They locked the doors to their room, hooked wireless headsets to their phones, pushed an earpiece to the left, to the right, and clicked the link. MANILA, Philippines — A message arrived on the group ...

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has identified over a hundred Facebook pages presenting themselves as media outlets but are actually running political ads for national and ...

The scheme involves the use of portable devices called IMSI catchers, which can function as a “fake cell tower” that can hijack legitimate message threads and send “spoofed” messages to potential ...

A text message from your bank may not be from your bank at all. How do scammers use fake cell towers to hijack legitimate SMS threads and target unsuspecting victims? Watch this video explainer by the ...

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.

(Today, July 1, 2026, marks ten years since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as president and, launched the “war on drugs” that would define his rule. Day One set the pattern: 39 people were slain in drug ...

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 Nearly 40 years ago, the framers ...

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 ...

Filipinos could only vote in 1907, and only men were allowed to do so. Filipinos in the US were permitted suffrage after World War II in 1946. But the Cordillerans who joined the St. Louis Fair in ...

Just five months ago, thousands of Duterte supporters were trashing the Supreme Court on Facebook, calling it “useless” and demanding it act against the former president’s arrest. Now these same ...

The province of Batangas, some 100 kilometers away from the Philippine capital, is known for many things: beach resorts and diving spots, lomi and kapeng barako, Taal volcano and balisong, and ...

Research by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shows that 36 out of 54 party-list groups in the current 19th Congress have at least one nominee belonging to a political family.