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The Pandora Papers reveal the inner workings of a shadow economy that benefits the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyone else.

The Pandora Papers’s 11.9 million records arrived from 14 different offshore services firms in a jumble of files and formats even ink-on-paper — presenting a massive data…

Back to main page ARTHUR P. TUGADE Arthur P. Tugade is the Philippines’ transport secretary under the Duterte government. Before that, he was president of the Clark Development…

Back to main page ABOITIZ FAMILY The Aboitiz family owns one of the oldest conglomerates in the Philippines, the Aboitiz Group. It was founded by Filipino-Spanish businessman Jon…

Back to main page JOSE CARLO ANTONIO Jose Carlo Antonio is managing director of listed property giant Century Properties. Prior to joining the company in 2007, he worked in the…

Inclusion should be given equal, if not more attention, because elections are precisely about citizens exercising their power as sovereigns. No portion of the population must be…

This is an opinion piece by Carlos Conde, senior Philippines researcher at Human Rights Watch, written for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). A former…

Officials in The Hague have announced a formal investigation into alleged state crimes committed as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in the…

Tweet Journalists from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand shared lessons in fighting disinformation, which has become a major challenge for reporters covering politics and…

Families who lost loved ones in President Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ cheer the International Criminal Court’s decision to begin a full investigation into the brutal campaign

A law lifting a ban on local corporations from donating to partisan political activities is expected to increase candidates’ access to resources in the 2022 elections. Republic Act…

Overpriced sardines and politicized aid? Investigation by the City Council found irregularities in the city’s Covid-19 spending

Tweet A technical working group (TWG) of the House committee on public information is eyeing to finalize the freedom of information (FOI) bill before Congress adjourns on October…

The government has no choice but to borrow money to finance its pandemic response. Experts say Filipinos shouldn’t worry too much over borrowings – what’s important is that money…

Nearly one in every 5 poor Filipinos do not have access to clean water. As lockdowns hit livelihoods, handwashing is a luxury they can’t afford.

When the coronavirus struck and the tourists stopped coming, many tartanilla drivers were forced to find other means of livelihood.

The Dumagat tribe in upland Brgy. Puray in Rodriguez, Rizal has remained free from Covid-19 but pandemic lockdowns are hitting them where it hurts the most – their livelihood.

Tweet I had an Afghan classmate at the Philippine highschool I attended in Jeddah. We even got “married” in an Arab-style wedding for a cultural festival in school. My “groom” was…

The Department of Budget and Management on Monday, August 23, submitted the National Expenditure Program to the House of Representatives, where all appropriations must exclusively…

Community fishermen are typically poor and buried in debt as they lose out to dynamite fishing as well as commercial fishing boats intruding into municipal waters. A proposed law…

It was intended as an ‘alternative daily cover’ for the sanitary landfill of Carrascal town in Surigao del Sur, but a local environment officer points out there is no study that it…