The country has seen similar situations with disastrous consequences play out before. Nearly 25 years ago, the Philippines made international headlines when a landslide, caused by a huge municipal ...

It was a historic midterm election in Las Piñas City. For the first time in 27 years, its lone district representative will not be from the Villar clan. Outgoing Sen. Cynthia Villar lost the race to ...

Until the eleventh hour, it seemed unlikely, given pronouncements from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he wanted the polls to push through. But Bangsamoro experts and stakeholders never dismissed ...

RE makes sense These are the reasons why environmentalists say renewable energy (RE) makes sense in the Philippines. It comes from naturally occuring sources such as wind, sunlight and water, which ...

These disinformation narratives that have circulated for decades have been given a “veneer of history and of received knowledge… to the point na hindi na ma -trace kung saan nila unang narinig (they ...

Ads worth more than P4 billion have already aired on TV and radio stations across the Philippines even before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) in October 2024. Close to a ...

Part 1 of 4 What you need to know about Part 1: The town of Marilao in Bulacan province has the biggest number of chicken dressing plants nationwide, slaughtering more than 24 million chickens yearly.

Political dynasties continue to hold a tight grip on provinces in the Philippines. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), at least 71 of the country’s 82 provincial ...

This Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism report was produced in partnership with the Northern Dispatch Philippine efforts to exit the global money laundering “grey list” finally succeeded, ...

The Philippines is confronting an unexpected adversary in its fight for its claims over parts of the South China Sea: an outspoken band of its own citizens echoing pro-Beijing narratives. “We’ve ...

Based on documents reviewed and interviews conducted by the R2KRN Coalition, St. Timothy or STCC seems to be an old hand in government infrastructure projects. But it may not be in a position to be ...

It was a historic midterm election in Las Piñas City. For the first time in 27 years, its lone district representative will not be from the Villar clan. Outgoing Sen. Cynthia Villar lost the race to ...