THE FILIPINO INFORMER—PLANNING NOTES

THE FILIPINO INFORMER—PLANNING NOTES 1. The first data driven socio-economic newspaper in the Philippines 2. Regularly reporting about socio-economic data 3. The data from the government will always be challenged by the academe, industry and civil society 4. Will always have continuing debates about socio-economic issues, backed up by data 5. Regularly showing graphs about unemployment rate, poverty rate, hunger rate, crime rate, etc. 6. Front page and back page stories will be always about current national socio-economic issues 7. Inside pages will feature regional (16 regions) and global socio-economic issues 8. Inside pages will also feature technical reports from socio-economic agencies such DOF, BSP, PSA, NEDA, DTI, DICT, DOST, DOH, DSWD and PCSO 9. Inside pages will also feature special reports from sectoral councils covering the various marginalized sectors 10. Regional reports will come from provincial governments and/or regional councils 11. Global reports will come from Philippine embassies and DFA geographic offices 12. Academic papers from economics and/or business schools such as AIM, UP, UAAP, DLSU and ADMU 13. Weekly columns by noted business leaders, independent economists and think tanks 14. Monthly columns by prominent broadcasters/hosts 15. Excerpts from postings of known bloggers and prominent netizens 16. Audit reports by COA and independent auditors 17. Scam alerts by professionals/experts 18. Special coverage of seminars, conferences, debates, town hall meetings, congressional hearings, etc. 19. Exclusive coverage of inter-agency task forces/working groups 20. Breaking news about new republic acts, executive orders and agency circulars 21. Conduct opinion surveys/mock elections 22. Sponsor “Kapihans” /technology forums 23. Feature new Filipino products/inventions 24. Feature new arrivals of foreign products/inventions 25. Feature national compliance of global targets and measures 26. Feature foreign aid/overseas development aid

PHILIPPINE INTEGRATED EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE DATABASE (PIEDAD)

PHILIPPINE INTEGRATED EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE DATABASE (PIEDAD) 1. A database project of Sentech Corporation in partnership with Yaramay Computer Services 2. A centralized database of emergency disaster assistance goods, services and financing (three kinds of donations) 3. Goods can include donations of food, clothing, emergency shelters, cooking fuels, emergency kitchens, etc. 4. Services can include donations of rental time, space or any form of free temporary use; this can include aircraft, yachts, speedboats, amphibians, drones, radios, buildings, warehouses, etc. 5. Financing can include cash, grants, endowments, subsidies, discounts, gift certificates, etc. 6. The government may request PIEDAD to assist in the distribution of goods and services 7. PIEDAD is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project of Sentech Corporation 8. Yaramay is a technology partner of PIEDAD 9. MUG Guardians is an NGO partner of PIEDAD 10. The Filipino Informer (TFI) is a print media partner of PIEDAD 11. Filipino Monitor (Filimon) is a social media partner of PIEDAD 12. Philippine Electronic Directory and Resource Organization (PEDRO) is an online directory featuring the mobile numbers and email addresses of companies and agencies 13. Donors (supply side) and beneficiaries (demand side) should register with both PIEDAD and PEDRO 14. PIEDAD and PEDRO will also publish the lists of drop-off and pick-up centers for donated goods 15. Yaramay will design, develop and deploy PIEDAD 16. MUG Guardians will collect information/gather data about communities/disaster sites that will need the assistance of PIEDAD 17. MUG Guardians will also pick up and deliver donations, as needed 18. TFI will publish offline requests/solicitations for donations to PIEDAD 19. Filimon will post online requests/solicitations for donations to PIEDAD 20. Aside from being a database, PIEDAD is also technically a business to business (2B2) electronic commerce (e-commerce) website except for the fact that all orders are for twenty pesos only, regardless of the cost of the order 21. By design, PIEDAD practically functions like a food bank, except for the fact that it also carries non-food donated goods 22. PIEDAD will solve the problem of the private sectors not knowing what to give, and the problem of the government not knowing exactly where to deliver the assistance 23. Aside from TFI and Filimon, other media partners are welcome to join. 24. TFI and Filimon will also coordinate medical missions