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Primer on pork barrel: PDAF, DAP and presidential pork
More and more people want to unite and act against the plunder, misuse and abuse of public funds through the controversial pork barrel. Citizens are outraged by the PDAF scandal involving lawmakers, Janet Napoles and fake NGOs. President BS Aquino himself has been put on the defensive for his own pork barrel, its misuse for […]
MoreFight continues as #PNoink gives Napoles special treatment
That Janet Lim Napoles is now in custody is a direct result of strong public pressure and the Million People March in Luneta and across the country. Had we not marched and told #PNoink that we want heads and pig heads to roll, nothing would have happened. #PNoink treatment for Napoles The surrender of Napoles […]
More#MillionPeopleMarch, an awesome launch for #ScrapPork movement
Exactly a year after netizens fought President Aquino to eventually defeat the obnoxious Cybercrime Law, Filipino Internet users today waged another battle that showed the fight last year was not in vain. Individual citizens and organizations, powered by social media and traditional tools, today held a march at the Luneta involving hundreds of thousands of […]
MoreWhy we should march to #ScrapPork
For as long as we remember, every time we ask the government to do something that is good for the country, the standard answer has been “no way, magtiis tayo, walang pera ang gobyerno”. And so many or most of us would actually stop asking government for what it should really provide in the first […]
MoreNoynoying 101: Fundamentals and Introduction to Noynoying
From Day One, Filipinos have looked for ways to catch President Aquino’s and his team’s attention whenever they f—k their jobs and whenever they needed to be reminded about their solemn duties and the promises they made during the campaign. Everytime the public would raise a howl over some grave mistake or omission, the routine […]
MoreToday, Nov. 21, is Blog Action Day for justice, against impunity
Over 500 days have passed since Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency on a pro-change platform – but families of victims of extrajudicial killings have been made to wait and to wait longer for presidential action needed to spur decisive action by government. The administration has not done anything meaningful to address the political killings […]
MoreStatement of Filipino participants to the 14th IACC
Filipinos who joined the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference issued the following statement which mainly challenges President Noynoy Aquino to work towards the enactment of a Freedom of Information Law for the Philippines:
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