In the village of San Pedro Cutud in San Fernando, Pampanga, penitents imitate the suffering of Jesus Christ as part of the annual observance of the Holy Week. Watch why devotees volunteer to be whipped, tied, and nailed to the cross and learn why this...

By Davinci Maru, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES, the home remains the primary domain of women. They are often relegated to supposedly feminine roles as child-bearers and housekeepers, or as all-around nurturer...

By Davinci Maru, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism THEY MAY be fewer and weaker but their right to vote is just as important as that all voters share. Their sorry situation is a context for the May 2016 elections. In large measure,...

ALMOST LIKE A PLAGUE, the political ads of four candidates for president, five for vice president, and two dozen other candidates for senator and local posts have started to assault our TV screens starting March 2015, or 14 months ahead of the May 9, 2016...

By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism TWO COMPANIES have done what they shouldn't and couldn't have. First, they separately paid for political ads for and against two candidates in the May 2016 elections. They should not have done...

By Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Last of Three Parts CAN we trust them with the public purse? At the rate they are splurging billions of pesos on political ads, with nothing or little to show in their asset...

PCIJ invites you to a public forum dubbed "Pera, Pulitika, Eleksyon 2016" featuring a summary of PCIJ's findings on political ads, pre-campaign and campaign period, month 1. We have invited Commissioner Christian Robert S. Lim, head of the Campaign...