As early as January last year, Sen. Imee Marcos already aired 271 TV and radio ad spots worth P21 million, based on published rate cards or before discounts. Every month since then, the presidential ...

Ads worth more than P4 billion have already aired on TV and radio stations across the Philippines even before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) in October 2024. Close to a ...

Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar topped ad spending on Facebook, the most popular social media platform in the Philippines, the year before the May 2025 polls. She spent P13 million to boost her posts ...

This Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism report was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Last of two parts Workplaces are required to secure permits ...

Workplaces are required to secure permits and undergo inspections before they can legally operate. For instance, a restaurant cannot open to the public without clearance for fire safety, sanitation, ...

The Commission on Elections en banc on January 9 approved a list of election hotspots in the May 2025 midterm elections. Thirty-eight towns and cities — placed under the red category — have grave ...

Supporters and critics of the postponement of the polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as well as neutral analysts, are in agreement. Malacañang and the senators ...

The Commission on Elections en banc on January 9 classified 38 towns and cities as red areas ahead of the May 2025 midterm polls. They include areas in Isabela and Masbate provinces in Luzon; Samar ...

In October 2024, in an attempt to halt the construction of Kaliwa Dam, around 140 anti-dam people including Indigenous leaders wearing loin cloths mobilized at the Quezon provincial capitol, some 129 ...

Sacks of charcoal reached the roof of a cramped space inside the Old Zapote Market in Las Piñas City. Black dust settled on Mary’s skin, as she supervised the workers hauling the sacks in a delivery ...

What you need to know: Sacks of charcoal reached the roof of a cramped space inside the Old Zapote Market in Las Piñas City. Black dust settled on Mary’s skin, as she supervised the workers hauling ...