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Building economic momentum
November 28, 2022The pandemic practically pushed the country into embracing digital technologies to be indispensable to the continuity of the economy and individual survival which further highlights how government must seriously invest in systemic digital transformation.
Digital enablement is people empowerment
November 28, 2022Investments in digital infrastructure will mean nothing if not complemented by investments in digital enablement.
Consumer discipline is key to solving plastic waste pollution
November 18, 2022As for us, consumers, we must remember that proper waste disposal is a matter of discipline- individual behavior that only we, as individual stakeholders of this planet, have full control over. We must also do our part to save our world.
Governance, the economy, and the private sector
November 14, 2022by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “It is the duty of elected and career officials of government to ensure that disbursement of the people’s money will give optimal returns in terms of projects and services and not siphoned away by corrupt practices” The character of the country’s political governance is intimately connected to […]
Internet service is a basic utility
November 14, 2022CitizenWatch Philippines calls on our legislators to enact and institutionalize a telecommunications infrastructure code, acknowledging the fact that the Internet has evolved into a basic utility.
Amend the National Building Code to integrate digital connectivity
November 7, 2022We express our strong support for the DICT’s legislative initiative to address this last mile deployment issue by amending the National Building Code.
An all-of-society cyber defense force
October 31, 2022We now live in a highly digitized ecosystem where online connectivity is indispensable. Building an all of society cyber defense force is another dimension of the new normal that we must do together.
Let’s do this right
October 26, 2022We call on regulators to consult with all stakeholders while drafting the law’s Implementing Rules and Regulations.
Empower the private sector and we will prosper
October 24, 2022by Orlando Oxales originally published The Manila Standard “The highlights of the PSA’s July 2022 Labor Force Survey gives a workforce perspective on the current job situation which is of course driven and dominated by the private sector” When we go out to work or to play in this especially difficult time of high inflation and […]
Scoring the first 100 days
October 17, 2022The challenge to any new administration has always been to uplift the economic well-being of our people and this is the metric by which this and any government will be measured.