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 ...

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 ...

Some of the biggest names in Philippine politics come from the Ilocos Region, including the Marcos political clan of Ilocos Norte. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is now the country’s 17th president. He was ...

April 12, 2025 Carmela S. FonbuenaPCIJ Executive Director The future of the Duterte political dynasty has, to a large extent, dominated discourse for the May 2025 midterm elections. This follows the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A total of 80, or about 53% of all city mayors, are dynasts seeking reelection. Meanwhile, 27 sitting city mayors are considering relatives to replace them as most of them run for other positions. And ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shows that 36 out of 54 party-list groups in the current 19th Congress have at least one nominee belonging to a political family.