Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute Tomorrow, Aug. 21, marks the 38th death anniversary of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. His 1983 assassination ignited massive nationwide protests that culminated three years later in a mass uprising that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, in what is now the historic February 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution. That revolt became… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute We oftentimes hear the term “digital readiness” brought up and bounced around when talking about the direction the country wants to take in terms of developing its digital landscape. We hear about innovations like 5G connectivity, cloud computing, even artificial intelligence. However, all of these beg the question: Are… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute The highly transmittable Delta variant of COVID-19 has sent Metro Manila and other areas in the country back into hard lockdown mode. With cases surging and the country seesawing between strict and slightly less strict community quarantines measures, having the ability to access and the skills to… Read More

Louie C. Montemar, Education Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Professor of Sociology and Political Science In a statement released recently by the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), private schools nationwide urged legislators to immediately pass into law pending bills that would permanently… Read More

Edwin Santiago, Fellow and Member of the Editorial Board, Stratbase ADR Institute The COVID-19 pandemic has definitely changed a lot of things in our lives. Perhaps, every facet of our lives has been significantly altered, one way or the other. Take the case of wearing face masks. Despite the barrage of admonition from government that… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute After five years of the Duterte presidency, the administration’s governance and performance certainly merit scrutiny. Stratbase ADR Institute’s recent virtual town hall discussion on the “State of Philippine Governance: A Five-Year Review of the Duterte Presidency” saw participants discussing a gamut of issues and concerns spanning the social, political,… Read More

We are pleased to present Stratbase ADR Institute’s July 2021 Occasional Paper entitled, “Signs of the Times: Building Back Better”, co-authored by Dr. Jaime M. Jimenez, Deputy Director for Research, and Francesco ‘Paco’ A. Pangalangan, Executive Director. The unfortunate death of former president Benigno Simeon Cojuanco Aquino, III on June 24, 2021 prompted Stratbase to… Read More