News and Articles
UPHOLD THE FREEDOM OF OUR MEDIA!
February 13, 2020CitizenWatch Philippines expresses its outright protest against the usurpation of the mandate of Congress to grant or reject ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. It also voices its empathy to the thousands of families to be affected by the non-renewal of its franchise.
STATEMENT ON WATER SITUATION
December 16, 2019We call on government, the regulators and the concessionaires stop the destructive rhetoric and instead focus on rationale and practical solutions to quickly address a looming WATER SUPPLY CRISIS!
Cancer assistance fund needs more GAA funding
October 14, 2019We must remind all our lawmakers that millions of Filipinos affected by the catastrophic financial effects of cancer are counting on them to ensure that initial funding for the Cancer Assistance Fund is secured in the 2020 General Appropriations Act.
SC ruling will raise water rates up to P16
August 29, 2019Consumer advocacy group CitizenWatchPH warns of water rates spiking P12 to P16 per cubic meter because of “the Aug 06 decision of the Supreme Court that will cause serious consequences to consumers”.
New Freshwater Resources NOW!
August 28, 2019The recent water crises in the Manila Water concession area is a serious warning to government to move fast in developing new freshwater resources to meet the fast-growing demand of Mega Manila.
Why privatization and PPPs work
August 26, 2019Decades of the country’s experience with privatization has taught very valuable lessons. Among them, that certain utilities cannot be managed by the government on its own; it should thus stick with regulation.
Mobilizing resources vs. dengue
August 7, 2019Given enough resources that could be mobilized to address the dengue alert, we should be reminded that enabling preventive measures is still the best and cost-effective solution and all of us should heed the warning of the DoH to protect ourselves from dengue.
Enabling energy efficient systems in the Philippines
August 1, 2019As we embrace new technologies, we become drivers of innovation and development. The establishment of smart grid technology would enable Filipinos to efficiently manage consumption while Distribution Utilities become more efficient in delivering stable power supply to all consumers.
Meralco pursuing green energy
July 1, 2019The recent announcement of Meralcoon plans to invest in 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy projects is unexpected but certainly a laudable development.
The bottomline after the elections
May 27, 2019The bottom-line in the 2019 polls is that, all political noise and creative speculations aside, it was a credible and successful democratic exercise. Investigations into the allegations or suspicions around the glitches and delays are in order, but pending the results of those, any blanket censure of the process is a disservice to the Comelec and the many men and women on the ground who worked tirelessly to make the polls as efficient as it is now. A great achievement for our democracy after the terrible decades of manual elections.