Amb. Albert del Rosario Chairman, Stratbase ADR Institute Former Secretary, Dept. of Foreign Affairs Perspectives on the South China Sea Arbitration It is an honor to be invited to the De La Salle University this afternoon to join in the launching of the South China Sea Arbitration for Understanding the Awards and for Debating with… Read More

Vanessa Pepino, Environment Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute Sen. Sonny Angara, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, recently issued a Notice of Public Hearing on January 29 to discuss the Fiscal Regime and Revenue Sharing Arrangement for the Mining Industry. This comes after House Bill 8400, which was approved on third… Read More

Vanessa Pepino, Environment Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute The Philippine government is displaying an ambitious goal of speeding up infrastructure development through its “Build, Build, Build” program. The initiative is anchored on the goal of making economic growth more inclusive and pro-poor. While its first tax reform package, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and… Read More

Weslene Uy, Economic Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute One thorny issue that dominated the economy last year was inflation—one of the top concerns of Filipinos. With only a few months left before the midterm elections, political hopefuls are treading carefully. Some have kept their distance from the issue, while others have used it to… Read More

Weslene Uy, Economic Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute Duterte’s economic managers finally got a much-needed reprieve at the start of 2019. After months of struggling to contain increasing commodity prices, the inflation rate finally showed signs of slowing down. First, it clocked in at 6% in November, before easing further to 5.1% in December,… Read More

Edwin Santiago, Executive Director of the Stratbase ADR Institute The United States government has been on a partial government shutdown for more than 10 days now. By most accounts, some 800,000 federal employees are affected, either working without pay or placed on furlough, a temporary leave. This shutdown is a result of a political deadlock… Read More

Edwin Santiago, Executive Director of the Stratbase ADR Institute The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) lists eight major characteristics of good governance — participatory, consensus-oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive, and follows the rule of law. Of these, accountability and transparency are arguably the… Read More