It was a historic midterm election in Las Piñas City. For the first time in 27 years, its lone district representative will not be from the Villar clan. Outgoing Sen. Cynthia Villar lost the race to ...

The political dynasty series of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) won an Award for Excellence at the 2025 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) annual Awards for Editorial ...

Indigenous land claims The Molbog and Cagayanen tribes of Mariahangin have applied for an ancestral domain title over the island as early as 2005. Their application has not been acted upon by the ...

Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate the Gandamra family’s political influence, amid mixed opinions on social media over who bears ...

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has identified over a hundred Facebook pages presenting themselves as media outlets but are actually running political ads for national and ...

Ilocos Sur: The ‘super obese’ dynasty of Singsons Chavit Singson withdrew from the Senate race as early as Jan. 14, citing his need to recover from pneumonia. The political kingpin of Ilocos Sur had ...

The region is prone to strong typhoons and other disasters. The politicians who are often seen attending to victims’ needs are behind or have allowed government projects blamed for environmental ...

The author is an Assistant Professor (On Study Leave) at the Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University and is currently taking Ph.D. in Political Science at the Department of ...

If lawyer Ernesto Arellano is elected senator in May, he will vote to pass a divorce law. He will also convince other senators to vote in favor of the controversial measure. “Inhuman na pilitin mo ang ...

Like many readers, I was deeply touched by Columbia University investigative journalism professor Sheila Coronel’s story “The Making of Edgar Matobato.” Published as a longform piece by the Philippine ...

When he was out on the hustings in the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections, Rodrigo Duterte projected an aura of a brash, irreverent candidate. But his off-the-cuff remarks – “I will ride a ...

A total of 80, or about 53% of all city mayors, are dynasts seeking reelection. Meanwhile, 27 sitting city mayors are considering relatives to replace them as most of them run for other positions. And ...