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by Maya Angelique B. Jajalla                                 photos by Cong B. Corrales    QUEZON...

WOMEN, it is said, hold half the world in their hands. And because it is Mother's Day today, the PCIJ checked out the status of the distaff side in the May 2013 elections. By now, it is clear to all that only 8 -- or only one in four -- of the 33...

AND HERE'S another quick quiz for you Filipinos getting ready for tomorrow's midterm elections. Again, just follow the link to check if you got the answer right! True or False: A candidate may place a full-page advertisement in a broadsheet during the...

by Ryan Rosauro DIPOLOG CITY—An old problem potentially hounds the integrity of the modernized elections in Zamboanga del Norte on Monday. Local candidates are still hoping that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) can look into the...

HERE'S A QUESTION from the PCIJ's MoneyPolitics site for members of the media, those who are supposed to know everything that needs to be known about tomorrow's elections. During election day, members of the media are not allowed to take video of: a....

ARE THEY RICH, or are they poor? Were they born to wealth, or did they make money on their own labors? Did they bare all the facts of their assets, or mask the important details? What money and which donors make up their power base? Can the 33...

The following is feedback sent by Ariel Sebellino, Executive Director of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI), the national association of newspapers in the country, following the launch of the MoneyPolitics website by the Philippine Center for...