OFWs launch global webwide protest to stop Philhealth premium increase
JULY 20, 2012 – Overseas Filipino Workers will use Facebook and Twitter to protest the impending plan of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) to increase...
Updated: PAGASA Color-coded rainfall alert system
Effective August 9, here is the new color-coded rainfall alert system for Metro Manila This morning at 8:30, PAGASA changed its color-coded warning signals, changing...
@markcojuangco says FIT is a burden and a shackle that Filipinos don’t deserve
July 20, 2012 – Former Congressman Mark O. Cojuangco warns that Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) for electricity produced from renewable energy sources, will result in an unreasonable...
Closure and demolition of parts of the Boracay West Cove ordered by DENR
Update October 19, 2014 – DENR ends lease agreement with controversial Boracay resort Remember my May 31, 2011 article on Manny Pacquiao alleged Boracay West...
International Community Awaits PNoy Action on FOI; Joins National Demand for Political Will
IN REMAINING for so long without a right to information law, the Philippines is failing to respect its role, as a Steering Committee member of...
FOI advocates from 40 countries write @noynoyaquino: Rush FOI Act
(Open Letter) 19 July 2012 His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines Malacañan Palace Manila Through: Hon. Florencio B. Abad Secretary Department...
Greenpeace, Oxfam urges ASEAN members to set aside differences for climate action
ASEAN member states must set aside political differences and stand united in pursuing climate change solutions to ensure that the region is able to cope...
Killings of Environment Advocates Unpunished
Killings of Environment Advocates Unpunished Cease Deploying Paramilitary Forces in Mining Areas (New York, July 18, 2012) – The Philippine government’s failure to address threats...
Formal opposition to Sec. Leila de Lima and Cong. Neil Tupas, Jr Filed
Statement from Atty. Rico Quicho on the filing of: (1) a formal opposition against the nomination of Justice Sec. Leila de Lima for Chief Justice;...
Bantay ARMM updates: 889,619 from a baseline of 1,778,817 in 2010 #ARMMGenReg
via Samira Gutoc-Tomawis There are two days more to the end of the registration period in ARMM. As of 12 pm yesterday, the Phil. National...
Video of Dolphy: Kandidatong Pulpol , a 1961 parody on our PH election
Dolphy was so much a part of Filipino families for decades. In a tribute to the Comedy King, Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc-Tomawis talks about Dolphy’s Films...
Universal Access to Reproductive Health Highlighted During World Population Day Celebration
Guinobatan- Albay, July 10, 2012 – World Population Day is being celebrated today to raise awareness on the importance of addressing population issues and their...
COA directs Biazon to bid the services of VASPs
THE COMMISSION on Audit (COA) has directed Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon to put into bidding the services of value added service providers (VASPs) to...
“Let us do away with all the ‘BS’ in the selection of the new Chief Justice. ‘BS’ stands for ‘bantay-salakay.’”
?*Statement from Atty. Rico Paolo Quicho, former impeachment defense lawyer and spokesperson, on the selection of the next Chief Justice* “Let us do away with...
More than 85 percent of reefs within the Coral Triangle Region are at risk
At the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, BBC reports that At least 2,600 scientists endorsed a petition calling for international efforts to preserve the world’s...