"Kepulihan" is an Indonesian word for healing and recovery, and it's a word that still resonates across the Southeast Asian nation five years after the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami claimed more than 230,000 in 14 countries.

It's also a word that is at the heart of a new documentary,

Few will argue that you need charisma, a sound platform, and ample finances to win a Philippine election. Should a candidate have a high IQ? That, it seems, is debatable.

As the country gears up for presidential, legislative and local elections in May, the Commission of Elections (Comelec) dismissed...