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In the Philippines, which borrowed many political traditions from its American colonizer, voters in the upcoming May 2019 elections will have to choose among 18 parties vying for 12 senatorial seats, as well as a staggering 134 parties battling for 59 party-list seats in the House of Representatives.

Tsek.ph is an online collaborative fact-checking project for the midterm polls.

The severely criticized House Resolution 2467 is not a new proposal. Here are three facts about the SALN, a powerful tool in uncovering unexplained wealth.

A pioneering collaborative fact‐checking project to combat fake news and other forms of disinformation in the run‐up to the May 2019 elections will be launched tomorrow, February 11 (Monday), 10 a.m., at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

The FOI process was riddled with technicalities and vague explanations.

Where the president got his data was not clear.

The Philippines will receive U.S. funding assistance under the newly-signed Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) that aims to promote Washington’s security and other interests in the Indo-Pacific region, but no funds will be given in support of the government’s anti-narcotics campaign unless certain human rights standards are satisfied.

An online community of motorcycle taxi riders and drivers book rides all over Metro Manila through Facebook.

Come Feb. 10, when the townsfolk of Bacolor go to the San Guillermo Parish Church for their fiesta celebration, they will enter the worship place through the upper windows, as what they have been doing the past 28 years since Mt. Pinatubo erupted and altered their lives in ways they never imagined.

In the past, being kulot automatically gave them special treatment in the military base.

Mt Pinatubo exploded in a spectacular display in 1991 and buried everything around it in ash and other volcanic debris. She heaved everything out with such force that the peak collapsed into itself, plugging the crater and creating a caldera that eventually filled with water.

The other beneficiary – tobacco farmers – is seldom mentioned.