Scientist group AGHAM slams the Duterte government’s band aid solution to the rice crisis, saying that the problem will not be resolved under a liberalized rice industry. In light of the rice shortage crisis, the President announced Thursday that it Read more…
We at AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slam the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (i-ACT) for blindly and prematurely implementing its jeepney phaseout scheme despite offering no clear alternatives both for jeepney drivers and commuters. Scores Read more…
International scientific undertakings should serve Filipino interest first AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People denounces Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s statement that no Filipinos can do scientific research at the Benham Rise. This statement is an insult Read more…
Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slammed the coal tax included in the Duterte administration’s tax reform program, saying it will result to higher electricity costs despite maintaining business-as-usual coal pollution. “Electricity consumers are Read more…
Submitted to the Committee on Public Utilities, Senate of the Philippines AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People believes that efficient and affordable, safe, reliable, efficient, clean transport services is a public utility which the government has Read more…
We at AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People strongly condemn the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s use of sonic weapon Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) against participants of the mobilization coinciding with the ASEAN Summit.This brute attack Read more…
Scientist activist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People expressed wariness on the nuclear agreement between the Philippines and Russia, saying the pact is directly tied to the revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Read more…
AGHAM’s Position paper on DoTr’s PUV Modernization Program [1] Golub et al. (2009). Regulation of the informal transport sector in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: welfare impacts and policy analysis. Transportation 36:601-616.
Statement of AGHAM on World Food Day 2017 Last October 16 is the commemoration of World Food Day. This year’s theme hopes to jumpstart the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger in 15 years. Yet, to many, especially the Read more…
AGHAM’s statement of support for PISTON’s 2-day #NoToJeepneyPhaseout transport strike After failing in its obligation to provide mass transport utilities, the government is now trying to foist the deceptive PUV Modernization Program and Omnibus Franchising Guidelines (OFG) which does not Read more…