Winning senatorial candidate Camille Villar reported spending P179.6 million during the election campaign, based on her own submission to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). She was followed by ...

Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate the Gandamra family’s political influence, amid mixed opinions on social media over who bears ...

Camille Villar, the fourth in her family to seek a seat in the Senate, continued to outspend her rivals in advertising spending on traditional media, largely on TV and radio. She has run ads worth ...

Bicol, home to the majestic Mount Mayon, is among the country’s most disaster-prone regions. It is regularly battered by storms and other calamities that test the resilience of its people year after ...

How did Vico Sotto end the Eusebios’ rule in Pasig City? Can it be done elsewhere? He bears a popular surname and he’s connected to an existing dynasty in Quezon City. But we should not forget that he ...

If lawyer Ernesto Arellano is elected senator in May, he will vote to pass a divorce law. He will also convince other senators to vote in favor of the controversial measure. “Inhuman na pilitin mo ang ...

The Cordillera region remains largely rooted in its communal and participatory indigenous forms of governance. Where political dynasties exist, they are generally ‘thin’—except in two provinces where ...

Few photojournalists covered former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs as extensively as Vincent Go. In this photo essay, he collaborates with the Philippine Center for ...

Grab was the first to admit in a Senate hearing on Dec. 10 that their drivers were shouldering a bigger portion of the 20% fare discounts for persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and ...

This Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism report was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Last of two parts Workplaces are required to secure permits ...

What you need to know: In 2012, the Department of Public Works and Highways began constructing the Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive to ease the flooding problem in Las Piñas City. Initiated by Senator ...

Rain showers greeted Renato Ibañez and other Indigenous leaders when they gathered in Manila in mid-September to halt the controversial Kaliwa Dam in dense forests east of Manila. Ibañez lives in ...