Detained former President Rodrigo Duterte’s assumption of the mayoral office will depend on the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a legal expert said. Rodel Taton, dean of the San Sebastian Graduate School of Law,

Former president Rodrigo Duterte's overwhelming victory in the Davao City mayoral race signals a total rejection of the Marcos administration's efforts to erase the former president's legacy, according to his lead counsel before the International Criminal Court (ICC),

Philippine mid-term election, impeached Vice President Sara Duterte released a statement just before midnight telling supporters the outcome was "not what we had hoped for".

A Philippine midterm election may have leaned in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's favour but the stronger-than-expected showing for estranged vice president and bitter rival Sara Duterte may have given him a jolt,

When 68 million Filipinos head to the polls on Monday, Sara Duterte's name will not be on the ballot. But the results of the election will have a large, if not direct, impact on her political future.

MANILA: Voters dealt President Ferdinand Marcos Jr a stinging blow in the Philippines' midterm elections that weakened his grip on the Senate, while boosting Vice-President Sara Duterte's allies just weeks before an impeachment trial against his deputy.