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Campaign finance is an important, if not the most important aspect, of any electoral exercise. One’s capacity to run for office is largely hinged on their access to resources.

James Jimenez, director of the Commission on Elections’ education and information department, speaks to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) about preparations…

This is the calendar of activities for the 2022 elections, based on Resolution No. 10695 issued by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in February 2021.

The shrinking trend in accessing SALN of public officials had proven to pose hindrances in reporting on the wealth of public officials. The latest of these restrictions is an…

At the center of PCIJ’s investigations on candidates’ compliance with campaign-finance reporting are two documents: the Statement of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE)…

Improving the coverage of campaign finance and the wealth of public officials will take a village, from newsrooms re-assessing its election coverage, candidates and parties being…

Media coverage of the money flow during elections can be better. PCIJ’s own experience as well as interviews with reporters who have covered several national and local elections…

Campaign finance is an important, if not the most important aspect, of any electoral exercise. One’s capacity to run for office is largely hinged on their access to resources.

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Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility executive director Melinda De Jesus presented this report during the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2021.

JIB’s success will depend on the qualities of its members. “It all depends on who are appointed, who will do the job,” says Antonio La Viña.

The police and the military were linked to a combined 42 cases. Local government officials were linked to 38 cases, while national government officials were linked to 34 cases.

Government’s assurance that protection clauses are in place fly in the face of the experience of news organizations and journalists who have been red-tagged and branded as…

Two chief justices were removed in the last decade, and impeachment complaints and quo warranto petitions have become frequent. No longer is the Supreme Court the untouchable…

“The question is whether the JBC has satisfactorily or merely perfunctorily performed its constitutional duty….”

“Fix your house and put it in order to shield very brilliant justices of the Supreme Court from this problem.”

“I haven’t seen an appointee of President Duterte vote against him, whereas every president before him had a problem with the court.”

“The public perception that they are beyond reproach has eroded through the years. It’s now so easy to file an impeachment complaint.”

“The new, post-Marcos, Constitution was primarily supposed to have been designed in order to limit Presidential powers, but in transferring more power to other branches of…

Two chief justices were removed in the last decade, and impeachment complaints and quo warranto petitions have become frequent. No longer is the Supreme Court the untouchable…

Rodrigo Duterte had been installed president for a little over a month when he received justices of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan on Aug. 4, 2016 in “Panacañang,” the…