Dr. Renato Cruz de Castro, Trustee and Convenor of the National Security and East Asian Affairs Program of the Stratbase ADR Institute Last week, the United States and Australia warned China against militarizing the South China Sea following reports that Beijing has installed missile systems in the Spratly Islands. In the light of the changing… Read More

“A Matter of Perspective!” Statement and Commentary on the Recent Developments in the South China Sea Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute Geography, among others, draws the line that gravitates two or more countries into interaction. This natural force is exponentially intensified by the presence of economic resources and historical arrangements that have… Read More

Weslene Uy, Senior Economic Research Analyst of the Stratbase ADR Institute While on the sidelines of the ADB Meeting last week, Socieconomic Secretary Ernesto Pernia announced that consumer prices rose by a five-year high of 4.5% in April. This marks inflation’s continued ascent for the fourth straight month in 2018. The latest inflation data comes… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute It is ironic that although the Philippine economy posted a full-year growth of 6.7 percent in 2017, many Filipinos are not too enthusiastic about it. According to the recent Pulse Asia survey, 98 percent of Filipinos affirm that the prices of basic commodities have risen since January.… Read More

Atty. Hannah Viola, Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute; Legal Counsel and Convenor of CitizenWatch Philippines For the past weeks, Filipinos have not only complained about the extreme heat levels but also the heated rise of inflation. Based on the latest Inflation Consumer Price Index Report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), inflation rates significantly rose to… Read More

Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Minister for International Development and the Pacific Speech, check against delivery Conservatory, Peninsula Hotel, Manila, Philippines 3 May 2018 Good Morning everyone and thank you so much for joining us this morning, I am delighted to be here in Manila. Can I thank the Stratbase Albert del Rosario and the… Read More

The Stratbase ADR Institute, together with the Australian Embassy in Manila, hosted earlier today a Breakfast Forum at The Conservatory of The Peninsula Manila for Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Minister for International Development and the Pacific.