June 18, 2018 | In: Access to Information, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Drugs & Crime, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Martial Law, Media, Rodrigo R. Duterte, The Economy, The Internet, The Judiciary, Youth and Education
By Atty. Jose Manuel I. Diokno*
Dean, De La Salle University-College of Law
Keynote address, AIESEC YouthSpeak Forum, 17 June 2018,...
February 19, 2018 | In: Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Culture, Data Journalism, Drugs & Crime, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Online Research, Peace and Conflict, Rodrigo R. Duterte, Women, Youth and Education
By Karol Ilagan
HE LASHES OUT at reporters and calls the false and misleading information that he dishes out as jokes or “traps.” Yet while his diatribes can be described as unbecoming of his office, President Rodrigo R. Duterte remains widely...
June 16, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Maguindanao Massacre, Mamasapano, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict
By Cong B. Corrales
REMEMBER thy father's mistakes, do right by the Moro people.
This, according to supporters of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), are lessons that Sen. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. might do well to remember before thrashing the...
May 28, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Internet, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Journalist Killings, Maguindanao Massacre, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By Cong B. Corrales
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III would do well to act on his campaign promises promptly as he approaches his last 12 months in Malacañang.
In a letter to Aquino, the Philippine Business Groups and Joint Foreign Chambers...
April 10, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, In the News, Mamasapano, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Economy, The Judiciary, Women, Youth and Education
Peace Council for the BBL holds first meeting
MEMBERS of a peace council created by Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III to raise public awareness on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law are buckling down to work after holding their first meeting...
March 27, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Local Government, Mamasapano, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Economy, Women, Youth and Education
[caption id="attachment_18709" align="aligncenter" width="500"] LEADERS of the MBC with Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III, second from right | Photo from Makati Business Club website[/caption]
BUSINESS leaders urged Congress to resume...
March 27, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Local Government, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Judiciary, Women, Youth and Education
We are reposting this article originally published on the blog on March 30, 2014 .
THE SIGNING of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro is a milestone event, but like all significant events, it is never to be taken in a vacuum.
Decades of...
