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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…

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.

The Ampatuans and their associates had 597 bank accounts, 500 hectares of real property assets, 130 motor vehicles, 420 firearms, and a private army many hundreds strong. Their…

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urged Southeast Asian countries to pay more attention to the protection of witnesses and other persons…

Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti, counsel of the families of drug war victims, said ICC’s decisions are hard to predict because its actions are highly compartmentalized. What is…

The PCIJ traced how prices were set in the market during the rice shortage season in 2023. We found that farmgate prices increased by at least 80% to as high as 190% from farmgate…

We have an update on the tax deficiencies of Villar companies in Las Piñas City, analyses of key issues during the first year of the Marcos administration, and more.

Talks at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP 28 in Dubai may influence the government’s energy plan, which is expected to be released before the end of the…

Ombudsman Martires knew that as a public official with expertise and mandate on the issues raised, he was speaking face to face with a journalist with a legitimate journalistic…

Judgment day by the court comes tomorrow for the 197 accused of multiple murder of 58 persons, including 32 journalists and media workers, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao, on Nov…

The lessons of the trial belong to the people so these can empower them to end impunity, to change the culture of politics and the course of our national history. For the victims…

Citing the “voluminous records” of the case, the judge has requested a 30-day postponement of the promulgation of judgment. The Supreme Court agreed. In two days, on Dec. 19, 2019…

They come from one of the poorest provinces of the country but the Ampatuans ranked among Asia’s crazy rich, while they were in power. Court records showed that they owned five…

The defense panel invokes the high bar of “presumption of innocence” for the accused, under the Constitution. The prosecution says it has presented evidence and eyewitnesses to…

He purchased eight of the properties in Davao City of Andal Ampatuan Jr. Young and recently married lawyer in 2012, Arnel Cortez Manaloto is based in Angeles City, Pampanga…

There is, according to defense lawyers, not enough evidence to convict Datu Unsay Ampatuan. for the massacre of 58 persons. His lawyer said neither the bullets nor the guns used in…

The Court of Appeals had ordered the freezing of all the known assets of Andal Ampatuan Sr., his sons Andal Jr. and Zaldy, and 25 other Ampatuan family members on June 6, 2011. The…

The Ampatuans, according to prosecution witnesses, had planned to murder Toto Mangudadatu as early as July 2009, when he declared he was running for governor to contest the…

The Ombudsman’s lifestyle check on the Ampatuans in 2010 showed that Andal Sr. alone “has amassed unexplained wealth manifestly and excessively out of proportion to his legitimate…

Accused Datu Unsay Ampatuan and three other witnesses testified for the defense panel that they were not present at the site of the massacre on the day the Mangudadatu convoy was…

Records of the Land Transportation Office show that the Ampatuans could have as many as 121 various vehicles, including at least 53 top-of-line luxury rides that are the latest of…