Travelling journal’ of Asian rural women to bring marginalised voices into food and agriculture policy debate
The first entry in a one-of-a-kind travelling journal is waiting to be written. Amid much excitement, Our Stories, One Journey: Empowering Rural Women in Asia...
Philippines Advances 12 Spots in 2013 WEF Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report
The National Competitiveness Council is pleased to note that recent government efforts to revitalize the local travel and tourism industry have been recognized and acknowledged...
Podcast & Transcript: Blog Watch chat with Cynthia Villar on nurses’ comment & platforms
Disclosure: Blog Watch does not receive any compensation or payment in cash or in kind for any of our interviews and social media coverage. Here...
Use of fighter jets against Filipinos in Sabah is illegal
Via concerned citizen movement USE OF FIGHTER JETS AGAINST FILIPINOS IN SABAH IS ILLEGAL The use of modern fighter jets and air strikes against the...
“What alternatives are left to the Sultanate after March 1, 2013?” – Yolanda Ortega-Stern
Editor’s Note: I met Yolanda Ortega-Stern through my sister, Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz sometime in November 2011 when she and Thomas Stern, her husband came over to...
Arangkada Philippines: Accelerating to the max
(edited by Noemi Lardizabal-Dado) This is my second time to attend Arangkada Philippines . This time around, there is the attendance of the Ambassador of...
Sabah and the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM)
via Center for International Law (CenterLaw) Let’s not even talk of the Philippine title to Sabah which the P-Noy administration is apparently still studying. Let’s...
Update of #sabah from the ground
The only source of news right now from Sabah is from the ground. I have been receiving updates from Yolanda Ortega Stern, a friend who...
NAMFREL Gears Up for the May 2013 Elections #juanvote
Recently accredited by the COMELEC for the May 2013 National and Local Elections, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) convened the leaders of...
Does Smartmatic’s PCOS add value or problems to our elections?
by Gus Lagman He submitted this below to the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (JCOC) this morning. I’ve often wondered whether the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)...
Sustainable livelihoods for farmers and fishers in typhoon Pablo areas need to be put in place now, humanitarian groups say
Davao City, Philippines (27 February 2013) — “Livelihoods recovery intervention by the government and other humanitarian actors for Typhoon Pablo victims in Davao Oriental and...
Advocates urge voters: Challenge candidates to bare plan on children #juanvote
A group of children advocates urge voters to demand transparency and accountability from political candidates and make them place the causes of children in their...
Statement of President Aquino on the Sabah incident, February 26, 2013
Statement of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines On the Sabah incident [Delivered at the New Executive Building, Malacañang, on February...
Video: Proposing a Netizens’ Coalition of the Philippines
The idea of a Netizen’s Coalition of the Philippines was inspired by a blogger who was recently sued for libel by a group buying site....
Online Participation of the Conference on Social Media and Technology for Democracy Promotion
Watch out for The link of the livestream and Google Hangout . (to be updated) Tomorrow you can watch our talk at the: Conference LIVESTREAM...