May 6, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Campaign Finance, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism JEJOMAR 'JOJO' BINAY marked his Year 1 in public office as OIC (officer-in-charge) mayor of the country’s premier financial district, Makati City, in 1989 with a net worth of only P2.9...
April 30, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Campaign Finance, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Governance, In the News, Internet, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, Online Research
By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism VOTERS KEEN in assessing the fitness for office of the five candidates for President in the upcoming elections may want to look at the presidentiables’ political pedigree and blood relations....
October 12, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Campaign Finance, Civil Society, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, The Economy, The Internet, Women, Youth and Education
TODAY starts a week-long job-application and registration process for those who aspire to lead the nation. The applicants have only until Friday, Oct. 16, to file their certificates of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In all,...
September 11, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch
THE PHILIPPINES scored 64, on a scale of 0 to 100, for transparency of eight budget documents in the latest Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2015, a report on 102 countries in the world. This piece of good news comes, however, with findings of weakness in...
August 27, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Jejomar C Binay, Media, Noynoy Watch
By Davinci S. Maru HUNDREDS of mourners marched on Wednesday afternoon from Manila’s Sampaloc district to Mendiola in Malacañang to bid goodbye to loved one. The bereaved, clad in traditional black shirts, walked in paces behind a simple brown...
August 26, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Noynoy Watch, Pork Barrel Scam
SO WHAT if pork money or earmarks for legislators line the budget of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)? Who gets how much, and how? Why, in the first place, do legislators have to course their pork monies to TESDA for...
August 25, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Congress Watch, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Jejomar C Binay, Noynoy Watch
THEY ARE supposed to be top-rate technical vocational institutions (TVIs), which is why they bagged millions of pesos from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Or actually, from the pork-barrel funds of some legislators...
