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eksperto58 : Climate Change: Where should efforts to avert the effects of climate change in our country begin? Express your views and opinions… For me, it should start with us. The key is discipline. We should refrain from doing what is detrimental to the environment and adds to climate change. We can help avert the effects of climate change in our own little way by faithfully complying with simple rules like planting trees, by not burning trash especially plastics, by disposing our
eksperto58 : Bagama’t malayo pa ang halalan sa Mayo 2010, marami na ang mga pulitikong nagpapakilala, nagpapakitang gilas, nagpapasiklab, nagsasabing siya ay magaling, matulungin, matalino, makamahirap, at higit sa lahat ay may takot sa diyos. Halos araw-araw ay makikita mo na siya sa telebisyon, maririnig sa radyo at mababasa sa pahayagan. Mayroon na ring nagbibigay ng mga kalendaryo na may malaking litrato ng kanilang mukha sa harapan. May mga nagsisimula nang tumulong, magbigay ng donasyon, manguna sa m
eksperto58 : Bagama’t malayo pa ang halalan sa Mayo 2010, marami na ang mga pulitikong nagpapakilala, nagpapakitang gilas, nagpapasiklab, nagsasabing siya ay magaling, matulungin, matalino, makamahirap, at higit sa lahat ay may takot sa diyos. Halos araw-araw ay makikita mo na siya sa telebisyon, maririnig sa radyo at mababasa sa pahayagan. Mayroon na ring nagbibigay ng mga kalendaryo na may malaking litrato ng kanilang mukha sa harapan. May mga nagsisimula nang tumulong, magbigay ng donasyon, manguna sa m
The EQualizer Post : Nestle has allegedly been pressuring some print and broadcast journalists to "kill" the stories on the much publicized Nestle distributor sex scandal/problems and the recent mysterious trade recall of one of your powdered milk brands without any clear explanation except "simulation purposes".
guest_3329 : Graft and corruption is a monumental problem since immemorial, a prevalent cancer in our society. Even before the coming of the spaniards and the succeeding aggressors of our land and up today until the next generation this will going to exist. That's the wordly cares of this world can and will offer to blind us and condemned our souls in hell. We should not surprise with it because that is revealed from the Bible as sign of the coming age of falling into deeper sin, fearing nothing even God ju
angelblitz : ang PARCOR may nilulutong kakaiba???!!!
angelblitz : PAGCOR MAY LAY OFF???!!!
ge-em-ei : bakit kaya tahimik ang mundo sa PCIJ??? uhmmm...mapurol na ata ang pantasa.
nosibalasi : elow Pilipinas!!!
guest_5382 : Lessons from Senate inquiry The first round of Senate inquiry over so-called fertilizer scam from its suspected chief architect, Joc Joc Bolante that took a punishing 10-hour period on national TV in a question and answer format that in the end yielded no concrete evidence than mere presumptive facts leaves nothing more to the imagination. Even if a second round ought to be undertaken up to the point all senators would have been exasperated in having to ask further questions from an individua
guest_2068 : Price control – drugs or medicines? Republic Act No. 9502 also known as the Cheaper Medicines Act and its subsequent Implementing Rules and Regulations that will take effect on November 21 of this year ought to be a piece of landmark legislation courtesy of this 14th Congress. Central to its various themes, the law vests upon the Secretary of the Department of Health the authority to set price caps for all kinds of drugs or medicines – patented, non-patented, branded, generic – as if it
jr_lad : where is jcc?
nosibalasi : hello philippines!!!
heaven : anyway, never mind helpin...my apologies. i did not mean to make this shoutbox to be a venue for "unresourceful" political animals...thanks for the time
heaven : just how long is the span of time given for ur research? a month? we only have until this weekend to submit 2 academic papers which were only given the other day...and its our finals week-major exams every day of the week...the links i actually meant was not those found around the pcij site... for all we care, they might know some helpful sites on our paper...
GuroNgMgaTamad : why don't you do your research on your own? i did my own research and it's all here. i just had to do a google search and found the articles i needed here. i didn't wait for the fruit to fall. you're not asking for insights. you're asking for links. konting resourcefulness naman.
heaven : what seems to be the problem if we ask insights from those whom we know are full of them? we were not asking them to make the entire paper after all... we are just extracting all resources available, we have this conception that these people may be helpful in our endeavor...
GuroNgMgaTamad : Alam ba ng mga teachers niyo na ganito kayo gumawa ng assignment ninyo?
PeaceForAll : We are mass communication minor in Broadcast Journalism students from St. Scholastica's College and our study is about the state of education in the armed conflict areas in Sulu. Is it possible if you could send us links that would be of help in our research? Please email us at nicolette_makulet@yahoo.com. Thank you very much.
PeaceForAll : We are mass communication minor in Broadcast Journalism students from St. Scholastica's College and our study is about the state of education in the armed conflict areas in Sulu. Is it possible if you could send us links that would be of help in our research? Please email us at nicolette_makulet@yahoo.comThank you.
heaven : i mean i need YOUR academic prowess... im even more than willing to accept if you discuss an outline about that...thanks again...
heaven : ei, im here again...need academic prowess on my academic paper again...i actually have 2...huhu..-Weak States and Strong Families: the inevitabile rise of Political Dynasties as a defense mechanism of the weak and EDSA culture as a legitimizing political force... were only given a week to do a paper with at least 1500words each paper...badly need ur help...hope u can send the link to the related literature...thanks much..
jcc : Alecks, i totally agree with your observation about my post. please delete it,
nosibalasi : A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI WEST OF THE BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND PORT AU PRINCE. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GUSTAV.
nosibalasi : HURRICANE WATCH.....000 WTNT32 KNHC 280534 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 200 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008 ...RECONNAISSANCE PLANE APPROACHING GUSTAV...STILL MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST... AT 2 AM EDT...0600 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS REPLACED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE PROVINCE OF GRANMA WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ALL OTHER HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR CUBA.
heavenly : thank you very much for the positive response. im finally done with my paper...hoope to get more from all of you in my future undertaking... such a contribution to my growth...hehehe...thanx much again...
tongue in, anew : guest_1005, I also have a few items and links on the Garcias of Cebu in my blog related to the Meralco issue. You might pick-up a few things there, who knows?
Alecks : Guest 1005/1203, I did a special report on the Garcias of Cebu as part of our feature on new political dynasties for the 2007 elections. Hope you find the story and the series useful for your research. Here are the links: «link» «link»
guest_1203 : i really need some help...actually im in dire need of that help..can u cite reliable websites or reading materials or sources on that matter? u can send it at cielomaris11@yahoo.com
guest_1005 : im a political science student and im on a pursuit of making an academic paper about the elite influencing the political behavior. the elites make up social networks and even can be used as heuristics in decision making...is it possible if you could give an elaboration on that? or an example like the garcias or osmenas in cebu?
guest_1005 : im a political science student and im on a pursuit of making an academic paper about the elite influencing the political behavior. the elites make up social networks and even can be used as heuristics in decision making...is it possible if you could give an elaboration on that? or an example like the garcias or osmenas in cebu?

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Partners’ squabbles sideline bigger security, tech issues

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | July 3, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Filed under: 2010 Elections, Comelec Watch, Governance, In the News

The last of the two-part PCIJ report on poll automation takes a closer look at the winning bid of squabbling partners Smartmatic International and Total Information Management (TIM), including concerns by technology experts about the security of the system and the various technologies involved.

In a sidebar, the PCIJ takes a look at the financial proposal of Smartmatic-TIM for the project and finds some peculiar listings involving hardware items, for which PhP5 billion of the total PhP7.2 billion project is allocated.

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Good-bye automated elections?

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | July 2, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Filed under: 2010 Elections, Comelec Watch, Governance, In the News

Our latest two-part report looks at how the billion-peso automated elections project of the Commission on Elections now hangs by a thin thread on account of the supposed “irreconcilable differences” between the partners Smartmatic International Corporation and the Total Information Management Corporation.

Part 1 of the report reveals how the 19-page joint venture agreement between the contractors assigned greater power and control over the contract and project funds in favor of Smartmatic, and provides for what could be a long and testy arbitration process in Singapore, should the parties fail to reach an amicable settlement.

Read the first part of the report

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PCIJ, Vera Files win top honors in JVO awards

Posted by: Karol Ilagan | June 25, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Filed under: General, Media

INVESTIGATIVE reports on governance and corruption won major prizes in the 20th Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) held today at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati.

PCIJ fellow Roel Landingin’s three-part series on official development assistance (ODA) published on February 11-14, 2008 in the The Philippine Star, Malaya, Manila Times and Sun.Star Cebu, was named best in investigative and explanatory reporting.

Landingin’s report, which capped a six-month review of official documents covering 71 civil works projects funded by the country’s biggest ODA lenders, was cited as an “exemplary inquiry into how government inefficiency and corruption subvert the intent of official development assistance from various countries, detailing the many ways in which bureaucracy, official inertia, as well as malice have further indebted the country to ODA providers while reaping minimum benefits.”

Vera Files’s “Quedancor swine program another fertilizer scam” by Diosa Labiste, Luz Rimban and Yvonne Chua, published in BusinessMirror, Malaya, The Manila Times and Philippines Graphic in September 2008, shared top honors with Landingin’s report. The story was cited as a “thoroughly-documented and meaningful report, a substantial contribution to the urgent necessity to understand the link between the country’s continuing poverty and corruption, and which manages to hold reader attention while provoking thought as well as outrage.”

The two top-prize stories won for their authors plaques of distinction and P75,000 cash prize each. Labiste was also awarded the Marshall McLuhan Prize from the Canadian Embassy.

Filipino film wins in Democracy Video Challenge

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | June 17, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Filed under: Cross Border, Culture, Free Expression - Asia

Long Live the Fearless Man, a short film by Aissa Peñafiel and Miguel Ocampo, was among six winners of the Democracy Video Challenge, a global video competition sponsored by the US State Department. More than 900 young filmmakers took up the Challenge, which asked contestants to use three-minute YouTube videos to complete the phrase “Democracy is…”

In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Ocampo said, “It’s a challenge to us all to practice what democracy should be, to practice the power we have at our fingertips.”

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Influenza A (H1N1) virus: Things to know, things to do

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | June 11, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Filed under: In the News, Public Health

THE United Nations released the following informational booklet on the Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic.

Download the booklet.

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PCIJ on the scene: Con-Ass protest rally

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | June 10, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Filed under: Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Governance, In the News, Videocasts

THOUSANDS of people from civil society, militant, and religious groups gather in a large rally at the heart of Makati City to protest moves to amend the Charter. Video by Ed Lingao.

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Freedom of Information Act ready for Senate action

Posted by: Jaemark Tordecilla | June 4, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Filed under: Access to Information, Governance, Media

The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, jointly with the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization, submitted its committee report to the Senate on the various measures on the people’s right to information. Committee Report No. 534 recommends the passage of Senate Bill 3308, or the Freedom of Information Act of 2009, which substitutes all pending measures after considering the views of government and non-government stakeholders in committee hearings and technical working group meetings.

Senate Bill 3308, along with House Bill 3732 passed by the House of Representatives in May 2008, addresses the many legal loopholes that have allowed government agencies to openly disregard the people’s right to information enshrined in Section 7, Article III of the Constitution. Under the Senate version, government agencies are mandated to grant requests for access to information within seven calendar days from receipt of the request. A request may be denied only when the agency can show that the information falls squarely among a limited list of exceptions.

The proposed law also provides the implementing legislation for the state policy of full disclosure of all transactions involving public interest. The bill lists a number of transactions, such as loans, concession agreements, contracts, treaties, and other similar transactions of high public interest, to be automatically disclosed to the public by government agencies without need of request or demand. Failure to grant a request without a valid legal ground under the proposed law, or failure to make the mandatory disclosure of the listed transactions, open the government personnel or official concerned to administrative and criminal liability.