CALABARZON ELECTION RESULTS 2025: Political Dynasties, Fresh Wins Mark Region IV-A Races - Asian Journal News

CALABARZON ELECTION RESULTS 2025: Political Dynasties, Fresh Wins Mark Region IV-A Races - Asian Journal News

As the birthplace of Philippine independence, CALABARZON holds a central place in the nation's history—symbolized by the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite, where the Philippine flag was first raised in 1898. This landmark reminds Filipinos of the region's enduring role in shaping the country's democratic and revolutionary legacy, even as its political and economic influence continues to grow today. -This is…

Political Dynasties and their Plutogogues

There are old and new political dynasties, families reclaiming the base they lost, emerging and rising clans, old money buying fame and influence, the nouveau rich disrupting local dynamics, ambitious operators with extensive connections, malevolent politicians cultivating local and foreign patrons. Successful in their electoral bids, they proclaim their “destiny” to govern. The peculiar living examples of the distorted version of the “theory of…