Category: Consumer watch

Who decided your electric bill should fund the government’s social programs?

April 29, 2026

Carlan Marie Vizcarra posted her Meralco bill on social media last week. Her actual electricity consumption came to P295. The “other charges” on the same...

Delving into the Specifics of Globe’s Anti-BPO Policy

February 8, 2012

Last Friday, I wrote about the apparent discriminatory policy of Globe telecom against call center agents and since then, I received messages from people I...

Why does Globe discriminate Call Center Agents? @enjoyglobe @talk2globe

February 3, 2012

Updated (by editor) at 8:30 P< - Gelo scanned the guidelines below where no mention of credit card was required. Globe through their digital team...

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BlogWatch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.