Migration as a Choice, Not Necessity

Migration as a Choice, Not Necessity

Among the voting population for this year's elections, there are 1.69 million registered Overseas Voters determined to make a change for the country through their vote. CMA and R2KRN, in this paper, report the crucial issues among Filipino migrants that candidates...

rough, winding road to ayuda

rough, winding road to ayuda

Sapat ba ang ayuda? While many people wait for the release of the new round of ayuda, there are many questions surrounding it. PUV drivers, tricycle drivers, and TNVS riders await their share as government agencies sort out the processes. What are these concerns, and...

COMELEC eyes ‘very strict’ rules on ayuda exemption

COMELEC eyes ‘very strict’ rules on ayuda exemption

READ: COMELEC eyes 'very strict' rules on ayuda exemption Today is the scheduled resolution day for the COMELEC en banc on the petition to exempt LTFRB from restricting ayuda distribution. There are several considerations that puts COMELEC in a bind such as late and...

no full list, plan, comelec exemptions

no full list, plan, comelec exemptions

Ayuda sa gitna ng halalan? Will public utility drivers, farmers and fisherfolk, and 12 million poor households get the multibillion-peso ayuda that had been promised to them? Or, will incumbents and candidates only dip into the funds to boost their campaign? Yet...

Abuse of State Resources: the monster we must slay

Abuse of State Resources: the monster we must slay

During elections, incumbents and dominant political parties tend to abuse, misuse, or deny their rivals state monies, equipment, supplies, and personnel. This is unfair political competition, and not free, inclusive, and honest elections. Today, let's understand the...

Overseas Voting: Budget gap, conflict zones concerns

Overseas Voting: Budget gap, conflict zones concerns

What will happen on April 10, 2022? Over 1.7-million registered Overseas Voters or OVs, will start casting their votes across the world. The 30-day election period for OVs is marred, however, by a huge budget gap, rising ang falling registration numbers, and war and...