Campaign finance.

President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte received tens of millions of pesos in campaign contributions from public works contractors despite a provision in the Omnibus…

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…

Daily average of 171 television ads aired in December 2024, when Filipinos were expected to stay home for the holidays.

Scions of political clans ramp up spending in a Senate race packed by media celebrities.

Senatorial candidates Rep. Camille Villar and Sen. Imee Marcos account for half of the total advertisements aired from January to September 2024. Meanwhile, Camarines Sur…

At least 14 potential senatorial candidates have spent over the last three months P3.54 million to boost their posts on the social media platform. Analysts say this amount is only…

The premature campaigning ban will take effect as soon as the aspirants file their Certificates of Candidacies (COCs) in October this year. Election watchdogs said this will…

Senatorial candidates in the 2022 polls won fresh terms by financing their campaign with money from family members and money from their own pocket.

The lack of specific laws on the use of excess campaign donations has led to windfall income for some candidates.

Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is facing a campaign overspending complaint that may go to court. But it has been almost 10 years since he spent more than the limit and five years…

Big donors who gave P10 million to P20 million accounted for only 19% of Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign funds for the May 2022 presidential elections. The rest came from a…

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte each won landslide victories in the May 2022 polls, but their spending is worlds apart. Duterte spent only P3 per voter to win a…

Partido Federal ng Pilipinas footed 40% of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign bill through party treasurer Antonio Ernesto “Anton” Floirendo Lagdameo Jr., grandson of his…

Party-list groups with wealthy and prominent nominees spend most on election ads.

Former public works secretary Mark Villar and Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Joel Villanueva belong to families running firms that need government franchises. They aired ads worth…

Without a law banning or limiting pre-election campaigning, many national candidates advertised with impunity in the past year, with several aspirants for national positions airing…

After a slow start, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. topped ad spending among all candidates in December, signalling what could be the beginning of heavy spending to keep his…

Candidates’ ads on Facebook have so far remained small relative to their total ad spending. The popular social media platform’s ad monitoring tool does not include payments to…

It underscores the difficulty of monitoring campaign spending on the internet, which campaign finance reform advocates said would become a big challenge in the 2022 elections.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and many local politicians are top ad spenders on Facebook a year before the polls. The Commission on Elections is…

“The Ads Library and authorization process will provide detailed transparency information around political advertising throughout the election, as well as mitigate foreign…