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July 24, 2011 0

Movement of Good Governance gives Aquino Administration a score of 4.69

The Movement on Good Governance came up with a needs assessment study of the Aquino administration and a platform score by the end of the study. Here is their 32 page report and the method of [read more]

July 23, 2011 0

Liham para kay Pnoy buhat sa RHAN

July 22, 2011- Nagkaroon ng isang malawakang pagtitipon at pagmamartsa ang mga myembro ng Reproductive Health Advocates Network (RHAN) sa UST papuntang Mendiola ngayong umaga upang ipakita ang [read more]

July 12, 2011 0

Dear Noynoy, yet one more time (one year after)

It’s over a year, Sir, since I and a tennis-playing friend wrote you a Dear Noynoy letter. Now I write, yet one more time. I will still address you Sir because P-noy, your self-given appellation, [read more]

July 5, 2011 0

On leadership:Slowly but surely

364 days is not enough to clean up multiple decades of unjust, mess and uncontrollable corruption. Even the elected tricycle drivers association president cannot just lower the price of [read more]

July 2, 2011 0

Seeds of change planted, time now for broader and deeper reforms

This is Akbayan’s press statement on PNoy’s 1st year: On the first year of President Aquino’s term, Akbayan Party today lauded the government for the significant gains it achieved while [read more]

June 30, 2011 0

Passing marks for President Noynoy Aquino’s first year

Photo by Jane Uymatiao A year ago, Blog Watch participated in the coverage of President Aquino’s inaugural. Though I did not vote for him, I vowed to support his presidency by being one of an [read more]

June 7, 2011 0

Akbayan to PNoy: leave lasting legacy, finish agrarian reform

This is a press statement from Akbayan. Three days before the commemoration of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform law (CARL), advocates who campaigned for the extension and improvement of the law [read more]

May 5, 2011 0

Open letter of AKBAYAN Rep Walden Bello to President Aquino

Some immediate steps the government must take to address the country’s economic woes May 5, 2011 PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III Malacañang Palace Compound J. P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila [read more]

May 2, 2011 0

Access to information under PNoy : Some open spaces, many closed corners

By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism First of Two Parts (second part is here) DRIFT and confusion. Some pockets of transparency but most everywhere, a predilection for opaqueness and [read more]

May 1, 2011 0

One Year After the Elections: Where’s the FOI?

Indeed, a year has passed since the elections and Freedom of Information Bill is still hanging. Malou Mangahas sent me an email about the the FOI Bill. I wrote about President Aquino’s [read more]

April 26, 2011 0

Leadership Vacuum

A leader is a must in every organization. One must be knowledgeable, skilled, experienced and sometimes with appeal. One might be the key to one organizations success. A simple idea if implemented [read more]

April 20, 2011 1

Archbishop Cruz unsolicited love advice to President Aquino

Former Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz thinks the president is too old to marry. Do I hear the President snickering? Who says one is too old to marry? The good Archbishop should reveal these [read more]

April 19, 2011 2

PNOY… this is the real show

I did not vote for Noynoy Aquino because I know that there was a better leader than him. It was my first time last Presidential Election that I got so involved in politics. I was a very active [read more]

April 4, 2011 0

Bakit poor ang Filipino? (cartoons version)

From Youtube This Filipino Visual artpiece is created, authored and directed by a conservative Filipino citizen, residing in the Philippines. The director/author/owner of the video does not intend to [read more]

March 31, 2011 0

Busisiin: Palabra De Honour

A respected and successful businessman is known from his Word of Honour (Palabra de Honor) with quality and timely deliveries and has good management skills. As a Manager, one must have good [read more]

March 17, 2011 1

Office of the President put up more barriers to requests for SALNs

This is the sidebar to the “Merci’s SALNs a big secret? Ombudsman mocks law on disclosure of wealth” More barriers to access THE PUBLIC expectations are clear and well-founded. [read more]

March 15, 2011 0

Kurap-syon

Kung di ba naman nagbubulag bulagan ang ating mga nakaupo sa gobyerno tungkol sa katotohanang nagaganap sa ating bansa edi sana maunlad na at nakasulong na tayo sa kahirapan na ating pinoproblema [read more]

February 15, 2011 0

Dear Noynoy: Let me refresh your memory on FOI & RP bills (updated)

Dear President Noynoy, Wasn’t it just last month you said that you will be presenting the Responsible Parenthood (RH) bill, together with 11 other priority bills to be chosen, to the [read more]

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Blog Watch 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.