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For generations, the Cua dynasty has maintained an iron grip on Catanduanes, seamlessly passing the reins of provincial power to relatives while running key industries to boost…

The family of former President Rodrigo Duterte ruled the elections in their stomping ground Davao City, setting the tone for the rule of dynasties in the Davao Region, or Region…

The elections in Northern Mindanao or Region 10 were largely a family affair. In Bukidnon, Gov. Oneil Roque won reelection, while his wife, 4th District Rep. Laarni Roque, kept her…

Elections in Central Visayas, a theater for national endorsements that boasts of 4.7 million voters, were marked by upsets, comebacks and conjugal victories. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn…

At least 18 political dynasties won between five and 19 seats in the May 2025 elections, but reform advocates also saw encouraging signs. A few challengers secured victories, while…

After two decades, the Jalosjos political clan has lost control of Dapitan City in Zamboanga Del Norte to another political dynasty in the province — the Uy family. It also lost…

Marlo Mendoza is the architect of one of the world’s most ambitious regreening programs. His office at the University of the Philippines is crammed with books about trees and…

Political dynasties again dominated the May 2025 Philippine elections, but a growing anti-dynasty sentiment during the election campaign made an impact “to a certain extent,” said…

Sol Aragones bucks a husband-and-wife rule in Laguna. But there was little change in the rest of Calabarzon region, spanning Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon.

Sugar barons and their descendants consolidated power in the new Negros Island Region. In Negros Oriental’s battle for governor, the Cebuano-speaking eastern half of the region…

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s kin dominated the midterm elections in Ilocos Norte, mirroring dynasties’ reign results in the rest of the Ilocos Region that also saw blood…

Western Visayas Region remains in the grip of political clans. Paolo Javier, scion of the Javier political clan, made a political comeback by winning the gubernatorial race in…

Central Luzon is the second most vote-rich region, but the same political dynasties are able to hold on to key positions because of the lack of challengers. Some 58 candidates for…

Gubernatorial candidate Lord Allan Jay Velasco suffered a narrow defeat in Marinduque province in southern Luzon. His father Presbitero Velasco, a former Associate Justice of the…

Across six provinces of Eastern Visayas, the same political dynasties ruled Monday’s midterm elections, affirming once again the locals’ belief that power in the region is…

Former Philippine National Police chief Edgar Aglipay bested his two rivals from dynasties for Cagayan governorship in the midterm elections in Region 2 that was dominated by…

The 2025 election results show that the Alonto-Adiong clan of Lanao del Sur, Hataman-Salliman clan of Basilan, and the Sali clan of Tawi-Tawi remain firmly entrenched.

The Cordillera region, rooted in indigenous forms of governance, showed in this election that it continues to largely reject political dynasties. This is the case in four of its…

Metro Manila residents woke up to familiar names of leaders – all members of dynasties – sweeping the mayoral races after Monday’s midterm elections. Ten out of 16 incumbent mayors…

Partial and unofficial results of the senatorial race as of 2 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, show re-electionist Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go dominating the elections in Mindanao…

Reports of violence, and complaints of long queues due to voting machine malfunction and discrepancies between voters’ choices and printed receipts marred the conduct of midterm…