Safeguarding digital civic space
Digital rights are a top priority to rebuild civic space amid recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. This latest statement from the United Nations Special Procedures...
Patient groups call for ‘Bakuna, Now Na’
PAPO kicks off Unity Statement to increase vaccination uptake, decrease hesitancy The Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO), representing 38 patient groups in the country,...
The world must come together to stand with Palestinian people: In defense of humanity
I am writing this letter not merely as a Filipino but as a citizen of the world. I believe that the time now has come...
Ingat Angat Bakuna Lahat to support the vaccination program vs. Covid-19
According to a Pulse Asia survey, the top three reasons for refusing vaccination were: uncertainty over its safety, unsureness of its effectiveness and not needing it...
#ChecktheFAQs campaign to fight vaccine misinformation
There is growing pressure for social media platforms to do more to combat vaccine hoaxes and misinformation. Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter are supporting the...
Facebook advertising expenditures of potential candidates in the 2022 elections
The latest report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is on “Potential bets start advertising on Facebook as 2022 campaign shifts to social...
#MagpaRehistroKa: Vote Pilipinas launches Voter Registration Month this May
Vote Pilipinas is a non-profit, non-partisan online and offline information campaign aimed at mobilizing Filipinos to register to vote for the upcoming national and local...
On World Press Freedom day, PH media issue a statement on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020
I am one of the 78 individuals who signed the collective statement against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 . Also, 17 media organizations signed the...
Tackling vaccine hesitancy
Understanding Covid-19 and vaccines has been so far, the focus of my social media posts. Recently, I finished a four-week online course in a forum...
The ripple effect of community pantry
Acts of kindness and sharing are manifested in many ways. The community pantry phenomenon allowed us to view the bayanihan spirit in a new light....
China’s conquest of the South China Sea is the end of the International Rules-Based Order
I wholly concur with the penetrating analysis and categorical contention of retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that the “United Nations Convention on the Law...
April 2 is fact checking day. Understand how Covid-19 vaccines work.
Lies interspersed with part truths is what hypnotically fools people. “The enemy of truth is not the outright lie, because an outright lie is easy...
VotePilipinas.com: know how to register as a voter
Vote Pilipinas includes a Voter Registration Service Test in its voter education website. Check out the Voter Registration Service Test. If there is one thing...
Tackling misinformation in closed social media spaces
As I write this , it would have been a year since the Luzon lockdown. It is time to take stock in looking at Covid-19...
Creating income and job opportunities for women
Joblessness falls among both men and women. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reveals that “adult joblessness has been consistently higher among women than among...