We are Filipinos and these are our colors!
By Lakwatserang Paruparo as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. I tossed and turned and thought of the raging storm in Luzon even...
Yellow is cowardly and treacherous, so please don’t wear it (Part 1 of 2)
by Bernadine Racoma, as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. Please wear yellow: this was President Aquino’s request to his supporters when he...
#ReliefPH: Help #GlendaPH victims
Blog Watch is coordinating with Rappler’s MovePH to identify open relief operations center for victims of Typhoon Glenda. If you want to donate or need...
Results: Pulse Asia Research’s June 2014 Nationwide Survey on Presidential Performance and Trust Ratings
While most Filipinos remain appreciative of President Aquino’s work (56%) and continue to express trust in him (53%), they grant him much lower national approval...
Ombudsman intervenes at Supreme Court for plunder raps vs. MWSS, Maynilad & Manila Water
Water for All Refund Movement, or WARM, received last Thursday a notice from the Supreme Court en banc granting the letter-request of the Office of...
On the Marcoses: Never again
by Jego Ragragio, as originally posted by Philippine Online Chronicles “A dumb article!” “Dumb, bad, stupid, insensitive, shallow.” “Sorry this article is just so wrong...
Day 2 Afternoon Panel: Partnerships for Disaster and Climate Resilience #resilientPH
This session will have two panel discussions on key elements of resilience: disaster preparedness, climate change adaptation and transformation. Much of current efforts to build...
Day 2 Morning Panel: Partnerships for Disaster and Climate Resilience #resilientPH
Over the past decades, millions of Filipinos have been adversely affected by natural disasters due to the country’s geographical location, physical environment and socio-economic development....
Day 1 : Partnerships for Disaster and Climate Resilience #resilientPH
Natural hazards – storms, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, drought and landslides – occur regularly in the Philippines but disasters have increased in frequency and magnitude in recent...
Finding the Truth in the PDAF Scam: How untainted is Jinggoy?
By Megan Flores as originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles The whole nation has been watching the series of (unfortunate) events lately regarding the...
How is such thievery related to issues relevant to Nora Aunor?
By Dean de la Paz, as originally posted at My president is not a pig! Paraphrasing Nora Aunor’s famous cry from her award winning magnum...
Groups to file impeach raps vs. Aquino over DAP
by Emily Vital, as originally posted at Philippine Online Chronicles After the Supreme Court declared the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as unconstitutional, progressive group Bagong...
Netizens pray for Senator Miriam Santiago #MiriamFight
by JC Maningat as originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles Politiko Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago announced on Wednesday that she has been diagnosed with...
SC declares key provisions of DAP unconstitutional
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the salient provisions under the Aquino government’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are unconstitutional. Voting 13-0-1, the SC justices declared the following acts...
With all due respect
by Jego Ragragio as originally posted at Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles. I had been struggling on a piece for the past week or so, unable...