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