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Ang Mga Wika ng Pilipinas
“ANG TINATAWAG na ‘mga wika ng Filipinas’ ay ang iba’t ibang wikang katutubo na sinasalita sa buong kapuluan. Hindi tiyak ang bilang ng mga ito, ngunit may nagsasabing 86 at may…
By Steffi Mari Sanchez·August 25, 2017
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PCIJ Launches Story Project to Support Creative Storytelling Backed by Journalistic Research
THE PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (PCIJ) announced today the launch of The PCIJ Story Project, a new initiative that will provide grants of P15,000 up to P75,000…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·August 16, 2017
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The PCIJ Story Project
The PCIJ Project for Innovation in Storytelling (The PCIJ Story Project for short) will provide grants, initially from P15,000 up to P75,000, for projects that document or expose…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·August 16, 2017
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Spotlight on Agriculture
Crop ProductionAgricultural Area of Crops Rice StockCorn Stock AS OF the latest official census in 2015, the Philippine population now stands at 100.98 million. One in every three…
By The Pcij Data Team·August 14, 2017
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Some 50 TV, radio, print outfits did not submit all pol ads docs?
SOME CANDIDATES may have willfully mocked their lawful duty to file election-spending reports with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) but they are not the only ones who did so…
By Floreen Simon·August 11, 2017
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Media most blessed
THE EXPENDITURE totals usually don’t quite add up and tallies from different entities don’t match. But there is no question that among those who strike it big during elections are…
By Pcij·August 11, 2017
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Bets for president, VP, senator splurge P5.8B in May 2016 polls
ELECTIONS 2016’s 50 candidates for national office and the political parties that fielded them spent P5.8 billion across the 90-day campaign period, PCIJ has found in its review of…
By Floreen Simon·August 10, 2017
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Bask in name recall, spend a mite: Or how Duterte’s kids win elections
CANDIDATES IN Philippine elections usually complain about what many of them say are outdated, low campaign-spending caps. But the Dutertes of Davao City apparently have no problem…
By Ma Cecilia Badian·August 9, 2017
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Pasay City bets for mayor deflate, omit key election expense items
ONE OF them was determined to keep his post while the other two wanted to wrest from him the title of Mayor of Pasay City, one of the smallest cities in Metro Manila but which is…
By Ryan Jay Roset·August 9, 2017
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Iloilo City bets for mayor fail to report full bill for radio ads
IN THEIR bid to be Iloilo City’s chief executive from 2016 to 2019, then incumbent Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog (Liberal Party) and Dr. Marigold Gonzalez (Independent, but with…
By Maricyn A De Los Santos·August 9, 2017
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Only 54 overspenders of 44,600 bets in May 2016
ONE WOULD think that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should be happy that the number of candidates who went over the prescribed campaign spending limits in last year’s…
By Adminnewspack·August 8, 2017
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3,937 candidates in May 2016 did not file poll expense reports
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte is already on his second year as the country’s chief executive, but the polls that clinched him that post continue to bedevil the Commission on…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·August 7, 2017
