Blog Watch: Top 13 posts in 2013
Originally posted at Blog Watch: Top 13 posts in 2013 The year 2013 is Blog Watch’ fourth year, made even busier than ever because of...
Pope Francis: Radical for God, Radical for the Poor
By Jane Uymatiao, Originally posted at Blog Watch of the Philippine Online Chronicles This recently-hailed Time’s Person of the Year was not among the top...
Threat to Threat: How to Influence Supreme Court Justices
By Bernadine Racoma, originally posted at Blog Watch, Threat to Threat: How to Influence Supreme Court Justices So what assistance would the “small lady” be offering...
Comelec: 20 solons, 4 governors, 26 mayors must vacate posts
424 didn’t file, filed bad election expense reports Comelec: 20 solons, 4 governors, 26 mayors must vacate posts By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism...
2014 Senate Amendments
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the disagreeing provisions on the 2014 national budget during a Bicameral Conference Committee Tuesday...
13 Reasons Aquino’s DAP is Worse than the PDAF
by Dean de la Paz As morning broke following the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) declaring the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and similar...
Transcript: Senator Miriam Santiago Privilege speech “Mastermind of Plunder “
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, in an explosive privilege speech, urged justice secretary Leila de Lima to order an NBI investigation into alleged crimes committed by...
Health advocates welcome victory over PDAF’s unconstitutionality
via Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) Finally, the health of the Filipino people seizes to become just another target for political patronage of traditional politicians. This...
#yolandaph #reliefph Breastfeeding saves lives !
via #NanayBayanihan The Nutrition Cluster joint statement on appropriate infant and young child feeding in the current emergency, and caution about unnecessary use of milk...
Climate justice, not loans: World Bank and ADB must “stop the madness”
A few weeks after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) wreaked havoc in the Visayas in central Philippines, afflicting some 10 million people across 36 provinces and...
Oplan Salubong at Camp Aguinaldo
Updated (November 21, 9:00 PM) – Read Breaking news– DSWD Regional Director Alice Bonoan has announced the return of Operation Salubong to VILLAMOR AIR BASE....
Maguindanao Massacre, Year 4: 23 journalists killed in 40 months of PNoy, worst case load since ‘86
By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism First of Two Parts HIS MOTHER is a former president who was widowed when her husband, a prominent...
Video: U.S. Embassy Supports Typhoon Yolanda Relief #Damayan #USGrelief
Working with the Philippine government, the U.S. joined the relief efforts in the spirit of “Damayan.” Watch this youtube video: For more information on how...
On SC ruling: Triumph of collective action
We welcome the SC ruling declaring the Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) unconstitutional as a victory of the Filipino people’s collective action. It is...
On SC ruling : ” The power of the people has been exercised once more.” #scrapPork
CENPEG’s statement on the SC ruling: The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) today declaring as unconstitutional the pork barrel system singularly reaffirmed the...