Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute Before the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, the country’s grid system operator, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), reported a looming power shortage over the Luzon grid in the summer months of 2020. However, COVID-19 happened. The lockdowns implemented to slow the spread of the virus sent severe… Read More

Terry Ridon, Non-Resident Fellow of Stratbase ADR Institute and Convenor of InfraWatch PH In recent years, the Philippines has gained notoriety all over the world for becoming one of the global epicenters of online sex abuse trade, with a report from the United Nations Children’s Fund revealing that the underground market for online sexual abuse… Read More

In February 2019, the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law or Republic Act No. 11223 was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. This landmark legislation expands access to health services by automatically enrolling all Filipinos in the National Health Insurance Program, with the aim to provide equitable access to quality and affordable health care services while being… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute China recently enacted an alarming law that authorizes its coast guard to demolish structures on features it claims, and use weapons against foreign vessels that “illegally” enter its territory. Concerns have been raised about how China may abuse the language of its domestically institutionalized and regulated law to justify… Read More

Terry Ridon, Non-Resident Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Convenor of InfraWatch PH In the digital innovation landscape, the Philippines stands at a road filled with stark irony: on one hand, some 73 million Filipinos are Internet users, with the World Bank noting that the Philippines is seen as a “potentially significant player” in… Read More

Dr. Renato de Castro, Trustee and Convenor of the National Security and East Asian Affairs Program, Stratbase ADR Institute On Feb. 8, 2021, Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin revealed that the Philippines and the United States will meet in late February to iron out their differences over the 1999 Philippine-US Visiting Forces Agreement… Read More

Dr. Renato de Castro, Trustee and Convenor of the National Security and East Asian Affairs Program, Stratbase ADR Institute On Jan. 29, 2021, the Philippines filed a strongly worded diplomatic protest against China’s passage of a law authorizing the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) to use force against foreign vessels in the contested waters of the… Read More