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Candidates in the 2022 elections are talking about the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. Why is it important? And why is access to these documents getting harder? In…

Southeast Asian domestic labourers often migrate to wealthier countries where they are excluded from labour protections and left vulnerable to abuse. While COVID-19 has made labour…

The pandemic has strained reforestation work in Sabah’s biodiverse Lower Kinabatangan region, but locals continue to replant trees in an effort to secure their livelihoods, protect…

This may require regional cooperation as well as new approaches, people in the field note

Community conservationists in Selangor are working to save the Shah Alam forest from planned development by showcasing its threatened biodiversity, disproving government claims and…

Indonesian migrant workers face an arduous fate amidst the pandemic. Some were not paid by their employers, fired, and were forced to seek side hustles in the middle of strict…

As tension increases in the South China Sea and the drafting of the Asean-China Code of Conduct goes ‘nowhere,’ half of Asean’s 10 member-states should unite and craft a framework…

It underscores the difficulty of monitoring campaign spending on the internet, which campaign finance reform advocates said would become a big challenge in the 2022 elections.

IBP President Burt Estrada, who assumed his post in July 2021, speaks to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism about digitalizing lawyers’ registration and providing…

What was once a natural source of water has become a place that Palaweños stay away from. Residents worry that a nickel mine’s plan to expand would contaminate other waterways.

A nickel mine is on the brink of a major expansion in Mt. Bulanjao, a rainforest system considered by indigenous peoples as their ancestral home and protected by a Palawan…

Mining in Palawan has pitted indigenous peoples against tribal leaders who have allowed big companies to mine their ancestral lands. The mental anxiety and stress brought by these…

In Iloilo City, hundreds of people were forced into prostitution despite health and safety risks amid the pandemic.

The rehabilitation of 9 sectors inside Marawi’s city center, areas most affected by the battles in 2017, shows uneven progress as deadline looms.

The issues confronting Mindanao are complex. Journalists covering the region need to study its history, said veteran journalist and Mindanews editor-in-chief Carol Arguillas. There…

Freelance photojournalist Vincent Go advised journalists covering human rights issues to go in groups if there are concerns about possible harassment. “There is safety in numbers,”…

Over 200 members of the Philippine media, civil society, and the academe gathered for a three-day virtual conference that highlighted the value of collaboration among various…

Visit the #IJconPH2021 website here. Good morning to everyone! It’s great to be here, with colleagues and friends, especially the younger journalists who are starting to chart the…

Alan Peter Cayetano, who initially aspired for the presidency, was the top ad spender from January to September 2021. But this was overshadowed by the combined ads of Senate…

In Iloilo province, 56% of healthcare workers who had contracted Covid-19 as of May 31, 2021 were “contract of service” or “job order” personnel. Hospitals relied on them to…

Filipino athletes like Hidilyn Diaz train under poorly funded programs and a system driven by politics and patronage. It’s the only system that works, for now.