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Pushing for a Green Economy
April 25, 2021We stand with the private sector in their march towards a greener future not only for the country but for the planet. We must all be stewards of the environment.
Time to stop the bully of the region
April 12, 2021We must engage our strong allies against this threat to our national security. As citizens, it is our right to demand decisive action from the leadership of this administration.
Enhance our Digital Infrastructures by prioritizing the National Broadband Plan
January 28, 2021We can only emerge from the COVID-crisis as a competitive economy if we can keep up with an increasingly digitally driven global economy.
Invest in our digital potential
January 4, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Government investments in strategic telecommunications infrastructure will promote an economic revival.” The safety restrictions on children and seniors in hotels, resorts and restaurants were a real holiday bummer. My family—and I am sure millions of families—had to adjust by doing online reunions. Thanks to technology, we managed to […]
The importance of middle-power states
December 21, 2020by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “The government must take a pro-active posture in alliance with its formidable network of like-minded states.” China was again criticized by the US military last week for snubbing the senior-level meetings connected to the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement on maritime safety. This is yet another confrontational rhetoric between […]
Digitalization is indispensable to recovery
December 14, 2020by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard Just four months after the eight-agency Joint Memorandum Circular cut bureaucratic red tape for telecommunications towers, the Anti-Red Tape Authority reported that 9,373 permits have been given to three telecommunications players. After being plagued with a long and expensive gauntlet of national and local government permits, it took […]
Power spot market price spike anomaly?
October 26, 2020Given crisis conditions, we must be open to innovations that can flank the pandemic barriers and accelerate the cycle of economic growth.
VACCINE SAFETY PLEDGE
September 9, 2020VACCINE SAFETY PLEDGE Half a year into the global response to the public health crisis and economic fallout brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the virus from Wuhan, it has become clear that the only long-term solution that will address the large-scale health and economic issues is a safe, effective, and widely deployed […]
Well done Project Ugnayan!
April 15, 2020Together, we will defeat this menace and move towards the gradual re-opening of economic activities with the same spirit of unity to rebuild the country.
Cold Cash Chinese Creeping Invasion?
March 3, 2020CitizenWatch Philippines fully supports Senator Richard J. Gordon in his initiative to convene a Senate Blue Ribbon Hearing to get to the bottom of this issue that is of serious national interest.