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PCIJ analyzed more than 30,000 school infrastructure contracts awarded by the DPWH from 2016 to 2025.

During the last three years of the Rodrigo Duterte presidency, the 1st district of Davao City was the top recipient of funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways…

One year after President Marcos shamed officials and contractors whom he said stole from government-funded flood-control projects, the country has yet to come to grips with the…

(Today, July 1, 2026, marks ten years since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as president and, launched the “war on drugs” that would define his rule. Day One set the pattern: 39…

Highlights Companies owned by some of the country’s richest business tycoons have run circles around government regulators, allowing them to gain control of the country’s clean…

Local fishing communities across the country’s western seaboard—from the far north in Cagayan to the Ilocos provinces to Zambales and the Mindoro provinces have been rising up in…

Last week, the House of Representatives approved on second reading an anti-dynasty bill that critics say will end up legalizing—rather than penalizing—political dynasties. It was…

Monday’s drama in the Senate was surprising only for its theatrics—a leadership coup in the afternoon, a fugitive senator hiding in the chamber’s inner recesses by early evening…

The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64…

In a low-income community in the Manila suburb of Fairview, a large rectangular structure is rising near a busy highway clogged with vehicles, commuters, and commerce. Few…

In the last few months, an outraged public demanded reforms in the corruption-plagued budget process. A new leadership in both houses of Congress promised changes, but the current…

In this report, we unlock the mystery of “allocable” funds, the secret formula no one understands, and the machinations behind the supposedly non-allocable items in the national…

Unprogrammed appropriations were a magnet for corruption, a source of billions in kickbacks for legislators and other officials.

Last March, several prominent pro-Duterte vloggers and influencers admitted in a congressional hearing that they had attended a China-funded training seminar in 2023. Former…

Thirteen Chinese nationals arrested on suspicion of espionage were charged under an 80-year-old World War II-era law. Philippine lawmakers are now scrambling to update national…

Tycoon-led conglomerates hold the power to accelerate—or obstruct—the Philippines’ shift to clean and affordable electricity. They are pouring money into renewables but continue…

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…

Flood-control projects fund extravagant lifestyles. It pays to be the House appropriations committee chair. Many lawmakers own or are linked to contracting firms. Bad contractors…

A cyborg operation—part-human, part-machine—made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara…

As the 20th Congress convenes, these five issues will likely define not just the next few years of Philippine politics, but potentially the direction of the country's democracy.