The Promdi President
Digong Duterte’s first state of the nation address should be noted for its style as well as its substance. Those who focus on the text of the SONA could be forgiven for thinking that it had no soul,...
View ArticlePolicy 101 for PDU30 (and friends)
Nobody at first thought he’d become the leader of 100+ million Filipinos, but now that he is, he might benefit from a few lessons in public policy. Lesson 1: Define the Problem How we frame the...
View ArticleWhy Trump would be more at home in the Philippines
As the saying goes in real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. Donald Trump does not seem to be faring well as the nominee of a major party for president of the US. That is because he...
View ArticleRich kids to get free tuition courtesy of poor Muslim families
The re-distribution in the 2017 budget of Php8 billion worth of funds from poor Muslim communities to provide free tuition to state university students constitutes a perverse outcome. Youth...
View ArticleBudget priorities: from Aquino to Duterte
Duterte’s budget priorities, and a look back at the Aquino years If I were to sum up the Aquino years in one chart, I would use this: It depicts the growth of public spending in various sectors...
View ArticleIs Leni Robredo playing into Duterte’s hands?
The current game being played by the administration of Pres Duterte and opposition led by Leni Robredo can be likened to a complicated match of three dimensional chess, with battles being staged at...
View ArticleDuterte’s drug war pales in comparison to the Americas’
So much has been said about the drug war, that is being waged in the Philippines by Pres. Rody Duterte. The Guardian called it “out of control” and “one of the world’s bloodiest anti-drug campaigns”....
View ArticleMartial Law in Mindanao: Creeping authoritarianism or defense mechanism?...
In a week of terror attacks, Filipinos rail against the re-imposition of Martial Law in the south, even as Western democracies put more draconian measures in place. The week that was could be...
View ArticleIslamic State in the Philippines
The spread of IS in the Philippines will perhaps be the single, biggest challenge for Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Regardless of what his priorities were when he strode into Malacanang, dealing with this...
View ArticleThe Five Pitfalls of Marcos that Duterte must avoid
Whether you are pro- or anti-Marocs, one thing can’t be denied. That is when Pres. Marcos fled the country in 1986, he did so because much of the military, the Catholic church, civil society and his...
View ArticleThe Promdi President
Digong Duterte’s first state of the nation address should be noted for its style as well as its substance. Those who focus on the text of the SONA could be forgiven for thinking that it had no soul,...
View ArticlePolicy 101 for PDU30 (and friends)
Nobody at first thought he’d become the leader of 100+ million Filipinos, but now that he is, he might benefit from a few lessons in public policy. Lesson 1: Define the Problem How we frame the...
View ArticleWhy Trump would be more at home in the Philippines
As the saying goes in real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. Donald Trump does not seem to be faring well as the nominee of a major party for president of the US. That is because he...
View ArticleRich kids to get free tuition courtesy of poor Muslim families
The re-distribution in the 2017 budget of Php8 billion worth of funds from poor Muslim communities to provide free tuition to state university students constitutes a perverse outcome. Youth...
View ArticleBudget priorities: from Aquino to Duterte
Duterte’s budget priorities, and a look back at the Aquino years If I were to sum up the Aquino years in one chart, I would use this: It depicts the growth of public spending in various sectors...
View ArticleIs Leni Robredo playing into Duterte’s hands?
The current game being played by the administration of Pres Duterte and opposition led by Leni Robredo can be likened to a complicated match of three dimensional chess, with battles being staged at...
View ArticleDuterte’s drug war pales in comparison to the Americas’
So much has been said about the drug war, that is being waged in the Philippines by Pres. Rody Duterte. The Guardian called it “out of control” and “one of the world’s bloodiest anti-drug campaigns”....
View ArticleMartial Law in Mindanao: Creeping authoritarianism or defense mechanism?...
In a week of terror attacks, Filipinos rail against the re-imposition of Martial Law in the south, even as Western democracies put more draconian measures in place. The week that was could be...
View ArticleIslamic State in the Philippines
The spread of IS in the Philippines will perhaps be the single, biggest challenge for Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Regardless of what his priorities were when he strode into Malacanang, dealing with this...
View ArticleThe Five Pitfalls of Marcos that Duterte must avoid
Whether you are pro- or anti-Marocs, one thing can’t be denied. That is when Pres. Marcos fled the country in 1986, he did so because much of the military, the Catholic church, civil society and his...
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