Finally after eight months, the President convened the 111th meeting of the Legislative-Executive Advisory Council (LEDAC), the first under his administration. A total of 23 priority bills excluding Responsible Parenthood and Freedom of Information bills were to be discussed today at the 1st LEDAC meeting . Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago thinks there is no need to [...]
Senator TG Guingona innovative ways to communicate issues
I noticed that among all the senators and even congressmen, Senator TG Guingona uses new media such as youtube as one of his innovative ways of communicating to the public. The first video he shared in Twitter was a tour of the Senate. This time around, his staff showed me his current videos that sheds [...]
Back street abortion industry in Manila
The Unreported World is a critically acclaimed foreign affairs series by Channel 4 offering an insight into the lives of people in some of the most neglected parts of the planet, giving hard-hitting investigative reports on the global stories that don’t hit the headlines. This episode, aired in 2006, reports on the issues of contraception [...]
Manila: Toughest place to be a bus driver
London bus driver Josh West heads to Manila, the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city on Earth. Josh will be driving a Jeepney, a colourfully decorated, adapted jeep which has no power steering, dodgy lights and an uncomfortable seat. His host is Rogelio Castro and together they brave the chaos of [...]
















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