahani, among the few women who eminently served as senators of the republic.

After Russia's 2022 invasion, Ukraine's normally febrile political life was becalmed under martial law. In the past week, one ...

I like being with friends and I like the vision of this newspaper” ON FEB. 11, 2025, the Manila Standard will mark its 38th anniversary, and it has its ...