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...
#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 : ” 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...
How to help or volunteer: #yolandPH relief operations #reliefph
How to volunteer for Villamor Air Base’s Nanay Bayanihan Register at the #NanayBayanihan sign up sheet How to volunteer for Oplan Salubong at Camp Aguinaldo...
Corruption, Climate, Congress: Preying on Philippine Resilience and Faith
November 9, 2013 at 3:10am by Prof. Dr. Diane A. Desierto (JSD, Yale) Anyone born, bred, raised, and educated in the Philippines instinctively knows what...
On latest PNoy Speech on Pork Barrel: Nothing Consequential
From Prof BobbyTuazon, CenPEG Policy Studies Director: My take on PNoy’s speech last night (October 30, 2013): There was nothing in the speech that can...
Singapore Continues to be Most Business-Friendly Economy in the World, the Philippines among the Top 10 in Improving Business Regulation
A new World Bank and IFC report finds that Singapore continues to provide the world’s most business-friendly regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs, followed by Hong...