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Human Rights ‘I’m just an ordinary citizen.’ Terrorist financing charges hound activists, CSOs, journalists by Northern Dispatch and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism March 5, 2025March 5, 2025
Human Rights Police memo links PH’s exit from money laundering ‘grey list’ to activist crackdown allegations
COA flagged delays in Puerto Princesa’s P120M flood control project — then the floods came by Palawan News Investigative Team and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Before the campaign period, TV and radio ads of 2025 candidates exceed P10B before discounts by Carmela Fonbuena
Police memo links Philippines’ exit from FATF ‘grey list’ to activist crackdown allegations February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
Pre-campaign TV, radio ads exceed P10B before discounts. Why should voters be concerned? February 12, 2025February 12, 2025
PCIJ Newsletter: AI will not replace journalists. They are the essential expert-in-the-loop January 30, 2025February 6, 2025
11 of 24 Senate seats could go to media celebrities after May 2025 by Nyah De Leon, Alfon Cabanilla and Carmela Fonbuena
Fighting corruption tops voter concerns but Senate bets hounded by scandals lead surveys by Gabriel Oliveros
PCIJ computation shows big discounts needed to keep billions in ads within campaign spending limits by Carmela Fonbuena
Are candidates funding their own campaigns? Camille Villar, Imee Marcos ads breach P1B by Carmela Fonbuena
TRACKER: BTA urged to amend law for the distribution of Sulu’s 7 seats by Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
In Cagayan, a frontline province in West PH Sea dispute, agriculture is the top concern by Michael John Lester T. Ruiz
Fixing corruption, not economic Cha-cha, will attract more foreign investments – in charts by Guinevere Latoza
Grab, JoyRide, GET Express admit to making their drivers absorb passenger discounts by Guinevere Latoza January 19, 2025January 20, 2025
Amid legal gaps, app workers push for rights in courts, on streets by Karol Ilagan January 9, 2025January 8, 2025
Land Rights Farmers have died waiting: Malacañang reviews DAR’s flip flop on conversion of irrigated farmland by Carmela Fonbuena June 30, 2024July 12, 2024
Documentary ‘Lupang Hinarang sa Hacienda Vicenta,’ a Ditsi Carolino documentary by Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism June 30, 2024July 12, 2024
Timeline Land use conversion of Hacienda Vicenta: A timeline by Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism July 2, 2024July 1, 2024
A day after my UP graduation, I faced Congress to fight for campus press freedom bill August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
Drug war victims are exhumed and cremated as grave leases expire. One mother wants another way by Aie Balagtas See
‘We can’t be bribed:’ Families of drug war victims reveal offers to drop cases amid ICC probe by Aie Balagtas See
