Democracy Continues
Democracy Continues Democracy Watch supports the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it continues preparations for the 2022 national polls. The Commission has ramped up its initiatives to engage citizens to register to vote in the upcoming elections. And with less than one hundred days before the registration period closes, the COMELEC has already surpassed its […]
Urgency in a Pandemic: A Democracy Watch Statement on Faster Vaccination Rollout
“Urgency in a Pandemic: A Democracy Watch Statement on Faster Vaccination Rollout” Democracy Watch calls for the faster rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. The 7.08 million as of vaccinated Filipinos are a far cry from the 70 million target by the end of the year. Almost halfway through the year, the government needs to maintain […]
Why Economic Recovery Should Not Cost Us Our Security
Our economic recovery should not come at the expense of national security.
Transparency and accountability in a looming debt crisis
With the looming debt crisis, transparency and accountability should be the cautionary words. The remarkable 700 BILLION-peso increase in our national government’s debt from January to April 2021 prods government to be prudent in spending, and it should restrain with its merry way of simply justifying transgressions from procurement rules with emergency powers; in the […]
COVID proofing the 2022 elections
COVID proofing the 2022 elections Democracy Watch extends its gratitude to the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation for starting the discussion on safe elections in 2022. We are less than a year away from elections and it is only fitting that we begin to prepare for this national event as early as […]