The petitioners pointed out that Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 Constitution explicitly mandates the State to prohibit political dynasties. The provision states, “The State shall guarantee ...

MANILA, Philippines — Another petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to compel Congress to enact a law defining and banning political dynasties, calling it a “desperate ...

Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of Caritas Philippines, is one of the petitioners seeking the Supreme Court’s help against political dynasties. (Credit: Diocese of Kidapawan via CBCP News.) ...

The three-year terms for public officials at the local level help breed "fat" and eventual corrupt political dynasties, Iloilo Representative Lorenz Defensor said. Defensor made the position in ...

The core problem lies in political dynasties and the values many of them keep. Most dynasties prioritize corruption even if it compromises the project and its stakeholders. They prioritize pork ...

Several groups and individuals on Monday filed a petition asking the Supreme Court (SC) to direct Congress to enact a law against political dynasties. The petitioners —1Sambayan, Sanlakas, members of ...

At the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), we continue to shine a spotlight on political dynasties and hope to sustain conversations about the consequences of concentrating ...

Such was the response of Senate hopeful Camille Villar when she was asked about her family being tagged as a political dynasty. “I think we’ve already addressed that. It’s a question that’s often ...

And while the country is now plagued by the issue of political dynasties, Cordillera remains largely rooted in its indigenous forms of governance with political dynasties as an experimentation of ...