Public Choice: Income Tax Cuts or Participative Spending?
In this election, there is a choice. Election season kicked off this week with the various presidential candidates holding their respective proclamation rallies to officially...
The waning efficacy of daang matuwid
Business leaders in the Philippines have expressed dismay at the way things are going. To the outside world, the Philippines represents a remarkable good news...
Myrna de Vera: The story of a reluctant Fil-American politician
January 26, 2016 Pan de Sal Forum with Vice Mayor Myrna de Vera of Hercules, California I had never aspired to be a politician. If...
VP candidate Leni Robredo ratings in the survey has defined her as competitive
Here is Blog Watch livestream video Part 1 Part 2 by @wawam as originally posted at “Leni Robredo’s trek to the vice president position :...
Videos: Blog Watch interview with VP candidate Leni Robredo
Read Part 1 : Leni Robredo’s trek to the vice president position : part 1 Snippets of our conversation: “Programs should not be leader-centered. If you’re...
Why funding for the RH Law matters (in 6 charts)
Just when you thought the culture wars over reproductive health had finally been settled with the enactment of the reproductive health (RH) law after decades...
What the Duterte-Roxas duel says about both men (& their followers)
The descent into madness has begun. It started with Mar Roxas calling Davao’s peace and order credentials into question, and Mayor Duterte threatening to slap...
Duterte and the Failed Experiment
The 2016 election is looming large. First it was dubbed The Great Referendum by a president who wanted it to be all about him. Then,...
Daang Matuwid’s Optimism (Bias)
At his annual address to Congress earlier this year, Pres. Aquino told the nation to stick with his chosen successor at the 2016 elections. He...
Children say “We matter too”
The Bata Muna Movement, along with the Children Talk to Children (C2C) and Child Rights Network (CRN), launched today the Bata Muna Campaign in a...
Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda
On the trail of Yolanda’s Billions by Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, Jane T. Uymatiao and Carlos Maningat (This article is Blog Watch’s final investigative reporting project for...
Form without Function: Shortcomings of the Straight Path
Isomorphic mimicry is a biological term referring to different organisms evolving to look similar without actually being related. A certain species of snakes may imitate...
VIDEO: Cultural Performance during the APEC Leaders’ Meeting Welcome Dinner
The cultural show presented before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Welcome dinner was so beautiful and touching. I could not help but feel a...
ILO’s Decent Work Program in 4 regions affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
International Labor Organization unveils results of Decent Work Program provides livelihood for 30,000 worker-beneficiaries across four affected regions As part of its mandate to help...
After two years, Yolanda survivors cry: Shelter first before tide embankment!
Today is November 8, 2015, and it has been two years since Yolanda wreaked havoc in Tacloban and its neighbouring areas. Yolanda took away the...