Archive for May, 2011

May 31, 2011 · Posted in: Governance, Noynoy Watch

Health, education, and CCT

Part 2 of our report on the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) reviews that deficit in the quantity and quality of education and health services in the CCT areas, according to a belated supply-side review that is...

May 30, 2011 · Posted in: Governance, Noynoy Watch

Scrutinizing the CCTs

Our latest offering is a three-part report scrutinizes the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), “the cornerstone of the government’s strategy to fight poverty and attain” the Millennium Development Goals that...

IT TOOK a while for them to take action but economic planners are finally moving to repeal the infamous guidelines on government-private sector joint ventures that exempted some of the former Arroyo administration’s large projects from high-level and...

A Mindanao-based radio broadcaster says he has been receiving death threats since he started reporting on a controversial case involving the alleged smuggling of vehicles and firearms from the United States. The Center for Media Freedom and...

May 20, 2011 · Posted in: General

PCIJ wins two Rotary awards

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has been honored with two more awards for excellence in journalism. On Thursday, May 19, the Rotary Club of Manila named PCIJ Fellow and Mindanews Editor Carolyn O. Arguillas as Investigative Reporter...

May 20, 2011 · Posted in: General

Of good journalists
and good bloggers

What happens in a world where anyone can be a journalist? This was the question posed by Cocoy Dayao, a blogger, internet publisher, and self-described political junkie who participated in the Luzon leg of the training seminar "Maguindanao and Beyond:...

May 18, 2011 · Posted in: The Judiciary

The JBC and FOI

Part 2 of our report on the Judicial and Bar Council focuses on the token transparency that marks the conduct of the JBC’s work and selection process. While the JBC allows citizens to attend its public interviews with the nominees, it has also kept...