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Ads worth more than P4 billion have already aired on TV and radio stations across the Philippines even before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) in October 2024. Close to a ...

More than half of Mindanao lawmakers supported the bid to remove the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s first president from Mindanao. A total 41 out of 60 Mindanao district ...

Fishermen in Claveria town, Cagayan. PCIJ file photo. A drive down Cagayan’s main thoroughfare from the capital of Tuguegarao to Sta. Ana town takes hours, but the trip offers refreshing vistas of ...

Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar topped ad spending on Facebook, the most popular social media platform in the Philippines, the year before the May 2025 polls. She spent P13 million to boost her posts ...

Former President Rodrigo Duterte and his children Sebastian, Veronica, Sarah and Paulo at the Malacañang Palace during his presidency. Malacañang photo The Dutertes’ rise as one of the country’s most ...

2025 Elections Blog ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas, both senatorial candidates in the May polls, backed the impeachment complaint against Vice President ...

A fourth Villar is running for the Senate. Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar has thrown her hat into the ring after two terms as district representative in the city that her family has ruled for decades.

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Three months before the May 12 national elections, agriculture, law and order, and environment were the leading topics in news and commentary programs at major local radio stations in Cagayan province ...

On a Thursday afternoon, just after the lunch rush, a pack of motorcycles pulled into a narrow alleyway in a Metro Manila city. The riders parked their bikes in front of a makeshift rest area. The ...

A drive down Cagayan’s main thoroughfare from the capital of Tuguegarao to Sta. Ana town takes hours, but the trip offers refreshing vistas of rice and corn fields – and a view of the Philippine Sea.