Edwin Santiago, Fellow and Member of the Editorial Board of the Stratbase ADR Institute President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest rants and expletives against the water concessionaires in Metro Manila may be bringing nothing to us except more problems. Duterte threatened Manila Water and Maynilad that he will end their concession agreements, calling these “onerous.” But what… Read More

It is with pleasure that we share with you Stratbase ADR Institute’s December 2019 occasional paper entitled, “The Proposed CITIRA Law and the Possible Unintended Consequences”. The Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Reform Act is a controversial tax package that seeks to rationalize tax incentives and has raised big debates on its possible repercussion to… Read More

Ren de los Santos, Research Manager of the Stratbase Group and Resident Fellow for Global Politics of the Stratbase ADR Institute Theoretically, the market should run unimpeded and uninterrupted with little to no intervention from the government for it to attain a certain level of efficiency dictated by market forces. Fundamentally, the absence of micromanagement… Read More

Vanessa Pepino, Non-Resident Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute Traditional linear models of production and waste management – make, use and dispose – do not work. It was this model that got us in this heaping problem of plastic waste pollution in the first place. As governments and companies alike go to new depths in… Read More

Venice Rañosa, Research Manager at Stratbase ADR Institute “Reaping what you sow,” a quote attributed to the Christian apostle Paul, is about action and consequences. It strikes at the core of the message of Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) when he addressed top government officials and leaders of… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute In his fourth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte called on local government units (LGUs) nationwide to prevent further environmental degradation in the country. It is unfortunate that, despite numerous environmental laws and regulations that have been institutionalized over the last two decades, the Philippines… Read More

Vanessa Pepino, Non-Resident Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute We all live in a world that generally seems to be on the cusp of the next big thing. From bigger screens to smaller cameras, faster ways of transportation and communication, innovation has truly shaped our society, behavior and interactions. On a certain level, even the… Read More