Category: News and Articles
Shield our critical infrastructure from foreign states
June 14, 2021We must shield our critical infrastructure from foreign state control.
On the Economic Hardship of Filipino Workers
June 13, 2021Latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the country’s unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent in April 2021 which translates to 4.14 million jobless Filipinos, a significant increase from the 7.1 percent in March. This alarming data was said to be brought about by the increase in lockdowns throughout the country with reported […]
Repeal BIR RR No. 5-2021
June 11, 2021During these trying times, with rising inflation and unemployment rate, we should be focusing on alleviating the economic hardships of the private education sector and not adding on to them by imposing heavier taxes.
On the ballooning Philippine outstanding debt
June 6, 2021Philippine debt has ballooned to P10.991 trillion as of end-April 2021, a 2% increase compared to the P10.774 trillion level in end-March. With the Philippine Statistics Authority’s recently released data that the inflation rate still has not eased at 4.5%, we cannot help but wonder who else will have to shoulder the gargantuan amount of […]
Brownouts are exacerbating our crisis situation. Investigate the power plant outages!
June 2, 2021Reliable and uninterrupted power supply is very critical, to power our digital devices and connect to internet to access the daily digital online services we need to cope with this pandemic and the hot summer weather.
A tax policy threat to the private educational ecosystem
May 31, 2021At this time of economic hardship and with elections coming next year, the government must act fast on this very fixable revenue provision in RR 5-2021 before it explodes into yet another crisis that may have political repercussions for this administration.
Politicization of pandemic response will not help with recovery
May 30, 2021As the 2022 national elections draw closer, we can expect that some politicians will exploit immunization programs and distribution of social amelioration funds to advance their personal political objectives. CitizenWatch Philippines condemns such self-serving and shameless acts that insult the integrity of efforts that are supposed to be genuinely altruistic. We must reject and expose […]
Put in place safeguards to ensure greater transparency in the implementation of Bayanihan 3
May 21, 2021As the second regular session of the 18th Congress resumed last May 17, the House Committees on Economic Affairs, on Social Services and on Ways and Means have approved a P405.6-billion Bayanihan 3 package. While CitizenWatch Philippines lauds and supports efforts in mitigating hunger and other devastating effects brought about by the pandemic to the […]
Anti-piracy alliance to boost Philippine creative industry
May 20, 2021In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and with 4 million unemployed Filipinos, it is imperative that we address piracy as a legitimate concern so that we may not only uphold intellectual property rights, but also safeguard the livelihood of thousands of Filipinos working in the film and television industries.
Chinese corrosive investments have bred simmering distrust and hostility
May 17, 2021Beijing’s belittling of our sovereignty and legal territorial rights, and its destructive raids into our EEZ have pervasively provoked a simmering distrust and hostility from our people.