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Here are the powers and functions of the six commissions.

Aside from invasion and rebellion, the president may declare martial law citing lawless violence in the draft revised 1987 Constitution.

Members of a family who maintain or are “capable of maintaining political control” in a national, regional or local position are barred from running simultaneously or in succeeding elections.

In this third installment, VERA Files highlights the structure of an expanded Judicial Department and notes the new process of impeachment found in the Article on Accountability of Public Officers.

How different is the draft Constitution submitted Monday to Malacanang from the 1987 Constitution?

Based on this draft, VERA Files is publishing a series of fact sheets highlighting notable items that were changed, added or deleted in the 1987 Constitution.

More than 1.17 million candidates vie for positions in around 42,000 barangays.

Half of the total ICC contributions came from only five countries.

No, VERA Files does not block Facebook pages sharing fake news.

The Constitution prohibits any salary increase or decrease for the president and vice president during their tenure.

In the latest of a saga that dates back to the 2016 elections, at the center of which is the president’s alleged hidden wealth, Solicitor General Jose Calida revealed that the Office of the Ombudsman has “closed and terminated” the plunder complaint Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV filed against then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

The SEC decision repeatedly mentions PDRs. What are those?

Different commissions under different administrations have been set up to investigate corruption.

Here’s a five-minute video summing up 68 years of impeachment history in the Philippines.

It's more than just a numbers game.

Three facts about the country’s war against modern slavery.

Here’s a timeline of the journey from the ASEAN declaration in 2007 to the consensus in 2017.

“EJK” is the more popular term, but “ELK” is more commonly used in legal documents as it is broader, and “embraces any situation where somebody was killed without due process,” said lawyer Romel Bagares.

Here’s a rundown of different definitions.

Depression is not just a creation of the mind -- it is a common and treatable illness.

It comes in two forms: malice in law and malice in fact.

Duterte wants a compromise deal with the Marcoses. But if history were any indication, getting a deal is not going to be easy.

If he were not president, Duterte could be penalized for these crimes.

Three facts on the monumental challenges the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board faces.