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During the last three years of the Rodrigo Duterte presidency, the 1st district of Davao City was the top recipient of funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways…

MANILA, Philippines — A message arrived on the group chat of seven 15-year-olds in Calamba, Laguna, coming from a “friend” they met on Roblox. It contained a link. They locked the…

(Today, July 1, 2026, marks ten years since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as president and, launched the “war on drugs” that would define his rule. Day One set the pattern: 39…

Home is where children are meant to be safe and protected. Yet it can also be the first place where they lose their innocence and learn about betrayal. Presented by ABS-CBN News…

While financial institutions and law enforcement agencies have stepped up efforts to prevent more Filipinos from falling prey to fraudsters, victims are often left to bear the…

The scheme involves the use of portable devices called IMSI catchers, which can function as a “fake cell tower” that can hijack legitimate message threads and send “spoofed”…

Local fishing communities across the country’s western seaboard—from the far north in Cagayan to the Ilocos provinces to Zambales and the Mindoro provinces have been rising up in…

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…

Exposed to the city’s worst air, Baguio’s jeepney drivers are left to manage that risk on their own. But it’s the least of their worries.

A city known for fresh air still falls short of global health guidelines.

Monday’s drama in the Senate was surprising only for its theatrics—a leadership coup in the afternoon, a fugitive senator hiding in the chamber’s inner recesses by early evening…

A coordinated network of fake accounts and pro-Duterte influencers amplified Chinese Embassy attacks against the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) to discredit…

The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64…

On February 7, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist from Leyte, marks her sixth year in detention—an incarceration that rights and media groups strongly believe stems from…

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…

As the flood-control corruption scandal continues to unfold, a parallel story is taking shape along the country’s shorelines. A subsidiary of the state-owned China Communications…

Patuloy na hinihintay ng mga kaanak ni Sam Dela Cruz ang kanyang bangkay, pitong taon mula nang mamatay siya habang nangingisda sa banyagang karagatan

This is the story of “Jaclyn”, a former security guard enticed to work by a recruiter who promised her a job as an encoder in Thailand. Instead, Jaclyn was trafficked to a “scam…

Last March, several prominent pro-Duterte vloggers and influencers admitted in a congressional hearing that they had attended a China-funded training seminar in 2023. Former…