A cyborg operation—part-human, part-machine—made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara Duterte and her ...

Corruption is fueling one of the region’s most urgent human rights crises: trafficking in persons for forced criminality. If you’re a journalist ready to expose the networks behind this exploitation, ...

Entire families, including women and children, keep vigil every night to guard against unwanted intruders on Mariahangin island. (Photo/Arvee Salazar) Land Rights ‘Confusion’ about San Miguel’s ...

THE apparent inability of majority of Metro Manila local governments to respond quickly and fully to citizen requests for asset disclosure records of local officials, as well as documents on education ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The next round of the Marcos-Duterte family feud was expected to play out in Congress. But the ...

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 ...

We launched our series on political dynasties in October 2024 after our social media feeds were flooded with images of political clans posing with their relatives in government—lined up, certificates ...

WHEN the outbreak of Covid-19 seemed inevitable in early March, human rights advocates appealed to authorities to decongest jails and prisons. The reason was obvious: these facilities were not ...

Second of Three Parts FOR A PROVINCE that is turning only 40 years old this year, Maguindanao has managed to emerge as “the most governed,” if only by the number of governance structures physically ...

AS A veteran fund-raiser for presidential candidates tells it, there are fewer awkward moments in the campaign than a meeting between the candidate and a potential donor, especially if they are seeing ...

Aspirants in the 2022 Philippine elections ran tens of thousands of television, radio, print, and billboard advertisements worth P3.67 billion ($72 million) from January to September 2021 –– before ...

AS PART of its mandate to supervise and monitor corporate activity in the Philippines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) maintains the i-Report database, which contains electronic copies of ...