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A CALL FOR SUPPORT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Center for People Empowerment in Governance
November 13, 2010

The right of a citizen to access public information is a basic constitutional and human right. It is not a solution to transparent governance but nevertheless is a vital weapon for ordinary citizens to hold their government accountable for their public actions that affect the people.

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A STATEMENT OF CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES 14TH INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE BANGKOK, THAILAND

The passage of a Freedom of Information Law and the release of the source code of the AES are essential steps in curbing graft and corruption, in prosecuting outstanding and future cases against corrupt officials, and in cleaning up our government.

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fredAES WATCH Convener is next UP President
Posted by CenPEG
Dec. 14, 2010

The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) congratulates Alfredo Pascual for his election on Dec. 3 by the Board of Regents as the 20th president of the University of the Philippines (UP), the country’s national university.

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barzagaCenPEG bares bugs and errors in May 10 election program
Posted by CenPEG Dec. 8, 2010

The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) revealed on Dec. 6 that the election program used in the May 10, 2010 automated elections was full of errors and bugs based on the report of SysTest Labs.

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Imperial America's End Time
By Stephen Lendman
29 November, 2010
Countercurrents.org
Posted by CenPEG

Noted analysts on both left and right see America's empire in decline. In his 2009 book, "Global Depression and Regional Wars," James Petras said: "All the idols of capitalism over the past three decades have crashed. The assumptions and presumptions, paradigms and prognosis of indefinite progress under liberal free market capitalism have been tested and have failed.”

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sSave Haiti From Aid Tourists
The 'republic of NGOs' is in a vicious circle of dependence and institutional infantilism
By Rory Carroll
The Guardian
16 November 2010 Posted by CenPEG

Haiti needs NGO help. But it also needs to rein in aid tourists who turn the country into a zoo and to fold the serious NGOs into a coherent, Haitian-directed strategy.

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ISSUE ANALYSIS No. 13
series of 2010

SC Ruling on the Truth Commission: A Dead-end?

By taking the slower tack of forming a truth body, the pursuit of accountability with respect to the crimes of graft and corruption linking the previous regime has been entrusted to the constraints and weaknesses of the country’s justice system.

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ISSUE ANALYSIS No. 12
series of 2010

Barangay: Grassroots Democracy or Clan Politics?

Without programs for desperately-needed economic necessities, the barangay as a political unit is an oxymoron: A governance entity that is in theory cut out for bringing about much-needed change in grassroots communities but in practice serves as an appendage of clan politics where political patronage and corruption thrive.

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ISSUE ANALYSIS No. 11
series of 2010

May 10 Polls: Not Just System Glitch, But Policy Failure

The right to public information suffered with Comelec’s lack of transparency. The poll body failed – and continues to fail – to meet the transparency requirements of the election system by its intransigent and unexplained refusal to deny citizens’ groups access to vital election documents. Its lack of transparency left majority of the electorate misinformed and uninformed, duped by the illusion about automated election modernizing democracy and weeding out fraud.

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