First of 2 parts Rain showers greeted Renato Ibañez and other Indigenous leaders when they gathered in Manila in mid-September to halt the controversial Kaliwa Dam in dense forests east of Manila.

Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo was president of the University of the Philippines in 2003 when I graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. During the graduation ceremony that ...

Political dynasties continue to hold a tight grip on provinces in the Philippines. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), at least 71 of the country’s 82 provincial ...

Eleven popular news, entertainment, and sports personalities could fill the 24-member Philippine Senate after the May 2025 elections — an unprecedented number in the history of Philippine politics.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 17, passed on third and final reading a bill postponing the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to ...

A new Pulse Asia survey shows that fighting graft and corruption in government remains among Filipinos’ most urgent national concerns. But it appeared this was hardly a factor in the voters’ ...

For political clans that dominate local politics, the tactics to keep the capitol, the seat of power for local political kingpins, are almost the same nationwide. Sitting governors seek reelection and ...

The Commission on Elections has issued new rules setting the duration of display for billboard advertisements as well as the period for the removal of all forms of propaganda of candidates in the May ...

Eleven popular news, entertainment, and sports personalities could fill the 24-member Philippine Senate after the May 2025 elections — an unprecedented number in the history of Philippine politics.

On a Thursday afternoon, just after the lunch rush, a pack of motorcycles pulled into a narrow alleyway in a Metro Manila city. The riders parked their bikes in front of a makeshift rest area. The ...