President @noynoyaquino approves CyberCrime Prevention Act
by Christina Alpad Originally posted at Aquino approves Cybercrime Prevention Act President Benigno Aquino III has signed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, transforming the...
SPOTTED: Endemic Bird Species in La Mesa Ecopark
By: Maibelle Aure Rare bird species flies over urbanized Metro Manila. Known as Ashy Thrush Zoothera cinerea, the bird was discovered by a group of...
Video & Full Text : Pres. Obama’s Address to the Democratic National Convention #DNC2012
via Wall Street Journal New record political moment on Twitter: @barackobama @ 52,757 Tweets per minute. +9 million Tweets about #DNC2012 via @gov Here is...
Philippines jumps another 10 spots in Global competitiveness report
Country now ranks No. 65, up 20 positions in the last two years by Bill Luz (www.competitive.org.ph) We are pleased to announce that the Philippines...
The Small Claims Court: Justice without lawyers at the People’s Court
Four steps improve access to justice in PH Created through the Supreme Court’s special rule of procedure, the Small Claims Court is the justice system’s...
Video: Anonymous Philippines Message to MWSS after website got hacked
The website of the MWSS.gov.ph got hacked by Anonymous Philippines . In the defaced site, there is a video posted in AnonymousButuan Youtube account that...
“Make farmers rich first” – Dr. Romulo Davide, new Magsaysay awardee
by Angeli Sabillo Originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles A Cebuano agriculturist and five others were heralded as 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees on Friday...
HOR has yet to let the public fully access the SALNs of all its members.
Still a House of secrets By Karol Anne M. Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism IT impeached and prosecuted then Chief Justice Renato C. Corona...
Transparency, asset records, and the new CJ : SC discloses zero SALNs, 3 months after Corona trial
By Malou Mangahas Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Last of Two Parts THREE MONTHS after Renato C. Corona was impeached as chief justice for his...
Short-listed assets: JBC selection process can apparently stand vast improvement
By Malou Mangahas and Karol Anne Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III said it best when he declared dissatisfaction...
EID’s message from Samira Gutoc Sectoral Rep for Women Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
by Samira Gutoc Sectoral Rep for Women Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao My family and the women sector that I represent in the Regional Legislative...
Ombudsman resolution on GMA plunder case should send chilling effect on heads of agencies…and even COA
by Juan Filipino If we are to follow the logic of the Ombudsman in deciding to file charges of plunder against GMA on the PCSO,...
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) recommend reforms for 2013 elections
20 July 2012, Tagbilaran City – Upholding Life And Nature (ULAN), a non-stock, non-profit legal NGO specializing in environmental human rights, is currently working on...
Pork, daang matuwid’ don’t mix: One bidder, one PDAF project
By Roel Landingin Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism AUCTIONS for civil-works contractors to carry out “hard” or infrastructure-related pork-barrel projects must be lonely affairs. There...
Pigging out on Pork a la PNoy: Senators’ PDAF floods NCR, vote-rich provinces
Pigging out on Pork a la PNoy Senators’ PDAF floods NCR, vote-rich provinces By Malou Mangahas and Rowena F. Caronan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism...