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 ...

The political dynasty series of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) won an Award for Excellence at the 2025 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) annual Awards for Editorial ...

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 ...

June 30, 2025 Carmela S. Fonbuena PCIJ Executive Director The political dynasty series of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) won an Award for Excellence at the 2025 Society of ...

Victims of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war have also opposed his bid for interim release, arguing that this could allow him to evade justice and even pose danger to their security. In a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three companies owned or managed by the family of top Filipino billionaire Manuel Villar Jr. owe Las Piñas City at least P213.55 million in accumulated taxes and penalties, according to documents ...

Evacuation and relocation The DOH and DENR’s recommendation in 2017 was urgent, but evacuating and relocating the residents would prove to be a challenge. Based on information obtained through a data ...

At the core of the resistance on the island are at least three indigenous families who have lived on Mariahangin for generations, primarily relying on fishing and agar-agar (seaweed) farming for their ...