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PH Strategy on COVID-19

IN ANY crisis, governments anywhere bear the fundamental responsibility to provide for public needs, and to calm an anxious public with clear and factual information. In the midst of a pandemic, the Duterte administration has appeared quite at a loss about what to do. Early signs indicated their lack...

Tracking the polls: Context and analysis warranted

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s satisfaction rating hit an all-time high in the fourth quarter of 2019. In the same quarter, self-rated poverty rose to 54%, the highest in five years. But rote reporting hardly noted the possible significance of two seemingly contradictory findings. The Social Weather Stations (SWS) reports the numbers...

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (February 15 to 21)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 15, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, February 17, 2020 The Philippine Star, February 19, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 19, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, February 20, 2020

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (November 30 to December 6)

The Manila Times, December 1, 2019 BusinessMirror, December 4, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 4, 2019, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, December 4, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, December 6, 2019

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (November 16 to 22)

Malaya Business Insight, November 19, 2019 BusinessMirror, November 20, 2019 The Manila Times, November 21, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 21, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, November 22, 2019

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (October 26 to 31)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 27, 2019 The Philippine Star, October 27, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 29, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, October 30, 2019 The Philippine Star, October 31, 2019

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (October 19 to 25)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2019 The Philippine Star, October 19, 2019 The Manila Times, October 21, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, October 22, 2019 Manila Standard, October 24, 2019

Duterte verbal orders: Designed to protect himself?

JUST HOURS after President Rodrigo Duterte had received information about alleged corruption in the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office (PCSO), he ordered its gaming operations shut down. PCSO General Manager Royina Garma informed him of alleged irregularities on July 26. Despite the absence of any written directive, the order was...

Explaining Inflation

THE PHILIPPINE inflation rate has reached a nine-year high of 6.4%, exceeding the government estimate of 5.8% to 5.9%. But the Duterte regime describes it as “manageable” and “not alarming” even as the poor are struggling to cope with the high prices of basic commodities such as food....

Philippines’ Right versus China’s Might: Facts and Views on Sea Issues

CHINA’S DE-FACTO occupation of almost the entire South China Sea has emerged as the most serious external security concern for the Philippines since World War II. The military installations built by China on reefs in the Spratlys have been accomplished without the benefit of a treaty nor scrutiny...