Sea change in the military
From all that, it becomes obvious that the military has chosen to put itself on the side of human rights/international humanitarian law and the rule of law, and the involvement of all stakeholders. Good choice.
Contractualization of labor as 2016 election issue
Mayor Duterte, candidate for president, made a big splash on labor market issues when he said that if elected, he would put an end to the “contractualization of labor.” He said contractualization would kill the development of Philippine labor skills.
Is employment rate truly improving or are fewer workers looking for a job?
First, the inconvenient truth: despite the much-touted strong growth of the Philippine economy in the last four years, the country’s unemployment rate remains the highest among the more advanced ASEAN-6
Political Intervention in the Philippine Bureaucracy, 1987 to 2010: How, where and to what effect
This essay revisits the theme of political intervention in the bureaucracy by using updated sources of data to understand how politicization occurs, where it occurs and to what effect across five presidential terms from 1987 to 2010.
Economic growth didn’t ease poverty
he first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) is to halve poverty incidence by 2015. Despite the above-normal economic growth during the last four years, the Philippines will miss this goal. By contrast, the same goal has been reached globally in 2000, five years ahead of schedule.
Compare Iloilo and Davao
Is it necessary to be a human rights violator, a Dirty Harry, in order to bring peace and order to a city?
Rewarding secrecy and ineptitude
Unfortunately, Semirara Mining and Power Corp.’s continued refusal to participate in the global initiatives of transparency and accountability, and its poor record of protecting human rights does not make worthy of the accolades it bestows upon itself, and by any reputable award giving body.
US Fed interest rate move and the Philippine economy
An external policy development that has the capacity to jar the trajectory of the Philippine economy comes from the US Federal Reserve Bank, the central bank of the largest economy in the world.
Economic growth didn’t ease poverty
he first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) is to halve poverty incidence by 2015. Despite the above normal economic growth during the last four years, the Philippines will miss this goal. By contrast, the same goal has been reached globally in 2000, five years ahead of schedule.
What would you do?
Imagine a life of regularly being “evacuated” from where you are living as fighting continues, and has in fact become a way of life over the past 40 years; where the area is experiencing development in reverse. where huge gaps now exist in physical and human capital between your area and the rest of the...
The presidential candidates: today and yesterday
All the presidents of the country after Corazon Aquino are “minority” presidencies. They are Fidel V. Ramos (23.8 percent of the vote); Joseph Estrada (39.8 percent); Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (39.9 percent, 2004 election); and Benigno S. Aquino III (42.1 percent).
Philippines will miss 2015 growth target miserably
With 6.0% gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter, the headline should have been: Philippines will miss its 2015 GDP growth target of 7.0% to 8.0%. Instead, the Aquino administration tried to put up a brave and happy face to a rather disappointing year.
