Environment
Health, environment concerns are raised as Philippine cement plants burn plastic wastes for fuel
The DENR has pushed cement plants to burn plastic municipal wastes as alternative fuel to help address the country’s solid waste problem. But critics are raising health concerns…
By Elyssa Lopez·August 11, 2022
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Want better elections in 2025? Poll watchdogs list 10 tasks for Comelec, lawmakers
In a roundtable discussion organized by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), election watchdogs identified several electoral reforms they would want the 19th…
By Cherry Salazar·August 4, 2022
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In transport sector, Marcos’ SONA focuses on infrastructure over reforms
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 When the country reopened amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, commuters were met with long queues in bus stations. And…
By Elyssa Lopez·July 28, 2022
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Marcos’ first SONA: Experts weigh in on what he said and didn’t say
In his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. laid down the priorities of his administration. The PCIJ staff listened and recorded the…
By The Pcij Staff·July 27, 2022
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Marcos’ education agenda adjusts to pandemic. Its success will rely on teachers
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25 zoomed in on his administration’s health and…
By Karol Ilagan·July 27, 2022
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‘No to Endo precarious jobs’: Labor group says jobs creation should be high on Marcos’ agenda
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s continuation of the former administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program will mean more…
By Cherry Salazar·July 27, 2022
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From 3 months to 3 weeks? Caution urged as Marcos promises to cut red tape in processing OFW papers
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to simplify deployment processes for Filipino migrant workers, promising to cut the red…
By Cherry Salazar·July 27, 2022
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Marcos quiet on media attacks, disinformation in SONA speech
The PCIJ staff will be listening to President Marcos' SONA speech to record what issues he will and will not address. Click here for the LIVE BLOG. Up to the very last week of the…
By Cherry Salazar·July 27, 2022
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SONA 2022: Marcos’ 19 priority bills
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on Marcos' first State of the Nation Address. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. enumerated 19 priority bills during his State of the Nation…
By Adminnewspack·July 27, 2022
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Marcos, chair of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, silent on Cha-cha during first SONA
The PCIJ staff will be listening to President Marcos' SONA speech to record what issues he will and will not address. Click here for the LIVE BLOG. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr…
By Cherry Salazar·July 27, 2022
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WATCH AND READ: President Marcos’ first SONA
Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte; Former Presidents Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Rodrigo Roa Duterte; Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and the…
By Adminnewspack·July 26, 2022
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Marcos promises financial aid and land distribution to revive agri sector
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 Wearing his agriculture secretary hat on, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. paid special attention to the agriculture…
By Elyssa Lopez·July 26, 2022
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No more pandemic lockdowns as Marcos lays down health agenda in first SONA
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 Cases of Covid-19 in the Philippines are increasing again but President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. promised the public that the…
By Karol Ilagan·July 26, 2022
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Disappointment as Marcos keeps mum on drug war, other human rights issues
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not set any policy to undo his predecessor’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs during…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 26, 2022
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In SONA speech, Marcos family’s unpaid estate taxes is the elephant in the room
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos discussed at length his fiscal policy during his first State of the Nation Address…
By Elyssa Lopez·July 25, 2022
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Marcos sets ambitious economic targets, new taxes in SONA speech
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022. The new president did not waste time. A minute into his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, President…
By Elyssa Lopez·July 25, 2022
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FOI not included in Marcos’ priority bills
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 The Freedom of Information (FOI) bill was not among the priority measures that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr enumerated…
By Martha Teodoro·July 25, 2022
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‘A friend to all, an enemy to none’ does not apply to West Philippine Sea dispute
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. proclaimed an independent foreign policy during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 25, 2022
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Not a priority? Marcos still mum on Bangsamoro peace process
Click here for the PCIJ staff's LIVE BLOG on #SONA2022 Four weeks into his presidency, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has yet to make public pronouncements about the peace process with the…
By Carmela Fonbuena·July 25, 2022
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Protests vs ‘party boy’ Marcos push through despite initial permit denial
The PCIJ staff will be listening to President Marcos' SONA speech to record what issues he will and will not address. Click here for the LIVE BLOG. Despite heavy rains that poured…
By Elyssa Lopez·July 25, 2022
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Marcos ally Zubiri installed as Senate President
The PCIJ staff will be listening to President Marcos’ SONA speech to record what issues he will and will not address. Click here for the LIVE BLOG. Senator Juan Miguel “Migz”…
By Martha Teodoro·July 25, 2022
