Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 until today, civil society organizations (CSOs) work at the frontlines to deliver much-needed services to communities. These services include food and relief operations; personal protective equipment donations;...
by: Sandino Soliman All eyes are now on the implementation of the Mandanas Ruling in 2022. The Supreme Court decided on the petition of then Cong. Hermilando Mandanas of Batangas and former Gov. Enrique Garcia Jr. of Bataan to qualify the “just share” of local...
Merits of CSO Networking and the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) roll out in 2013-16 (Photo of the Regional Forum on the BUB and BUB 383 Mindanao Conference, August 2015, Davao City) Despite the COVID-10 challenges in the past seven months, Philippine civil society...
Photo courtesy of Manila Bulletin Last May 2021, exactly one year before the May 2022 Philippine national elections, the PARTICIPATE pro-democracy coalition launched its Ligtas Halalan 2022 [Safe Elections 2022] campaign. Based on international experiences and the...
There is power in that constant connection – an act that is deeper than networking. And knowing fully well the opportunities that are in front of us, we can take heart unwaveringly, speak up solidly, and face obstacles unitedly. Others will see, and they will follow....
The Zero Extreme Poverty Philippines (ZEP) 2030 coalition and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted Phase III of the COVID PULSE PH Survey this 2021 in order to assess the condition of poor and low-income households during the pandemic, provision...