AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology welcomes President Duterte’s decision to veto the SIM Card Registration Bill. Time and again, we have warned that the Bill, which was previously filed way back 2015 and was resurrected this year with additional provisions that include of the social media, is not Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People vehemently decries the total sellout of our national assets and vital industries with the passage of the Republic Act (RA) No. 11659, otherwise known as the Public Service Act. The law grants a hundred percent (100%) foreign control and ownership Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology warns the government in pursuing the nuclear energy program as President Duterte has issued Executive Order No. 164 entitled, Adopting a National Position for Nuclear Energy Program. It is concerning that the Executive Order is also pushing for the rehabilitation of the mothballed Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People and the Computer Professionals’ Union express grave concerns over the railroading of the SIM Card Registration Act. The said bill envisions to deter cybercrime and internet trolls, however, its provisions offer no real solution to these problems and only limit Read more…
By JOSE ANTONIO A. MONTALBAN This was originally published in Bulatlat. Ramon Ang and his conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) recently made headlines on their proposed construction of Pasig Expressway (PAREX), a 19.36-kilometer elevated highway that will pass through Pasig River, interconnecting the City of Manila and Rizal province. In Read more…
The latest atrocities of the state forces towards the Tumandok is a clear manifestation of the dangers of red tagging and move to sow terror and to silence their resistance to the injustice that befell them. These environment defenders are not communist terrorists as accused by their perpetrators.
Support Statement of AGHAM for DANECO-CDA AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People supports the call of the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative or DANECO for recognition of their authority as the sole electricity provider to the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. We reiterate 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 of commuters along the University of the Philippines Diliman were 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 at the losing end with the imposition of the coal 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 the obligation to provide. Serving multiple linkages, a mass transportation Read more…