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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two investigative series by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) were named finalists in the 2025 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, a prestigious journalism competition ...

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 ...

Filipinos could only vote in 1907, and only men were allowed to do so. Filipinos in the US were permitted suffrage after World War II in 1946. But the Cordillerans who joined the St. Louis Fair in ...

When apps are gamified, workers rarely win Gig work is full-time work in the Philippines. Food-delivery and ride-hailing workers, whose daily routine is dictated by an algorithm, struggle with ...

Last of 2 parts For political clans that dominate local politics, the tactics to keep the capitol, the seat of power for local political kingpins, are almost the same nationwide. Sitting governors ...

Like her father, mother, and brother before her, Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar is entering the 2025 senatorial race with more resources than her rivals for her advertising campaign. She has billboards ...

The 2024 Global Rights Index tagged the Philippines as among the 10 worst countries for working people for the last eight years. There is “no guarantee of rights” in the country, with workers and ...