They came, they hacked, and now they’re getting ready to go to Silicon Valley. A group of developers from Davao and Pampanga will soon be heading to the world’s tech mecca after besting more than 250 other Philippine hackers in a 24-hour coding competition organized by wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and business [...]
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Citizen’s Action: Joint Complaint Affidavit filed at the Ombudsman re Automated election system
Individuals, all Filipino citizens, led by Honorable Teofisto Guingona, Jr., former Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, and members of AES Watch, a coalition of registered non-government organizations, citizens’ poll watchdogs, policy study and professional groups including IT experts and resource persons of the Poll Automation Law (RA 9369), faith-based groups and other [...]
Mothers in the BayaniJuan 1000 days project practiced exclusive breastfeeding #BreastFeedingPH
The 1000 Days: Mother and Child Health Club in BayaniJuan An alarming number of pregnant mothers in developing countries like the Philippines are not ready to host a new life. Often, they are underweight and iron deficient. They may not have access to healthy food and surrounding that they need causing premature birth or low [...]
Save the Philippine Seas before it’s too late—Greenpeace
Manila, June 7, 2013—“Save the Philippine seas now—before it’s too late,” Greenpeace, marine experts and fisherfolk made the call today as they renewed their demand for the Philippine government to enact and enforce stronger policies to preserve the country’s oceans. The groups also urged all Filipinos to be part of efforts to revive the seas. [...]
Singapore: Licensing Regime Chills News Climate
City-state Undercuts Status as Financial Center by Expanding Media Censorship to Web (New York, June 7, 2013) – The Singaporean government should withdraw an onerous new licensing requirement for online news sites, Human Rights Watch said today. The new rules will further discourage independent commentary and reporting on the Internet in Singapore. On May 28, 2013, the [...]
Philippines jumps 5 places in World Competitiveness Report
The Philippines has moved up 5 places in the latest IMD World Competitiveness Report from No. 43 in 2012 to No. 38 in 2013. A total of 60 economies around the world were reviewed for the 2013 report. The country is ranked 11th in Asia Pacific, up from 13th in 2011 and 2012, after overtaking [...]
Are you spying on us? AES Watch asks @ChairBrillantes
An attack on civil liberties The Automated Election System Watch (AES Watch) today dared Chairman Sixto Brillantes, Jr., of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to clarify that its P30M counter-intelligence fund (CIF) was not intended to spy on IT groups and election watchdogs critical of the Comelec-purchased Smartmatic PCOS technology and the way the automated [...]
Tanggulang demokrasya : Where’s the beef ?
This is a press statement from ?www.tandem.org.ph TANGGULANG DEMOKRASYA STATEMENT Where’s the beef? In the aftermath of the recent 2013 mid-term elections, because also of unsettled problems of the previous 2010 elections, a howling maelstrom of protest has erupted. Led by the Information Technology community, lawyers’ groups, and civil society advocacy organizations, including Tanggulang Demokrasya, [...]
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