The following is a statement from the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition, a group of civil society and media organizations, on the Freedom of Information bill that is still pending before the 15th Congress. The Philippine Center for Investigative...

A MANILA COURT today gave lawyers of Andal Ampatuan Sr. and his alleged associates seven days within which to explain why the provisional asset preservation order (PAPO), or freeze order, issued against 200 bank accounts linked to the Ampatuan clan...

Another installment of the PCIJ Media Killings Documentaries, the story of Alberto Martinez revolves around a Kabacan, North Cotabato radioman's attempts to secure justice after he was shot and crippled by gunmen in 2005. Martinez is one of the few...

IN ITS third installment of the Media Killings Series of documentaries on the murder of journalists, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism tackles the case of Sultan Kudarat journalist Marlene Esperat, also known as the Philippines' Erin...

JUST in the nick of time, a Manila trial court on Friday issued a new 20-day freeze order (also called provisional asset preservation order or PAPO) on over 200 bank accounts, 144 real estate properties, 110 high-caliber firearms, and 77 top-line motor...

Alerted by reports that Ampatuan lawyers are trying to withdraw money from Cotabato City bank accounts ordered frozen by the courts, Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo personally ordered the deployment of police officers to the...

Lawyers reportedly representing prominent members of the Ampatuan clan tried this morning, December 3, to withdraw money from Cotabato City bank accounts that form part of the Ampatuan wealth ordered frozen by the government. At least two lawyers...