Marcos-Duterte Feud Looms Large as Philippines Approaches May 12 Midterms

The interim elections next Monday will take place in the climate of a heated showdown between the ruling Marcos camp and the Duterte clan.

High stakes in Philippine midterm election as Sara Duterte faces impeachment, Marcos grapples with sinking approval

MANILA, May 9 — The Philippines votes Monday in a ballot that will decide half the Senate’s seats, thousands of local posts, and quite possibly the political future of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. More than 160,000 national police have been deployed to secure polling stations, escort election officials and guard checkpoints in a country where hotly contested provincial postings are known to erupt in violence. But it is the vice preside…

Rappler Talk: Bernie Al-ag on challenging Baste Duterte for vice mayor

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Dutertes remain powerful and influential especially in Davao City, but they are not left unchallenged in the 2025 midterm polls. Among those who are up against a Duterte is former Davao City vice mayor Bernie Al-ag, who’s running against incumbent mayor Sebastian Duterte for the city’s second highest post. An optometrist by profession, Al-ag served as city councilor for multiple terms. In 2017, he became the vice ma…

Marcos-Duterte Feud Looms Large as Philippines Approaches May 12 Midterms

The dramatic feud between the two political dynasties has polarized the Filipino electorate and crowded out substantial policy debates.

Sara Duterte arrives at DOJ to attend probe on kill remark

Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday personally attended the preliminary probe at the Department of Justice (DOJ) over her supposed kill remark against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and others

Marcos-Duterte feud at center of Philippine midterm elections

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte won’t be on the ballot in Monday’s midterm elections, but the outcome could determine whether she keeps her job in a high-stakes contest centered around a feud between the country’s two most…