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...
The struggles I share with the victims of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
by RJ Barrete I grew up in the province of Samar (one of the affected and damaged by typhoon Haiyan), and there I saw how...
The Presidential Miscommunications Development and No-Planning Office
By Dean de la Paz – Originally posted on Blog Watch at thepoc.net It was unprecedented. The model they copied seemed plagiarized straight out of...
How citizens are tracking #YolandaPH foreign financial aid via #AidMonitorPH
By Carlos Maningat. Originally posted on Blog Watch In the wake of the super typhoon Yolanda’s onslaught that left many provinces in bleak state, staggering...
Typhoon Yolanda adds to burden of farmers, fishers: Oxfam
Manila, Philippines (10 November 2013) – 2013 is turning out to be a year of upheaval for the Philippines. Typhoon Yolanda is projected to cost...