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Political dynasties again dominated the May 2025 Philippine elections, but a growing anti-dynasty sentiment during the election campaign made an impact “to a certain extent,” said…

Sol Aragones bucks a husband-and-wife rule in Laguna. But there was little change in the rest of Calabarzon region, spanning Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon.

Sugar barons and their descendants consolidated power in the new Negros Island Region. In Negros Oriental’s battle for governor, the Cebuano-speaking eastern half of the region…

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s kin dominated the midterm elections in Ilocos Norte, mirroring dynasties’ reign results in the rest of the Ilocos Region that also saw blood…

Western Visayas Region remains in the grip of political clans. Paolo Javier, scion of the Javier political clan, made a political comeback by winning the gubernatorial race in…

Central Luzon is the second most vote-rich region, but the same political dynasties are able to hold on to key positions because of the lack of challengers. Some 58 candidates for…

Gubernatorial candidate Lord Allan Jay Velasco suffered a narrow defeat in Marinduque province in southern Luzon. His father Presbitero Velasco, a former Associate Justice of the…

Across six provinces of Eastern Visayas, the same political dynasties ruled Monday’s midterm elections, affirming once again the locals’ belief that power in the region is…

Former Philippine National Police chief Edgar Aglipay bested his two rivals from dynasties for Cagayan governorship in the midterm elections in Region 2 that was dominated by…

The 2025 election results show that the Alonto-Adiong clan of Lanao del Sur, Hataman-Salliman clan of Basilan, and the Sali clan of Tawi-Tawi remain firmly entrenched.

The Cordillera region, rooted in indigenous forms of governance, showed in this election that it continues to largely reject political dynasties. This is the case in four of its…

Metro Manila residents woke up to familiar names of leaders – all members of dynasties – sweeping the mayoral races after Monday’s midterm elections. Ten out of 16 incumbent mayors…

Partial and unofficial results of the senatorial race as of 2 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, show re-electionist Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go dominating the elections in Mindanao…

Reports of violence, and complaints of long queues due to voting machine malfunction and discrepancies between voters’ choices and printed receipts marred the conduct of midterm…

The Commission on Elections has introduced measures to improve electoral access for vulnerable sectors, including early voting for persons with disabilities, senior citizens, and…

Over 68 million Filipinos are headed to the polls on Monday, May 12, for midterm elections that will shape the direction of the country amid internal political turmoil and regional…

Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar topped ad spending on Facebook, a popular social media platform in the Philippines. She spent over P34 million to boost her posts from June 2024 to…

Concerns have grown over how party list elections — originally designed to empower marginalized and under-represented sectors — have been co-opted by political dynasties. The…

These pages are manufacturing popularity for the candidates, says media scholar Fatima Gaw. Unlike crude disinformation, these operations focus on manipulating the source rather…

What if all the candidates belong to dynasties? What if those dynasties are unopposed? PCIJ researcher Guinevere Latoza, a youth voter, asks reform advocates to weigh in on these…

Two investigative series by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) were named finalists in the 2025 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, a prestigious…