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In clash of pigs, jobs, and pesos, rivers, bays, turn dirty, decay, die
PORK, BEEF, or chicken? If you’re a Filipino, chances are you often have a hard time choosing among the three. Indeed, in the last several decades, Filipinos have become more and…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·August 30, 2019
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Majayjay mounts slow, failing battle vs. sludge from hog farms
IN APRIL 2018, the Sangguniang Bayan of the small town of Majayjay in Laguna took action against indiscriminate dumping of waste into its rivers. This formed part of its moves to…
By Robert Ja Basilio Jr·August 30, 2019
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Pa-iwi system spreads
THREE years ago, Maida de los Santos (not her real name) got the shock of her life. The hog-raiser was told she could no longer afford to get feeds on credit. This was because her…
By Robert Ja Basilio Jr·August 30, 2019
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Comelec line change: 7 Duterte appointees to run 2022 elections
President Duterte has appointed a new election chairman and three commissioners — all of them from Mindanao. By 2022, Comelec will be run entirely by Duterte’s appointees. Mostly…
By Malou Mangahas·August 19, 2019
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COA scores Comelec: PhP2.6-B contracts had no fund cover docs
The procurement woes of the Comelec in the May 2019 elections had a backstory in an audit report the year prior. It continues to pay monthly rental for warehouse services without a…
By Karol Ilagan·August 16, 2019
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‘Lemons’ for machines, systems flaws = wasteful spending, vote gone awry
Problems with procurement, logistics, supply chain management, tight implementation schedules, and bad — really bad — project management. A series of unfortunate events turned the…
By Malou Mangahas·August 15, 2019
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16M failed to vote for party-list, missed names on back of ballot
Across the Philippines’ 81 provinces, from 30 to over 50 percent of voters failed to vote for party-list groups in May 2019. Many voters missed the names of party-list groups…
By Karol Ilagan·August 14, 2019
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SD cards ‘case of a few lemons’? 4,650 corrupted, didn’t work at all
Secure and digital — two words that spell out what SD cards should exemplify. But in the May 2019 elections, 4,650 SD cards of the 85,769 units deployed were found to be defective…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
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Disqualified at first try, bidder bags deal for ballot paper, marking pens
It’s a case of two failed biddings, and then a third negotiated one. The procurement of ballot paper and marking pens as a bundled contract for the May 2019 elections was one that…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
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A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machinesto verify voters conked out, not used at all
Avoidable delays in the procurement of goods and services; the election calendar revised four times; wasteful spending on machines that conked out or were not used; massive…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
