The upcoming 2022 national and local elections are going to be a highly demanding test of the Philippine state of democracy. Election day, May 9, 2022, and its outcomes will reflect the integrity of the electoral process. In addition, integrity will also...
Palig-on sa Baybayon: A Community-based Approach Coastal Resource Management
The Bohol Integrated Development Foundation is a strong advocate of the preservation of the environment. Coastal Resource Management is one of its longstanding programs in the municipality of Calape where marine protected areas are situated. According to the survey...
Profiling Extremely Poor Families in Camotes Island
Last September 2021, the Zero Extreme Poverty Philippines 2030 (ZEP2030) Cebu Local Convergence Team, composed of the Central Visayas Network of NGOs (CENVISNET) and the A2D Project, traveled nine (9) hours to reach Camotes Island in the northeast part of the province...
Extraordinary Co-op Stories of Micro-Entrepreneur Awardees from Mindanao
It is no secret that Filipinos can turn seemingly ordinary things into extraordinary stories, and the co-operative sector has its fair share of these transformations. The Mindanaw Co-operative Micro-Entrepreneur Award (MICMA) was initiated in 2009 to recognize and...
Sustainability of Philippine CSO Sector Further Declined in 2020
On the whole, the sustainability of the Philippine sector of civil society organizations (CSOs) moderately declined from 2019 (3.5) to 2020 (3.7), with both ratings indicating that the sector’s sustainability remains “evolving.” The rating has continued to decline...
Dumaguete City People’s Development Council: Influencing Government, Charting our future
The Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) in partnership with the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PHILDHRRA) and Dumaguete’s People’s Council held an e-tour session entitled “Pasyal Na! Dumaguete City People’s...
