News and Articles
ECQ again! Mind your power consumption
March 29, 2021Try to be mindful of how you use your appliances to avoid a self-inflicted spike in electric bills.
Public and Private Partnership is the Key towards Sustainable Development
March 27, 2021We call on the government to work with the private sector in creating sustainable initiatives that will fortify a future proofed Philippines beyond this pandemic.
A dose of new hope from the private sector
March 22, 2021This is again a sterling example of how the private sector plays a crucial role in rebounding from this pandemic crisis and how industry leaders are initiating interventions on all fronts in the spirit of public-private partnerships.
MERALCO rate lowered again and lower than other DUs
March 18, 2021The power rates imposed by the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) have become substantially lower compared to the average rates of other distribution utilities and electric cooperatives operating in the country, and has helped alleviate the general consumer’s burden of soaring prices of goods and services brought about by inflation. MERALCO has cut its overall rate […]
Telecom Tower Watch – Pushing Nationwide Digital Infrastructure Development
March 15, 2021We stand with Filipino consumers in supporting the call for the government to work with the private sector for economic progress. We call for an all-of-society approach in fostering a future-proofed Philippines thru the integration of digital technologies.
Telecom Tower Watch
March 15, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “There is urgency to close the 50,000-cell site tower gap.” It looks like the aggressive investments of the private telecommunications companies are gaining momentum as significant increases in fixed and broadband and mobile data speeds have been recorded in the January 2021 report of WeAreSocial – Hootsuite. As […]
Uphold healthy competition and consumers’ right to choose
March 8, 2021We at CitizenWatch Philippines urge the PCC to act swiftly and put a stop to these illegal and exploitative practice. Every consumer has a right to a free and open market environment where competition is based on the quality of products and services.
Philippine digital irony
March 8, 2021Though we are hearing all these exciting pronouncements of going digital and our potential as a digital economy, it is time for the government to put its money where its mouth is. Top priority should be the immediate implementation of the National Broadband Plan wherein a national fiber-optic backbone will be operationalized using the existing transmission assets of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. It’s a great plan that, if adequately funded and properly harmonized with the telecommunication assets of the private telcos, will spur countrywide economic growth that we badly need to get out of this deep recession.
Provincial transportation policy is more expensive and poses greater health risk
March 5, 2021We at CitizenWatch Philippines call on the DOTr to immediately change its current provincial bus policies to allow terminal to terminal bus routes.
Urgency to transform fragmented health system
March 3, 2021Let us work together to rebuild our healthcare system. The implementation of government’s health policies and programs are more likely to succeed and to be sustained when different stakeholders work together towards the achievement of universal healthcare.