Finally after eight months, the President convened the 111th meeting of the Legislative-Executive Advisory Council (LEDAC), the first under his administration. A total of 23 priority bills excluding Responsible Parenthood and Freedom of Information bills were to be discussed today at the 1st LEDAC meeting . Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago thinks there is no need to [...]
I noticed that among all the senators and even congressmen, Senator TG Guingona uses new media such as youtube as one of his innovative ways of communicating to the public. The first video he shared in Twitter was a tour of the Senate. This time around, his staff showed me his current videos that sheds [...]
The Unreported World is a critically acclaimed foreign affairs series by Channel 4 offering an insight into the lives of people in some of the most neglected parts of the planet, giving hard-hitting investigative reports on the global stories that don’t hit the headlines. This episode, aired in 2006, reports on the issues of contraception [...]
London bus driver Josh West heads to Manila, the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city on Earth. Josh will be driving a Jeepney, a colourfully decorated, adapted jeep which has no power steering, dodgy lights and an uncomfortable seat. His host is Rogelio Castro and together they brave the chaos of [...]
Women, mostly from depressed communities, together with other reproductive health advocates marched solemnly to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines this afternoon to impress upon the bishops the urgency of addressing the very high number of maternal deaths in the country. “We are very seriously disturbed that the bishops issue statements about many issues [...]
The twitter hiccup must have happened while I was working on a blog entry. No wonder Tweetdeck wasn’t making that “tweet” sound. Based on news report, it was down for two hours. That’s how long I must have been writing. I didn’t miss anything until I heard a sound from tweetdeck. So how did you [...]
The PCIJ asks college students what they know about the 1986 People Power revolt. Results were surprising. Is EDSA Revolution even in our history books? Here is how some remember what EDSA revolution was like:
(Inihayag sa People Power Monument, EDSA noong ika-25 ng Pebrero, 2011) Nang idineklara ni Ginoong Marcos ang martial law noong Setyembre 21, 1972, hindi naman lahat ng Pilipino ay nagimbal sa ideyang ito. Sa katunayan, may mga sumang-ayon pa dito dahil sa tingin nila, ito ang tatapos sa lumalaganap na kaguluhan daw noon. Alam naman [...]
Today is the 25th anniversary of People Power celebration. On my hand is the People Power Commemorative coin (10 pesos) that I kept after all these years. Holding this commemorative coin is quite symbolic. The hope of the country lies in our hands, the power of an active citizenry. The spirit of EDSA 1 showed [...]
Here is the Updated Traffic Plan from @MMDA for tomorrow’s #EDSA25 People Power Anniversary Celebrations. See map below
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