By ETHEL MAE REYES*
PCIJ Story Project
ILOILO CITY – Until I saw the women’s dormitory of the Iloilo City Jail, I thought that anyone living in a cramped and confined space for years would be like a caged animal – vicious and violent. I was...
March 17, 2017 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Environment Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Internet, Investigative Reports, Online Research, Peace and Conflict, Public Health, Rodrigo R. Duterte, The Economy, The Internet, The Judiciary, Women, Youth and Education
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION
THE ISSUANCE on July 23, 2016 of Executive Order No. 2 on Freedom of Information drew support from the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition as a signal of the commitment of the Duterte Administration...
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...
March 25, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Local Government, Media, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, Public Health, The Economy
We are reposting this article published on April 15, 2014 about the challenges being faced by the sugar industry in Negros Occidental.
CUARESMA or Holy Week is the time when Filipinos reflect on the agony of Jesus Christ. It is also the time when the...
March 24, 2015 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Health Issues, Human Rights, In the News, Public Health
TODAY, 24 March 2015, is World TB Day. We are resposting this infographics from the International Committee of the Red Cross that provides a glimpse into the challenges posed by TB in the confines of Philipine jails and prisons.
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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...