Overseas
Filipino Workers: The Making of an Asian-Pacific Diaspora
By E. San Juan, Jr.
The
Philippines remains an inchoate nation, its polity fragmented into
ethnic communities. The exported labor of Filipino women and their
treatment as serfs or quasislaves offers a laboratory for the critical
analysis of the global market and its impact on poor countries.
Readings
on Warlordism:
Dissecting the system of warlordism and political dynasties in the
Philippines, in the light of the recent massacre of 57 civilians
in Maguindanao province reportedly by the private army members of
the Ampatuans.
CenPEG
chair receives Dangal ng Lahi medallion UP
reaps awards in this year’s literary contests
By Francis Paolo M. Quina and
Ynna Abuan
Posted by CenPEG, Oct. 20, 2009
The season for literary awards has come and gone,
and once again UP alumni, faculty members, and workshop fellows
have cornered the lion’s share of the medals for 2009.
Philippines:
Corruption Timeline
The Global Integrity Report (report.globalintegrity.org)
Posted by CenPEG
Oct. 21, 2009
Can
we learn from Cuba's lesson?
The tiny country is known for its hurricane planning that
keeps its people prepared and fatalities low.
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN, Times Senior Correspondent
Published September 9, 2005
Before Hurricane Ivan whipped Cuba last year with 160
mph winds, the government evacuated nearly 2-million people. The
result: not a single death or serious injury.
CenPEG,
other volunteers bring relief to
Montalban typhoon victims 
Children refugees of
Montalban
(CenPEG,
Oct. 6, 2009) - Volunteers from the Center for People Empowerment
in Governance (CenPEG) became one with the victims of Typhoon Ondoy
in remote barangay (village). San Jose Montalban, Rizal as they
conducted a relief million for hundreds of displaced families last
September 31.
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Scientists probe into the recent flood of Metro Manila
Learning
Lessons Carrying On after ONDOY
A
disaster waiting to happen It was a sight never
seen in the Philippines in recent decades: Whole villages under
water, human corpses lying along drainages and tunnels, vast swathes
of fields and highways inundated. The human toll was high, scores
of persons remain missing, property losses total PhP8.3 billion
at the latest count.
Issue Analysis No. 23
October 6, 2006
DISASTERS
AND FAULTY GOVERNANCE
CenPEG is reposting this Issue Analysis on disasters and weak government
response which first appeared on October 6, 2006.
Urban
Floods and the Marginalized Estero Spaces of Manila
By
Trina Go Listanco
Department of Geography
University of the Philippines
COMMENTARY
What went wrong? Like sound of 1 hand
clapping
By Raul Lejano, Chinie Canivel
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:13:00 10/08/2009
More
typhoons! Hilarious and serious
A moderate dig at presidents and presidentiables |
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Political
parties, including the Nationalista Party, PDP-Laban, Ang Kapatiran
Party, the office of Senator Jamby Madrigal and Makabayan Coalition
today on February 22 joined hands with citizens’ groups
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) and AES Watch
to demand for a genuine source code review.
Joint
Statement of Political Parties and Citizens’ Groups on Comelec’s
‘Source Code Review’
What
is a Proper Source Code Review?
By AES Watch
Feb. 22, 2010
A proper source code review is one that is conducted comprehensively
following IT industry best practices and accepted methodologies
in software quality and integrity assurance and using automated
tools for testing parts or the whole of the code.
Source
Code Review According to COMELEC: A Commentary
By Pablo Manalastas
There are steps that COMELEC can do to allow source code review
of the 2010 election programs -- steps that are truly honorable,
that remove the public impression that COMELEC is hiding behind
the shadow of Smartmatic, the public impression that it is under
Smartmatic control.
CenPEG’s
voters’ education, poll watch training stepped up as election
nears
To
build critical public awareness on the prospects and complexities
of the automated election system (AES), the Center for People
Empowerment (CenPEG) continues to make rounds in forums and
discussions with various religious groups, schools and other
organizations nationwide.
Center
trains church-based poll watchers in island of Chocolate Hills
(Tagbilaran, CenPEG News) -
Dubbed as one of the country’s tourist destinations, Tagbilaran
City on the island province of Bohol, central Visayas was the
venue for a three-day national training on voters’ education
and the automated election last February 19-21.
CenPEG's Rosa Castillo discusses poll automation.
Poll watch volunteers listen to CenPEG briefing
Automated
Election System: AES Watch STAR Card
The Automated Election System (AES) Watch issues its third rating
of Comelec’s election preparedness.
STAR card
Remarks
for NASSA Training
By
Jose L. Cuisia
Chair, National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel)
As the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the AES continue to unravel
with the inadequate preparation of the COMELEC and SMARTMATIC;
we in the church, civil society & church laity; who share
the same desire of having a fair & credible elections this
May should find ways to work together to achieve this common objective.
UP-based
think tank won’t be part of Comelec’s sham software
review
The Center for People Empowerment in Governance
(CenPEG) today announced that it will not take part in the “source
code review” called by the Commission on Elections Comelec)
to study the software program of
the May 10 automated election system (AES). (Press Release, Feb.
9, 2010)
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How
NGOs are Profiting Off a Grave Situation
Haiti and the Aid Racket
By ASHLEY SMITH
While some NGOs like Partners in Health have been set up to develop
Haitian grassroots self-organization and control, most major NGOs
have been accomplices in the neoliberal catastrophe the U.S. wrought
in Haiti.
Will
the US Meet Its Waterloo in Afghanistan and Iraq?
2nd Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Lecture
By Dr. Jan Myrdal
Global Research, February 9, 2010
In both Iraq and Afghanistan the people have had to pay heavily -
both materially and in dead and wounded - for the US war.
EVMs
are not tamper-free; Dr. Swamy files PIL for dual voting system
Red
Alert: The Second Wave of The Financial Tsunami
The Wave is gathering force & could hit between
the first & second quarter of 2010
U.S.
Backs Illegal Elections in Honduras
Uruguay
Elects Former Guerrilla as Next President
The
Role of America's Financial Elite in the Obama Regime
"The
True Story of the Bilderberg Group" and What They May Be Planning
Now, A Review of Daniel Estulin's book, by Stephen Lendman
Trilateral
Commission; Obama appointed no less than eleven members
By CFR
The
Story Behind the Uruguayan Elections 09
November 2009
by: Julie R. Butler, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
The international headlines all read something
to this effect, "In Uruguay: Ex-Guerrilla Fighter Headed for
Runoff Vote in November." Attention-grabbing as it is, that headline
doesn't do justice to the complex story behind this ex-guerrilla fighter
being on the verge of becoming Uruguay's next president.
War
is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and Debt is Recovery
By Andrew Gavin Marshall In
light of the ever-present and unyieldingly persistent exclamations
of ‘an end’ to the recession, a ‘solution’
to the crisis, and a ‘recovery’ of the economy; we must
remember that we are being told this by the very same people and
institutions which told us, in years past, that there was ‘nothing
to worry about,’ that ‘the fundamentals are fine,’
and that there was ‘no danger’ of an economic crisis.
Afghanistan
Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire
Posted by John
Nichols on 09/10/2009 @ 8:50pm It
is amusing, if remarkable, that there are still some players in
Washington who try to maintain the fantasy that Afghan President
Hamid Karzai
governs with anything akin to legitimacy.
Nuclear
Noh Drama: Tokyo, Washington and the Case of the Missing Nuclear Agreements
The
Obama Deception
A
video documentary of Barack Obama’s first months as US President
What
Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?
September
18, 2009
By Mark Weisbrot
ZMag
Afghanistan
Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire
Hamid Karzai was given the presidency of Afghanistan under US occupation
in 2004. The latest elections in Afghanistan re-elected Karzai but
they are said to be fraudulent. The United States claims to be promoting
democracy, but its worldwide interests drive policy, not purported
concerns about freedom, human rights and fair elections.
Entering
the Greatest Depression in History
More Bubbles Waiting to Burst
By
Andrew Gavin Marshall
Globalresearch
August 7, 2009
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ANALYSIS No. 02
Series of 2010
The
farce about disbanding the private armies
Presidential
aspirants should be probed about their possible connections to private
armies. They should be willing to stake their presidency to the
disbandment of private armies.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 01
Series of 2010 2010:
Signs of hope and disquiet
A
priority agenda of the new government is to restore faith in government
by mending the institutions that were undermined by the outgoing
regime.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 14
Series of 2009 The
Maguindanao Massacre and Politics of Violence
Wherever there are powerful dynasties and
warlords one can be sure these co-exist – nay, these perpetuate
- deeply-entrenched poverty and social injustice.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 13
Series of 2009
The
Bane of Development Illusion
Persons displaced by disasters to leap from 2.6M in 2005 to 10M
by end-2009
 In
the years ahead, the number and magnitude of disasters will increase
with colossal human and economic losses. The task of rescue, recovery,
relief and rehabilitation will have to fall more and more on the
people themselves as they have in fact done in recent years.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 12
Series of 2009
The
Presidential Race and Accountability
The current
row in the presidential race regarding preference ratings and the
alleged use of public funds for election infomercials has been expected,
as in past elections. Sorely missed is accountability that should
be raised as an issue in the coming national election – a
benchmark for choosing who among the aspirants deserves to become
the next President.
ISSUE ANALYSIS No. 11
Series of 2009
How
the Politics of Reform Lost and Re-claimed Cory
(Corazon C. Aquino, 1933-2009)
 There
may be icons and there may be symbols but real transformation can
only take place by giving flesh and blood to people power. Only
the masses can truly represent “people power” and it
is high time that it is re-claimed by the people themselves.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 10
Series of 2009
GOLLUM
IS HERE!
Keeping Power at the Expense of the People and our Institutions
 This
is not just about bad governance. It is about mass poverty inflicted
by a corrupt and greedy regime. This is the sad and despicable state
of the Presidency today.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 09
Series of 2009 Poll
automation: Make or break for Comelec
Whether modernized or not, no election system will
bring democracy to the people and a just government elected unless
the systemic problem of fraud which is run by powerful politicians
in and out of government is addressed decisively and comprehensively.
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