Students of Philippine politics know that dynastic alliances ... Ayungin Shoal, to serve as a symbol of its sovereignty over the area. With Chinese Coast Guard ships now regularly intimidating ...

Politics are a symbolically charged activity. Political symbols are powerful and significant. That doesn’t mean, of course, that politics are not substantial. Political decisions affect our ...

Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Leila de Lima, the Philippines’ most prominent ... an international cause celebre, and a symbol of the stifling political atmosphere that settled under Duterte ...