PCIJ's On the Record

Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines won at least two other government deals to promote tourism on top of its discredited P49.92-million “Love the Philippines’’ ad campaign, research by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) showed. 

Facebook has deactivated sites discovered by PCIJ to be facilitating the illegal adoption of babies and toddlers, but new pages can easily be created. A 2022 law could address some complaints about the tedious process of adopting legally.

BY VICTORIA TULAD, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Facebook has deactivated sites discovered by PCIJ to be facilitating the illegal adoption of babies and toddlers, but new pages can easily be created. A 2022 law could address some complaints about the tedious process of adopting legally.

BY VICTORIA TULAD, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Islamic State-linked groups in the country have been greatly diminished but they have the ability to launch attacks and regroup after heavy losses. Abu Zacariah was the third emir from the Philippines since Isnilon Hapilon, leader of the 2017 Marawi siege that shut down the Islamic City for five months. By Carmela Fonbuena

Kaarawan ni Jose Rizal ngayon, Hunyo 19. Regalo para sa ating mga Pilipino ang edisyong ito na pang-hayskul ng Noli Me Tangere. Sinigurado ng awtor na si Paolo Ven Paculan na simple ang mga salita sa libro at kumpleto pero maikli. 'Isa ang Noli sa pinakamaganda at pinakamahalagang aklat na alam ko,' ayon sa kaniya. Pinahintulutan ng awtor at ng Ateneo De Manila University Press ang PCIJ na i-upload ang ilang chapter ng libro. Tara na! Balikan natin ang mga aral ni Rizal.

Kaarawan ni Jose Rizal ngayon, Hunyo 19. Regalo para sa ating mga Pilipino ang edisyong ito na pang-hayskul ng Noli Me Tangere. Sinigurado ng awtor na si Paolo Ven Paculan na simple ang mga salita sa libro at kumpleto pero maikli. 'Isa ang Noli sa pinakamaganda at pinakamahalagang aklat na alam ko,' ayon sa kaniya. Pinahintulutan ng awtor at ng Ateneo De Manila University Press ang PCIJ na i-upload ang ilang chapter ng libro. Tara na! Balikan natin ang mga aral ni Rizal.

Kaarawan ni Jose Rizal ngayon, Hunyo 19. Regalo para sa ating mga Pilipino ang edisyong ito na pang-hayskul ng Noli Me Tangere. Sinigurado ng awtor na si Paolo Ven Paculan na simple ang mga salita sa libro at kumpleto pero maikli. 'Isa ang Noli sa pinakamaganda at pinakamahalagang aklat na alam ko,' ayon sa kaniya. Pinahintulutan ng awtor at ng Ateneo De Manila University Press ang PCIJ na i-upload ang ilang chapter ng libro. Tara na! Balikan natin ang mga aral ni Rizal.

The Philippines is at a crossroads in its energy transition. The Philippine government looks to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), while renewable energy sources are abundant in the country.

Listen as Sam Reynolds, energy finance analyst of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), discusses the risks of locking into a new form of imported fossil fuel that will unlikely reduce household or business power bills and the challenges of transitioning to cheaper forms of renewable energy resources.

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Reporting by Cherry Salazar and Elyssa Lopez. Produced and edited by Cherry Salazar. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and YouTube Audio Library. Illustration by Alexandra Paredes.

The Verde Island Passage (VIP) — the world’s “center of center” of marine shorefish biodiversity — covers five provinces in the Philippines. Its biodiversity richness is comparable to the Amazon.

How are local industries relying on the economic and ecological resources in the area? Listen to PCIJ’s interview with Prof. Jayvee Saco, President of the Philippine Association of Marine Science (PAMS) and head of the VIP Center for Oceanographic Research and Aquatic Life Sciences (VIP-CORALS) research group.

Read the related story: Verde Island Passage in danger as LNG projects flock to Batangas

Reporting by Cherry Salazar. Produced and edited by Cherry Salazar. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and YouTube Audio Library. Photo by Larry Monserate Piojo.

When disasters hit, local government units are the automatic front liners. But because typhoons often cover large swaths of areas, national leadership is always necessary to manage response. The next president should prepare for the next big typhoon.