Politics.

Last week, the House of Representatives approved on second reading an anti-dynasty bill that critics say will end up legalizing—rather than penalizing—political dynasties. It was…

Eighty percent of the House of Representatives did—257 lawmakers in favor and only 25 against and nine abstaining—making the Vice President the only official to be impeached twice…

There were nearly no slow news days in 2025. The year was a high-pressure firehose of events that left the public scavenging for information. High news demand provided the perfect…

In the last few months, an outraged public demanded reforms in the corruption-plagued budget process. A new leadership in both houses of Congress promised changes, but the current…

Unprogrammed appropriations were a magnet for corruption, a source of billions in kickbacks for legislators and other officials.

President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte received tens of millions of pesos in campaign contributions from public works contractors despite a provision in the Omnibus…

A cyborg operation—part-human, part-machine—made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara…

As the 20th Congress convenes, these five issues will likely define not just the next few years of Philippine politics, but potentially the direction of the country's democracy.

15 political clans control multiple legislative districts in the Philippines

Only 33 party-list groups in the House of Representatives initially backed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. Eight more later added their signatures…

More than half of Mindanao lawmakers supported the bid to remove the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, the country's first president from Mindanao. A total 41 out of 60…

It’s straight to the Senate. More than one-third of the members of the Philippine House of Representatives — 215 out of 306 —signed as complainants in a new impeachment bid against…

In the current 19th Congress, 142 district representatives are reelectionists belonging to political dynasties, PCIJ's own count shows. At least 67 others are seeking higher…

Can Congress be expected to enforce the constitutional prohibition against political dynasties?

At least two dozen political dynasties are aiming for five to 11 seats after May 2025.

WHAT HE SAID CLICK THE TITLES TO READ MORE. WHAT HE DID NOT SAY TABLE #SONA2024 PAST SPEECHES: Marcos orders ban on POGOs “Effective today, all POGOs are banned,’’ President…

As in many key decisions that the Philippine legislature makes these days, the vote happened behind closed doors, devoid of transparency.