Philippine authorities have detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects.

A family feud surrounding Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his sister has been intensifying. It involves political alignments and now, drug abuse charges.

Allegations of a multibillion-peso scam and misused funds have legal experts dusting off the constitutional rules for a total power vacuum.

Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests and forced implicated congressional leaders to step down

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects will be locked up in jail by Christmas.

After a former lawmaker implicated in a growing corruption scandal accused the Philippine president of masterminding the fraud in a series of videos, a purported graphic from media outlet Philstar.com circulated in posts falsely claiming Palace Press Officer Claire Castro had dismissed the clips as AI-generated.

Seven people have been arrested in the Philippines as part of an investigation into a sprawling corruption scandal related to flood control projects in the Southeast Asian country, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced.

The Philippine President's office, Malacañang Palace, responded on Sunday (November 23) to Vice President Sara Duterte’s challenge for Ferdinand Marcos, Jr to take a hair follicle test to refute allegations that he is using illegal drugs.