July 24, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Disaster Aid, Duterte, Environment Watch, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Health Issues, Human Rights, In the News, Local Government, The Economy
By Karol Ilagan
UNITED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. Students and environmental activists held placards with calls for change in environment policies addressed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Photo by Karol Ilagan/PCIJ
FRANCES Quimpo’s recollection of...
December 1, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Data Journalism, Disaster Aid, Environment Watch, Governance, Health Issues, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, The Economy, United Nations, Women, Youth and Education
By Titon Mitra*
AS WORLD LEADERS converge on Paris from 30 November to 11 December, the importance of arriving at an ambitious yet implementable agreement on climate change action has been graphically underlined by the fact that, based on UK Met Office...
August 10, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Disaster Aid, Environment Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, Women
By Titon Mitra
Country Director in the Philippines
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
THERE IS AN ENDURING ADAGE that "the whole is only the sum of its parts". Recent Press and commentary on the statement of Professor (Chaloka) Beyani,...
August 10, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Congress Watch, Disaster Aid, Environment Watch, Governance, Human Rights, Local Government, Noynoy Watch, Public Health, The Economy, Women, Youth and Education
UNDERNOURISHED children, overnourished adults -- that is “the double burden of malnutrition” that afflicts the Philippines.
A paradox, indeed, in a highly agricultural economy, which should be producing food in abundance. To this day, however, many...
July 30, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Cross Border, Culture, Disaster Aid, Health Issues, Human Rights, Public Health, The Economy, The Internet, Women, Youth and Education
THE WORLD’S POPULATION is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, and exceed 11 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report.
The report, 2015 Revision of World Population Prospects, the 24th round of official UN...
June 4, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Disaster Aid, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Noynoy Watch, Science and Technology, The Economy
MAKE WASTE, mind your waste.
This is in gist is the concept behind the “Expanded Producer Responsibility” clause that forms part of the draft guielines on the management of electric and elctronic equipment waste that Philippine officials and...
March 24, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Charter Change, Civil Society, Disaster Aid, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Local Government, Mamasapano, Migrant Workers Issues, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, Public Health, SONA, The Economy, Women, Youth and Education
THE ADMINISTRATION of President Benigno S.Aquino III failed to score a majority approval rating on any of the 12 “urgent national concerns and issues” on which it is performance was rated in March 2015 by the creditable pollster Pulse Asia Research...
