Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Customers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) should expect another bump in their electricity ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X THE POOR abound in this country — Filipinos who cannot earn or raise the minimum income to meet ...

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Part 2 The pickup truck wiggled in the soft soil of the corn farm. Ma. Teresa “Baby” Calion pulled the four-wheel-drive lever into gear, gripped the wheel, and pressed the gas. The vehicle lurched ...

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 ...

Before September, the upcoming first regular elections next year in the five-year old Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were already shaping up to be a highly anticipated event.

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rechiel Antones, 36, manages a printing shop in Southville 6 in Calamba City, Laguna, southeast of ...

Philippine efforts to exit the global money laundering “grey list” finally succeeded, an accomplishment that will enhance the country’s credibility in the global financial system, making it more ...

Between July 2022 and May 2025, the first three years of the Marcos presidency, the government funded 9,855 flood-control projects worth over P545 billion. We analyzed those projects and the companies ...

Filipinos could only vote in 1907, and only men were allowed to do so. Filipinos in the US were permitted suffrage after World War II in 1946. But the Cordillerans who joined the St. Louis Fair in ...

Every night, Christopher* shows up at the fish port in Olongapo City to earn some income. He helps fish vendors move buckets of fish, then he begs for their scrap fish, which he would later sell.