July 26, 2016 | In: Duterte, General, In Photos, Rodrigo R. Duterte, SONA
By Jil Danielle Caro, Ehcel Hurna, and Davinci Maru Libu-libong manggagawa, mangingisda, magsasaka, katutubo, estudyante, guro, at iba pang sektor ng lipunan ang nakilahok sa pagkilos para sa unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni pangulong...
July 25, 2016 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Drugs & Crime, Duterte, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Peace and Conflict, Rodrigo R. Duterte, SONA, The Judiciary
BANGKAY SA BANGKETA... kasi nga drug pusher ako. This is the sad refrain in a sardonic poem that a young Filipina wrote and read in a video she posted last week on her Facebook page. It does not matter, she averred, that the so-called drug pushers...
May 29, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Media, SONA
By Cong B. Corrales NOW that the House Committee of Public Information has filed its report on the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to the Office of the Secretary General, the bill's authors are urging the House leadership for "extraordinary will" to...
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...
August 20, 2014 | In: Charter Change, General, Governance, In the News, Local Government, Noynoy Watch, SONA, The Economy, The Judiciary
By Julius D. Mariveles LOCAL GOVERNMENT officials in Negros Occidental who were the first to issue a statement of support for President Benigno S. Aquino III over the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are now bucking calls for a...
July 30, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Image Galleries, SONA
by Cong B. Corrales and Julius D. Mariveles While members of Congress, guests and foreign dignitaries clapped their hands to a melodramatic State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Filipinos from different walks of...
July 28, 2014 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, SONA, Videocasts
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III delivered his fifth and penultimate State of the Nation Address Monday amid moves to impeach him for his administration's controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), portions of which were declared...
