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AO for Screening Committee a vital first step towards ARMM reforms
IT HAS BEEN more than a week since President Aquino signed Republic Act 10153, the law synchronizing the ARMM elections with the 2013...
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Victor Ramos
Victor Ramos was the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in 1995-98. His stint in the DENR was distinguished...
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Crossover Leadership in Asia: Staying Whole in Two Halves
Development NGO workers and social activists have very rich experiences that can help many young people consider joining the movement...
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Postponing ARMM election a step towards reform
An INCITEGov Opinion Piece LIVELY AND OFTENTIMES heated debates on whether the election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) should be postponed have the unintended consequence of focusing...INCITEGov conducts budget monitoring course for CSOs
Responding to the call of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on civil society organizations (CSOs) to participate in the budget process, INCITEGov conducted a short course for CSOs in monitoring...INCITEGov leads CSOs in budget monitoring
Civil society organizations have reached another milestone in carrying out their expanded role as recognized partners of government in preparing and securing the national budget. In a meeting held at Astoria...Recent Posts
Gov't aid empowers poor – DSWD
By Tara Yap, Manila Bulletin | November 18, 2011 (Friday) | link to original article ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has clarified that the Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program is a tool for empowering the poor and not a dole out. “This is to ensure that children of poor families can have a fighting chance,” said Soliman as she addressed representatives of civil...Continue Reading
Beng lauds NGO’s check and balance in gov’t
By Marvin Segura, Zamboanga Today Online | September 26, 2011 (Monday) | link to original article Deputy Speaker for Mindanao Beng Climaco has highly praised various non-government organizations for efforts to ensure check and balance in government. The congresswoman said this, as InciteGov, an NGO together with the People Power Revolution Volunteers (PPRV) and other agencies on Saturday initiated a lecture on the General Appropriations Act (GAA) specifically how the budget is allocated to government...Continue Reading
Brain Trust: Tertiary Education Challenges
By: Ching Jorge Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:51 pm | Friday, September 2nd, 2011 Tertiary education responds to three distinct national goals. First, it aims to educate the youth to become active and productive members of society. Second, it seeks to meet and match industry demand with a competent and globally competitive workforce. Finally, through a continuing effort to reach global education standards, our universities aim to increase the quality of human capital and productivity vis-à-vis national...Continue Reading
Brain Trust: Time to re-engineer Metro Manila
By: Juan Miguel Luz Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:57 pm | Friday, August 19th, 2011 All year round, we cope with bad air quality, poorly maintained roads, street garbage and outdated public transit in Metro Manila. But when the rains fall, the metropolis literally comes to a halt and reveals how unlivable the city has become. Rains, floods and the ensuing traffic jams, it turns out, are the great equalizer. All of this has been a gradual build-up of three converging phenomena (a perfect storm): The...Continue Reading
Quality education: the key to peace
By: Ching Jorge Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:45 pm | Friday, July 15th, 2011 The Department of Education is currently guided by a 10-point basic education agenda that revolves around a 12-year Basic Education Cycle. Said agenda likewise outlines programs that reflect Education for All’s inclusive reform goals, such as Universal Primary Education (UPE), Madaris Education, Technical Vocational High School, Every Child a Reader by Grade 1, Science and Math proficiency, the Government Assistance...Continue Reading
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