The Real SONA: Women Living Dangerously Under GMA
MANILA -- Living dangerously is the real state of the nation under the Arroyo regime. And it is a total shame that the utmost disregard of women and children?s rights…
Caught Again With Its Pants Down
Lack of assistance and evacuation plans for Filipinos in Lebanon shows government neglect, irresponsibility and indifference to plight of OFWs By Ramon Bultron Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants MANILA --…
Mindanao Ombudsman Launches Campaign Vs Misuse of Govt Vehicles
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao has announced that it is now tightly monitoring the use of government vehicles, through its program called Task Force Oplan Red Plate.
The monitoring began more than three weeks ago and entails the deployment of personnel to various areas in the city such as beaches, entertainment spots, parks, malls and markets. The monitoring teams take photographs or videos of vehicles with red plates, which is the color assigned to all government-owned vehicles, said Rodolfo Elman, director of the Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao.
A Regime’s Folly
By Ren Jalaluddin Ropeta MANILA -- The brazen declaration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of a heightened war against the Communist insurgency is essentially a war against the Filipino people who…
Bribery by Davao Companies Declines
But SWS survey says government is not sincere in fighting corruption
By Germelina A. Lacorte
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey of enterprises has given the government a failing mark in its sincerity to curb corruption.
While bribing to win government contracts posted a downtrend among businesses in Davao, Metro Manila, Cebu, and Cagayan de Oro, 14 of the 23 government agencies surveyed last year scored lower this year in their sincerity to fight corruption. The SWS survey was conducted among 700 managers representing 499 companies in seven major cities in the country.