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The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism obtained a copy of the Ombudsman’s proposals to amend the law requiring public officials to disclose their wealth, and sought…

Rodrigo R. Duterte is a most secretive President when it comes to the details of his wealth. To this day, eight months after the April 30 deadline for filing, he has not released a…

Fraught still with attacks and threats — that is the sorry state of media freedom in the Philippines under the Duterte Administration. It highlights the unyielding reign of…

President Duterte has appointed a new election chairman and three commissioners — all of them from Mindanao. By 2022, Comelec will be run entirely by Duterte’s appointees. Mostly…

The procurement woes of the Comelec in the May 2019 elections had a backstory in an audit report the year prior. It continues to pay monthly rental for warehouse services without a…

Problems with procurement, logistics, supply chain management, tight implementation schedules, and bad — really bad — project management. A series of unfortunate events turned the…

Across the Philippines’ 81 provinces, from 30 to over 50 percent of voters failed to vote for party-list groups in May 2019. Many voters missed the names of party-list groups…

It’s a case of two failed biddings, and then a third negotiated one. The procurement of ballot paper and marking pens as a bundled contract for the May 2019 elections was one that…

GOT A DATE on Valentine’s Day? Or even, got time for friends in the next five nights? Allow us say thank you and let’s celebrate the week together in fun but thoughtful…

STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION THE ISSUANCE on July 23, 2016 of Executive Order No. 2 on Freedom of Information drew support from the Right to Know, Right…

STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION 07 October 2016 On the first 100 days of the Duterte Administration, the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) cites the…

STATEMENT OF RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION 28 July 2016 With the signing of the Executive Order on Freedom of Information (FOI) last July 23, 2016, the decades-long fight for…

UNITED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. Students and environmental activists held placards with calls for change in environment policies addressed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Photo by…

“IT IS a worldwide trend. From Turkey and Russia to China and India, new media empires are emerging, usually with governmental blessing. Their owners comply with capitalist laws of…

* Inilathala ng Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) * Isinalin sa Filipino ng Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) KAPAG ANG BAHAY O OPISINA MO AY HINALUGHOG O…

* Inilathala ng Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) * Isinalin sa Filipino ng Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism(PCIJ) ANUMAN ANG SITWASYON, NANANATILING LUBOS AT HINDI…

BY OFFICIAL POLICE DATA, from July 1 to 13 this year, the Duterte administration’s war on crime has already chalked up big, if macabre, numbers: 135 persons killed or about 10…

THE WAR on drugs in the last nine weeks — or even before Rodrigo R. Duterte took his oath as president a fortnight ago on June 30 — has yielded ever bigger numbers of casualties…

National Chairman, Free Legal Assistance Group Trustee, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism ———————————————————————————————————- PRESIDENT DUTERTE’S war on crime has…

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 June) — Days before President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared a boycott of the media on June 2, 2016, MindaNews had asked the first Mindanawon to…

NEWS organizations, student publications, and citizen advocates are publishing a pooled editorial today that tackles critical issues at bar in the conversation between…