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,

Even though he is detained in The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday's midterm elections that analysts say will decide if he and his family continue to hold political power.

Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and CEO of Rappler discusses the role technology plays in disseminating misinformation in the Philippines Midterm elections, and compares the acts of violence under the two most recent administrations,

As results were still being tallied in Monday's 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".

Counting has begun following the Philippines’ midterm elections, which could decide the political future of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte as she feuds with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Will the “Duterte bloc” join the opposition or the majority group in the Senate? It’s all still up in the air, as far as Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is concerned. “I don’t know. Everything can be discussed.

A lawyer for drug war victims shrugged off remarks that former President Rodrigo Duterte's landslide win in Davao City amounts to a public vindication as "elections do not erase nor forgive crimes against humanity.

As the Senate prepares to resume its sessions after the midterm elections, all eyes are on Vice President Sara Duterte's impending impeachment trial. Sen. Joel Villanueva on Wednesday said the impeachment proceedings would start with establishing the "rules of impeachment" to ensure a fair and organized trial.