Bantay ARMM Registration Update 3: Hakot to the max #ARMMGenReg
via Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc Tomawis Tension in several registration centers in the usual hotspots was not as alarming as an eye-witness who alerted me just...
Mining EO cites areas banned from mining & seeks higher government revenues
Source Mining EO seeks higher gov’t revenue, widens off-limits zones Malacañang on Monday released President Benigno Aquino III’s new mining policy which seeks to increase...
Bantay ARMM Registration Update 2 #ARMMGenReg
by Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc-Tomawis (names of municipalities have not been placed pending verification) Marawi City – For sure, reregistration will reduce the number of voters...
Bantay ARMM Registration Update 1 #ARMMGenReg
via Samira Gutoc-Tomawis Marawi City – Some 1896 augmentation election officers from all regions nationwide have arrived in ARMM to conduct the general registration, according...
#ARMMGenReg: Today in ARMM is the start of change
via Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc-Tomawis TODAY IN ARMM is the start of change. It is a time when more than one million will go out and...
Whitening ads and wounded pride: Belo whitening ads pulled out amid criticism
By Krysty Choi Originally posted at Whitening ads and wounded pride: Belo whitening ads pulled out amid criticism In what seems like yet another advertising...
Mindanao: The hidden costs of war
By Ed Lingao Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Last of Two Parts Continued from A tortuous path to peace : MILF to hold Bangsamoro...
The media and Mindanao
By Ed Lingao Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism MAINSTREAM MEDIA have oft portrayed them as belligerent, intransigent, even war-mongering. But when the negotiating panel of...
An open letter to Vice-President Jejomar Binay
Editor’s note Update June 20, 2012 . I got this Open letter from a Facebook wall attachment. I asked the poster who sent the letter...
#JBCwatch: Who is Atty. Raul Pangalangan ? Is he the next Chief Justice?
Notes via Leslie Flores of the Transparency and Accountability Network ATTY. RAUL PANGALANGAN. Former UP College of Law Dean Raul Pangalangan was the last of...
A citizen’s call re issuing waivers to confidentiality of foreign currency accounts
Sharing this facebook post from a friend who in turn received it from a member of the Defense. The letter came from a very involved,...
Rep Garin believes country not ready for new Kasambahay Act
GARIN BELIEVES COUNTRY NOT READY FOR NEW KASAMBAHAY ACT SOME PROVISIONS NEED TO BE REVIEWED – SHOULD BE GROUNDED IN REALITY According to one of...
For party-list, COMELEC considering the possibility of random lists in ballots
With the past elections’ long list of party-list groups starting with the letter A or the number 1, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is considering...
Impeachment hearings to resume, Corona testimony uncertain
As impeachment proceedings resume on Monday, defense lawyers announce that there is still no decision on whether Chief Justice Renato Corona or his wife Cristina...
US to aid Philippines boost maritime capabilities
Via Philippine Online Chronicles While the United States will be remaining neutral on the Phippines-China standoff in Scarborough Shoal, it will be aiding the Philippines boost...