The Philippines entered the election period for the May 2025 elections on Sunday, January 12. We at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism are putting a spotlight on campaign finance. Data ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...