New Phil. Revolution (NPR)

Duterte ICC Trial, Arrests of Duterte Allies & VP Sara Impeachment: The Marcos Administration’s February Spectacle Will Decide 2028

Philippine politics has always been theatrical. But this February, the situation is different. The Marcos administration organizes a concentrated political season this month, and...

Fire the Microphone: Why Commodore Tarriela must go

The Philippines is in a high-stakes maritime confrontation with a superpower. And we are letting a uniformed official behave like a Facebook heckler. If the Marcos...

Philippine politics is turning personal–and Beijing is loving it

There is a kind of political conflict that democracies can survive. And there is the kind that hollows them out from the inside. The Philippines...

Xi Jinping’s Military Purges–and the Risks Beneath Absolute Control in China

In Beijing, political power has always flowed through the barrel of a gun. What is different today, according to analysts who track elite Chinese...

When the Accused Become the Accusers: How Philippine Political Chaos Shields Corruption

There is something grotesquely familiar about how Philippine politics works in moments of crisis. The louder the rhetoric about accountability, the quieter the real...

A Republic On Trial: The Philippines Braces for an Unprecedented Two Impeachment?

By any democratic measure, the Philippines is entering an odd, almost surreal chapter in its political life. For the first time since the restoration...

How Marcos Jr’s Anti-Corruption Gamble may reshape 2028

*Before I proceed, let me put a caveat into this thing: I am not saying here in this article that it is best for...

When Arrests become signals: What the cases against Atong Ang and Zaldy Co Reveal

The detention of gambling figure Charlie “Atong” Ang over his alleged role in the prominent Sabungeros case, alongside ex-Congressman Zaldy Co who is linked...

Tycoons Sunday Brunch with PBBM: No Compromise, put the big fishes in jail

Senior business leaders have delivered an unusually blunt message to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: if the administration wants to stabilize the economy and restore...