The elections are over. Voters have crowned again many of the country’s entrenched political dynasties. Despite the results, election reform advocates said the May 2025 polls showed robust resistance ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate ...

In the next three years, most provinces will remain in the hands of governors who come from political dynasties. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), 71 out of 82 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Boxing champion Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao failed in his senatorial comeback, but his relatives ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X At least five members of the Plaza political clan, one of the obese dynasties of the Philippines, ...

Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate the Gandamra family’s political influence, amid mixed opinions on social media over who bears ...

May 26, 2025 Carmela S. Fonbuena PCIJ Executive Director The elections are over. Voters have crowned again many of the country’s entrenched political dynasties. Despite the results, election reform ...

In the next three years, most provinces will remain in the hands of governors who come from political dynasties. By the count of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), 71 out of 82 ...

May 26, 2025 Carmela S. Fonbuena PCIJ Executive Director The elections are over. Voters have crowned again many of the country’s entrenched political dynasties. Despite the results, election reform ...

Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate the Gandamra family’s political influence, amid mixed opinions on social media over who bears ...

Eight years after the May 23, 2017 siege of Marawi City, residents voted to further consolidate the Gandamra family’s political influence, amid mixed opinions on social media over who bears ...

The ‘obese’ dynasties of the Philippines are crowned again, but reform hopes rise for 2028 by Carmela S. Fonbuena May 20, 2025 May 22, 2025 Close ...