Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute It’s been about a year and a half since the first hard lockdowns were enforced and the country is still struggling to stop the surging contagion of what is now a multiple number of COVID-19 variants spreading in many regions. Among the sectors hardest hit is the educational system,… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute COVID-19 has forced schools in the Philippines to remain closed for the second straight school year. With face-to-face classes prohibited, students continue their learning through online classes and self-learning modules. Many are concerned, however, over learning loss and the potential long-term negative impact of prolonged school closure,… Read More

Edwin Santiago, Fellow and Member of the Editorial Board, Stratbase ADR Institute By this time, it has become a cliché to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things in our lives. Latest figures put the number of cases worldwide at 216 million and the deaths at 4.5 million. These rising numbers… Read More

We are pleased to present Stratbase ADR Institute’s August 2021 Occasional entitled, “Recurring Disparities and Issues in the Philippine Pandemic Response”, authored by our Health Sector Lead, Mr. Alvin Manalansan. This paper revisits the pandemic response of the Philippine government and discusses the growing challenges brought by the emergence of various COVID-19 variants. Despite the… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Last week, I had the pleasure of running a virtual panel stacked with former cabinet members of late President Benigno Aquino III. Entitled Looking Back to Build Forward, Stratbase ADR Institute organized the virtual town hall discussion in partnership with the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation. And… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage societies and economies, Philippine society is currently confronted by an information crisis characterized by widespread disinformation and misinformation. The political and economic predicaments borne by these conditions reinforce the democratic decline being experienced by established, developing, and fledgling democracies. The countervailing factor… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute With the Department of Education’s official opening date for School Year 2021-2022 just around the corner, students around the country are probably now psyching themselves up for the end of their summer breaks. By mid-September, gone will be the days of waking up late, lazy afternoons and… Read More