The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billions of Pesos (Last of 3 parts) #PDAFScam
Continued from Part 1 and Part 2 The blog that started it all has been re-blogged and Mr. Anonymous Commenter’s request that the revelations he...
ASEAN, a region of opportunities for the citizens
The ASEAN Community rests upon three pillars, “namely political and security cooperation, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural cooperation”. The first thing that comes to my mind...
The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 2 of 3 parts) #PDAFScam
Continued from The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 1) Open to scrutiny The pork barrel has a more dignified name. It...
The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 1 of 3 parts) #PDAFscam
The pork barrels of five senators and 23 members of the Lower House are allegedly being misused. At the center of the controversy is Janet...
New Ways of Seeing: Study examines youth views on teenage pregnancy and romantic relationships
What do young Filipinos think about sexual and reproductive health? How do they look at issues like teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, virginity and sexual relationships? What...
English Text: 2013 State of the Nation Address #SONA2013
Via Gov.ph. Read the tagalog version here State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the...
3 years of Aquino only entrenched elite governance #SONA2013
This is a press statement from Center for People Empowerment in Governance Not the change that he promised but the entrenchment of elite governance. This...
Philippines: Aquino Should Honor Rights Pledges ‘State of the Nation Address’ Should Outline Plan to Tackle Impunity
(Manila, July 20, 2013) – Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III should use his annual “State of the Nation Address” to outline concrete steps to...
RH Law is a non secular issue #upholdRHLaw
Reproductive health (RH) advocates are dismayed by the ruling of the Supreme Court extending the status quo ante order (SQAO) prohibiting the implementation of the...
Social Innovation Camp Philippines scheduled on September 13-15
Blog Watch is supporting Web Geek Philippines “Social Innovation Camp” (SICamp) as a media partner. The camp is an event that brings together software developers...
Video: Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom: A Primer
The need for an internet freedom bill had long been the subject of online discussion but the drafting of the #MCPIF went into full steam...
Advocacy groups call for justice for Filipino families #upholdRHLaw
In the Philippines, were more than 86 percent of the population is Roman Catholic; Religion and Politics are intertwined especially when the Catholics for Bishop...
Women and their Families Deserve Justice . #UpholdRHLaw
This is a press release from Likhaan. Fourteen to fifteen Filipino women die every day from pregnancy and childbirth. Sixty three percent of all married...
Social media to drive social change #fwdPh #SMday
Originally posted at Social media as tool for advocacy Whether we like it or not, the communications world is rapidly changing. Emerging media is “the...
The #SocialMediaWeekend carries the theme “Let’s move #fwdPH”
The #SocialMediaWeekend carries the theme “Let’s move #fwdPH” – a call to spread positive vibes across the country and make social media a tool for social...