Lab Notes
Fraudulent Activities via SIM Registration
By Lorenzo Urriquia The SIM Registration Law is a recent implementation requiring every Filipino citizen to register their SIM card. In this process, each person must provide his/her own personal information to telecommunication companies and the government itself such as name, contact number, email address, home address, accounts, etc. The Read more…
Explainers
#SONA2023: UNRELIABLE POWER INDUSTRY UNDER MARCOS
Privatization remains the framework for the power industry in President Marcos’ first year in office. While there are proposals to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), they fail to acknowledge the adverse effects of privatization to the power industry, as evidenced by the steady increase in Read more…
Statements
Scientist group decries continued implementation of LRT fare hike despite prevailing commuter hardships
Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People criticized the government’s decision to proceed with the fare hike for LRT-1 and LRT-2, despite widespread disapproval from commuters. The group emphasized that this decision shows a disregard for the prevailing hardships faced by the people, especially in Read more…
Statements
AGHAM Calls for Comprehensive Reforms to the Electric Power Industry
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People expressed its stance on the proposed bill which seeks to amend various sections of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), welcoming positive amendments but reiterating its earlier position against the privatization and deregulation of the power industry Read more…
Position Papers
AGHAM’s Position Paper on Manila Bay Integrated Flood Control Coastal Defense and Expressway (House Bill 3148 and House Bill 6559)
House Bills 3148 and 6559’s proposed coastal “defenses” are direct attacks on coastal communities and environments of Bulacan and Pampanga. These are thinly-veiled development aggression projects that will not only displace and dispossess many Bulacan and Pampanga coastal communities of their homes and livelihood, but will also cause irreversible damage Read more…
Position Papers
Position Paper on HB 7049 or the proposed Philippine National Nuclear Energy Act
Position Paper of AGHAM Advocates of Science and Technology for the People on HB 7049, or An Act Establishing the Philippine Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority and Providing for a Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy in the Philippines The goal of HB 7049 is to create a Read more…
Explainers
4 Reasons to Support the Transport Strike
1. JEEPNEY DRIVERS ARE BEING PUNISHED BY THE FAKE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. From their historical characteristic as refurbished vehicles leftover from World War II, jeepneys have de facto served as one of the main modes of transportation in the country when the government failed to provide a safe, reliable, affordable, and Read more…
Statements
Kaliwa Dam Project, development for whom?
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People stands firm against the imminent construction of the New Centennial Water Source – Kaliwa Dam Project. The 12.2 billion mega dam project is set to displace thousands of Indigenous Peoples of Quezon and Rizal, rid local communities of their livelihood Read more…
Statements
Scientist group slams DOTr for mass transportation woes
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slams the Department of Transportation for its consecutive failures in providing affordable mass transportation to the public. This is after the removal of “libreng sakay” in the EDSA Busway line, the planned suspension of the Philippine National Railways (PNR), and Read more…