A series of public outrages threatens to mutate into a serious political crisis for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
For 39 years, the arc of governance in the Philippines has been marred by scandals that cost trillions and shattered public ...
On Sunday, September 21, massive protests against corruption were held in cities throughout the Philippines, crowds of tens of thousands assembling despite the rain. The protests were organized and ...
The Philippines has spent trillions on flood-control projects, yet every typhoon season, the same scenes unfold: submerged ...
Massive protests were held on September 21 in Metro Manila and other major cities across the Philippines, denouncing large-scale corruption involving top officials in charge of the government’s ...
People appear to be getting fed up with the corruption of their politicians and all those in cahoots with them. This was the case with the recent political turmoil in both Indonesia and Nepal. In the ...
Thousands of students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) system walked out of their classes on Friday ...
Explore the interactive diagram mapping the alleged links between DPWH engineers and lawmakers accused of profiting from ...
The imagery of the “good life” often associated with privilege and dynastic wealth: designer outfits and handbags, luxury ...
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The brutal wages of corruption

THE tepid response to the Philippine government’s call for more foreign direct investments (FDI) was reflected in the dismal net FDI figure for January to June 2025: a forgettable $3.4 billion, a 23.8 ...
There’s currently public anger directed at the so-called nepo babies – people who gained social and professional prominence mainly because of their parents.
It is shocking for state Labor leader and former premier Steven Miles to suggest – in a social media video – that ...