For presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo, the May 2022 polls are neither about her nor her competitors in the Palace race. Instead, it's about the collective dream of Filipinos who simply want to survive for their loved ones and have a better future. Presidential aspirant and Vice...
Two women's groups hailed the Senate's move to cut the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) by 86 percent. (Photo from Anakbayan Morayta / FILE) On Tuesday, Senator Sonny Angara said the Senate Finance Committee is set to slash the budget of NTF-ELCAC...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) congratulated the Cauayan City government for bagging second place in the “Best in LGU Empowerment” award category of the 2021 Digital Governance Awards (DGA) on Oct. 29. (DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña's Facebook page) DOST...
Valenzuela City's local educational channel won third place in the "Best in eGov Customer Empowerment- Cities Category" during the virtual awarding ceremony of the Digital Governance Awards on Friday, Oct. 29. (VALENZUELA CITY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE/MANILA BULLETIN) Also called as "Valenzuela Live,"...
The city of Manila received three awards during the Digital Governance Awards (DGA) 2021 on Friday, Oct. 29. (Photo courtesy of DILG NCR / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) The DGA recognizes best practices among Local Government Units (LGUs) in utilizing the Information Communication Technology (ICT)...
To help set the foundation of active citizenship for young Filipinos, the Youth Leadership for Democracy (YouthLed) and the De La Salle University's Institute of Governance (LSIG) have launched a partnership for Civic Education Research. L-R. Sam Chittik (Country Representative of The Asia...
A civic group decried the administration's counter-insurgency program which has been "sowing terror and repression" among peasant and Indigenous communities. (Unsplash) According to the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG), Duterte's counterinsurgency program has taken the lives...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, October 14, laid out her plans for the first 100 days in office if she’s elected president in the 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo is the guest speaker during the Rotary Club of Manila’s virtual membership meeting on October 14, 2021. (Rotary Club...
The National Reinsurance Corp. of the Philippines (Nat Re), the country’s national reinsurer, was recognized by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) for good corporate governance practices. Allan R. Santos, Nat Re president and chief executive officer said the company bagged two Golden...
Two groups on Tuesday, Oct. 5, said "retiring" President Rodrigo Duterte should be held accountable for continuous killings and human rights violations in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte on Saturday, Oct. 2, announced his retirement from politics and dropping...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay For more than five years, ordinary citizens had to contend with the egregious display of officious behavior by some of our public officials. From the highest ranks of leadership down to the second and third tiers of the bureaucracy, the space...
Vice President Leni Robredo said it would be a "waste" if President Duterte becomes her successor and implements his familiar style of leadership. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from Robredo's Facebook page) Robredo, in an interview Friday, Sept. 24 with Ateneo Level Up of Radyo Katipunan, said...
