Tag: drug war

The Five Pitfalls of Marcos that Duterte must avoid

October 29, 2017

Whether you are pro- or anti-Marocs, one thing can’t be denied. That is when Pres. Marcos fled the country in 1986, he did so because much...

Duterte’s drug war pales in comparison to the Americas’

April 21, 2017

So much has been said about the drug war, that is being waged in the Philippines by Pres. Rody Duterte. The Guardian called it “out...

44 years after Martial law , we have come full circle.

September 21, 2016

I was 15 years old when Proclamation 1081 was declared by former President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972. I was skeptical . My parents seemed...

Beating illegal drugs through education in the Duterte presidency

July 7, 2016

According to President Rodrigo Duterte, we are at the brink of becoming a narco-political state. This was his warning to the country as soon as...

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BlogWatch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.