February 21, 2018 | In: Freedom of Information, Governance, Health Issues, Human Rights, In the News, Journalist Killings, Martial Law, Media, Money Politics, Rodrigo R. Duterte, The Economy, Women, Youth and Education
By John Reiner Antiquerra
THE PRESIDENT has made it well known that he is no fan of the press, but what about the Filipino public?
Judging from the posts on PCIJ’s “Shout Out for Press Freedom” wall at the recent Alinday Advocacy Fair at the...
October 3, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Campaign Finance, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Money Politics, Paper Chase, Rodrigo R. Duterte
By Karol Ilagan
CITATION. PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas (second from left) with Philippine Statistics Authority's National Statistician. Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia, and Dr. Johannes P/ Jutting,...
July 21, 2016 | In: Access to Information, Cross Border, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Journalist Killings, Media, Money Politics, The Internet
"IT IS a worldwide trend. From Turkey and Russia to China and India, new media empires are emerging, usually with governmental blessing. Their owners comply with capitalist laws of supply and demand and the need for technological development. But, at...
May 7, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Campaign Finance, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Governance, In the News, Investigative Reports, Local Government, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By Rowena F. Caronan
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
LOCAL POLITICAL families, not political parties, are important to national politicians as they mobilize electoral support, says political scientist Julio C. Teehankee. National...
May 7, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Campaign Finance, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Investigative Reports, Local Government, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By Rowena F. Caronan
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
THROUGHOUT THE 24 years of elections in the Philippines’s 20 provinces with the most number of registered voters, family names on the ballots seem to keep repeating themselves,...
May 6, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Campaign Finance, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Internet, Investigative Reports, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
PCIJ's Wealth Check Reports on the Candidates for President:
* JEJOMAR BINAY, United Nationalist Alliance
* MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO, People's Reform Party
* RODRIGO DUTERTE, PDP-Laban
* GRACE...
May 6, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Campaign Finance, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
JEJOMAR 'JOJO' BINAY marked his Year 1 in public office as OIC (officer-in-charge) mayor of the country’s premier financial district, Makati City, in 1989 with a net worth of only P2.9...