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September 18, 2015 0

My Thoughts on Sen. Grace Poe’s Presidential Bid Speech

By Dino Manrique, as originally published in his Facebook page (Latest revision: Sept. 18, 6:42pm) Finally saw the full video of Sen.Grace Poe’s speech declaring her intention to run as [read more]

September 18, 2015 0

An Open-Letter to the Ever-So-Righteous FIlipino Voters

By Jules Guiang , as originally published at his Facebook page An open letter to the ever-so-righteous Filipino voters (or some who aren’t even registered): Some reasons of the “I won’t vote [read more]

August 25, 2015 1

The Dirty Tricks Department has been reactivated.

Written by Dean de la Paz, as originally posted on Blog Watch “The Dirt and Doggy Poo Campaign” The Dirty Tricks Department has been reactivated. Among the country’s political [read more]

July 29, 2015 0

Ang Hepatitis B at ang Adbokasiya sa Pilipinas

by Christopher Malco Advocacy. Hinanap ko sa Google ang akmang kahulugan nito sa Tagalog, pero wala akong mapili sa mga kahulugang ipinakita doon. Siguro nga sa lalim at lawak ng kahulugan nito, wala [read more]

July 27, 2015 0

English Translation : The 2015 State of the Nation Address #SONA2015

Here is the video of the SONA Source of the English translation from gov.ph website. The original transcript is here. [English] Benigno S. Aquino III, Sixth State of the Nation Address, July 27, 2015 [read more]

July 27, 2015 0

#SONA2015 : Netizens weigh in on the lies of PNoy’s State of the Nation’s Address #SONAngaling

There were two hashtags for the 6th State of the Nation Address (SONA): The #SONA2015 and #SONAngaling. At the conclusion of his SONA , I could hear boos and then signs raised by the Makabayan block. [read more]

July 27, 2015 0

#SONA2015: Has President Aquino fulfilled his promises?

Blog Watch takes a look at President Aquino’s promises from the time he was running as a candidate to the time of his oath taking as 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines. [read more]

July 17, 2015 0

What are we really looking for in the next president? #juanvote

by Dean de la Paz, as originally posted on Blog Watch, Philippine Online Chronicles There are some who imagine that in our latent political arena, the curse of the dumb electorate that exercises his [read more]

July 17, 2015 0

Are we still “Bobotante”? #juanvote

by Dean de la Paz, as originally posted on Blog Watch/Philippine Online Chronicles Two politicians are almost certain to be at loggerheads in the presidential race in 2016. One has virtually been [read more]

June 3, 2015 0

Precinct Automated Tallying System (PATaS): An Alternative Solution to Smartmatic

It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes. – Joseph Stalin There is a proposed alternative election system solution called TCReS (Transparent and Credible [read more]

May 27, 2015 0

Letter to House Speaker Belmonte re Blacklist at the House of Representatives

May 25, 2015 The Honorable Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr The Speaker of the House of Representatives HOR Complex, Constitution Hills 1126 Quezon City, Philippines Dear Mr. Speaker, On May 20, 2015, [read more]

May 19, 2015 0

Is your house sitting on top of the East Valley Fault or West Valley Fault line?

Quick links of the West and East Valley Fault line maps: 1. Google map over the Phivolcs map via nababaha.com 2. Is your house standing on an earthquake faultline? 3. Download The Valley Fault System [read more]

May 19, 2015 0

Self-check for earthquake safety of concrete hollow blocks houses in the PH

…it’s bad enough that the faultline exists; but it’s worse when you’re clueless where. Have you seen the new, detailed The Valley Fault System Atlas from Philippine Institute of Volcanology [read more]

May 15, 2015 0

Choosing the right leader by learning from PNoy’s strong points #juanvote

By Bernadine Racoma, as originally posted on Blog Watch /Philippine Online Chronicles Continued from Choosing the right leader by learning from PNoy’s mistakes (Part 1) It wouldn’t be fair to say [read more]

May 1, 2015 0

What could go wrong in the 2016 elections?

A year before elections, watchdog LENTE points out five issues that need to be addressed ASAP A year before the 2016 National and Local Elections, the election group LENTE (Legal Network for Truthful [read more]

April 30, 2015 0

#SaveMaryJane TIMELINE OF EVENTS: What happened in the last 5 years

It’s time to breathe a sigh of relief for now. The past weeks has been a rollercoaster of emotions but now is the time to look back and see what our country learned from this crisis situation . [read more]

April 13, 2015 0

Bantayan yung binoto mo #juanvote

If you are interested to know more, just drop an email . To volunteer please sign up here I am feeling so accomplished. I just finished a four week massive open online course (MOOC) on “Citizen [read more]

March 30, 2015 0

Philippine hemophilia community seeks public support

In celebration of the World Hemophilia Day on April 17, the Hemophilia Association of the Philippines for Love & Service (HAPLOS) will spearhead a national gathering of different Hemophilia [read more]

March 18, 2015 0

If you are participating at the #RightsCon2015, Blog Watch is inviting you to our sessions

It’s full blast ahead for RightsCon SEA 2015 here in Manila, the first time the summit is held outside Silicon Valley! RightsCon is the premier summit series bringing together civil society, [read more]