Since the House of Representatives passed its version of the proposed P7.2-trillion budget for 2027 on Oct. 12, budget reform advocates have raised alarm over billions worth of dubious pork barrel ...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) constructs thousands of roads, bridges, buildings, and flood management structures across the country every year. District engineering offices, which ...

PCIJ extracted more than 30,000 school infrastructure contracts from the DPWH Transparency Portal. We tracked the contractors, locations, and funding sources for these projects. Our school ...

A single three-storey building serves all 1,500 students at Mabuhay City Elementary School in Dasmariñas, Cavite. To accommodate everyone, the school runs on three shifts, with 500 students each shift ...

One year after President Marcos shamed officials and contractors whom he said stole from government-funded flood-control projects, the country has yet to come to grips with the scale of the thievery ...

While financial institutions and law enforcement agencies have stepped up efforts to prevent more Filipinos from falling prey to fraudsters, victims are often left to bear the financial toll of a ...

Companies owned by some of the country’s richest business tycoons have run circles around government regulators, allowing them to gain control of the country’s clean energy resources. Last year, Ramon ...

Local fishing communities across the country’s western seaboard—from the far north in Cagayan to the Ilocos provinces to Zambales and the Mindoro provinces have been rising up in protest against the ...

BLACK EXHAUST. A delivery truck spews black exhaust that engulfs a woman walking along Kisad Road in Baguio City. Photo by Maverick Asio On Baguio’s steep roads, the exhaust is at its worst on the ...

A coordinated network of fake accounts and pro-Duterte influencers amplified Chinese Embassy attacks against the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) to discredit the watchdog’s ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X The rigs at the Malampaya gas ...