A fourth Villar is running for the Senate. Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar has thrown her hat into the ring after two terms as district representative in the city that her family has ruled for decades.

“Why does he have huge billboards all over? Is it campaign season already?” a user on X, formerly Twitter, wrote in a post in January. “I wonder if he’ll vie for the Senate next year,” another X user ...

THE POOR abound in this country — Filipinos who cannot earn or raise the minimum income to meet the basic food and non-food requirements. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) clusters them among ...

Research by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shows that 36 out of 54 party-list groups in the current 19th Congress have at least one nominee belonging to a political family.

Transportation giant Grab offers a convenient alternative to navigating the country’s busy cities – but at a premium. Data collected by PCIJ showed that rides of the GrabCar service always included ...

Heavily funded state agents and local officials were tagged as masterminds in trade union busting in the Southern Tagalog region, home to numerous foreign companies. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said ...

In last year’s national elections, Sen. Joel Villanueva reported receiving P20 million in campaign donation from a corporation holding an active government contract, based on government documents. The ...

The government’s move to retire its last coal plant is expected to send a strong signal to private coal plant owners that the reign of fossil fuels is ending. Following the buyout of a huge power ...

At least 70 of 177 party-list groups accredited by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May 2022 elections have nominees who are connected to political clans or incumbent local or national ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X In a low-income community in the ...

In late December 2020, an Iloilo fisherman gained online fame when a photo of him catching a humongous 20-kilogram (kg.) longfin trevally, locally known as lison, from the Iloilo River near the ...

Customers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) should expect another bump in their electricity bills this month, the latest in price increases that the utility firm announced this year. A household ...