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Grass roots democracy the Philippine way

By DIPLOMATIC POUCH | By Ivo Sieber | October 31, 2013 - 12:00am

Earlier this week, the Philippine voters chose their local representatives for the coming three years.

Opinion

Benchwarmers or true leaders? Women candidates a puny minority in nat’l, local races

By Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism | May 13, 2013 - 12:00am

One out of four senatorial bets in today’s elections is a woman, the highest rate of female participation yet in the senatorial race in the country’s history.

Headlines

Consultation and participation in development

By Nigel Paul C. Villarete | February 16, 2012 - 12:00am

In recent years, our vocabulary has been enriched by a few significant, albeit, oftentimes misplaced, terms in development.

Freeman Opinion

Increased participation of absentee voters sought

September 2, 2011 - 12:10pm

 Senator Franklin Drilon called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to find ways to increase the participation of overseas Filipinos in absentee voting (OAV), especially in the upcoming 2013 midterm p...

People's participation in budget preparation pushed

By Jun Pasaylo | February 22, 2011 - 2:16pm

The Senate Finance Committee sought to institutionalize the participation of accredited non-government and people’s organizations in the deliberations of budget in the local government units.

Agriculture coalition submits 'wish-list' to next president

By Marianne V. Go | March 23, 2010 - 12:00am

The Alyansa Agrikultura, a farmer-fisherfolk coalition of 42 national and local federations and organizations representing all the major agriculture sector, has submitted a “wish-list” for an agri-fishery...

Business

DENR issues new order to boost CBFM

By Benny G. Enriquez | October 10, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued Administrative Order 23 on Aug. 25 to hasten the implementation of the community-based forest management (CBFM) program. CBFM is a forest development...

Agriculture