Citizen Engagement: A Mission Possible?
The participative role of citizens in governance is still quite new for a lot of Filipinos. We have long left governance to our elected officials...
Assessing the Candidates on Education
Part of an #Election2016 series called “Public Choice” WHY EDUCATION? A survey conducted by Pulse Asia back in December 2015 found that education was the...
Why Health Should Be the Defining Election Issue of 2016
Part of an #Election2016 series called “Public Choice” A survey conducted by Pulse Asia back in December 2015 found that health was the leading personal...
5 Challenges for the Next President
Part of an #Election2016 series called “What’s at stake?” The post-PNoy president will inherit an economy that is growing faster than the previous 40 years....
The waning efficacy of daang matuwid
Business leaders in the Philippines have expressed dismay at the way things are going. To the outside world, the Philippines represents a remarkable good news...
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Has governance improved under PNoy?
The administration of Pres. Aquino claims to have transformed the Philippines through good governance. On 2 October 2015, Deputy Spokesperson Abigail Valte released a press...
Social Media deserves a larger role in disaster work
If the number of enrollees in the first World Bank-organized Coursera course on Citizen Engagement is any indication, the world is rapidly moving into one with...
Post-Yolanda: Aquino’s disaster conspiracy with World Bank, ADB
by Carlos Maningat as originally posted at Post-Yolanda: Aquino’s disaster conspiracy with World Bank, ADB Filipinos will foot an even bigger foreign debt bill in the...