The elections are over. Voters have crowned again many of the country’s entrenched political dynasties. Despite the results, election reform advocates said the May 2025 polls showed robust resistance ...

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In the next three years, most provinces will remain in the hands of governors who come from political dynasties. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), 71 out of 82 ...

The author is an Assistant Professor (On Study Leave) at the Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University and is currently taking Ph.D. in Political Science at the Department of ...

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 ...

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These excerpts from Ransomed by Love by Antonio La Viña, former dean of the Ateneo School of Government, are published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism with permission from the ...

Workplaces are required to secure permits and undergo inspections before they can legally operate. For instance, a restaurant cannot open to the public without clearance for fire safety, sanitation, ...

In October 2024, in an attempt to halt the construction of Kaliwa Dam, around 140 anti-dam people including Indigenous leaders wearing loin cloths mobilized at the Quezon provincial capitol, some 129 ...

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.