Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rechiel Antones, 36, manages a printing shop in Southville 6 in Calamba City, Laguna, southeast of ...

seventeen relatives of Luis “Chavit” Singson’s political clan ran in local races in Ilocos Sur, a province in northern Luzon with a little more than 700,000 people. One lost her electoral bid.

Between July 2022 and May 2025, the first three years of the Marcos presidency, the government funded 9,855 flood-control projects worth over P545 billion. We analyzed those projects and the companies ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X THE STATE of media freedom in the Philippines presents the continuing paradox of a libertarian ...

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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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 seek reelection and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After delays, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) auction for 3,300 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind ...

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 ...

Before September, the upcoming first regular elections next year in the five-year old Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were already shaping up to be a highly anticipated event.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X When Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was elected president, various groups raised the alarm about ...

From brewing beer to burning coal, the Philippines’ food and beer giant – San Miguel Corp. (SMC) of tycoon Ramon Ang – is now one of the country’s largest power producers. Its energy arm, San Miguel ...