Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute For two straight quarters, the Philippine economy has not grown as projected by its economic managers. The 5.5% gross domestic product growth in the second quarter of the year is considered the lowest in the past 17 quarters. This should be a wake-up call for lawmakers and… Read More

Ren de los Santos, Research Manager of the Stratbase Group and Resident Fellow for Global Politics of the Stratbase ADR Institute Agriculture has long been the backbone of civilizations, nations, and communes. Empires are built on the foundations of food security and access to livestock, poultry, and grains. Modern society would interpret this as the… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute The Chinese are making their presence felt all over the Philippine archipelago. The facts are disturbing: Around 200,000 from China sought special working permits in 2018 (according to the Bureau of Immigration) and 1.26 million tourists registered in the same year (per the Department of Tourism). In… Read More

Alvin Manalansan, Health Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute According to the latest situational report released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), several provinces and municipalities, particularly in regions IV-A, IV-B, VI, VIII and XII, are now under a state of calamity due to the continuous surge of dengue cases. Under… Read More

Alvin Manalansan, Health Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute Two weeks ago, the Secretary of the Department of Health Francisco Duque declared a National Dengue Alert. The health department issued this protocol to arrest the continuous upsurge in dengue cases all over the country and prevent an epidemic. Since the beginning of 2019, more than… Read More

Dindo Manhit, CEO and Managing Director of the Stratbase Group and President of the Stratbase ADR Institute, briefed the Philippine Air Force Civil-Military Operations Group (PAFCMOG) on the issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea. The PAFCMOG is a newly activated unit with the mission “To conduct Civil-Military Operations in order to support the Philippine Air… Read More

Last July 30, 2019, Dindo Manhit, CEO and Managing Director of the Stratbase Group and President of the Stratbase ADR Institute, and Dr. Renato de Castro, Trustee and Convenor for the National Security and East Asian Affairs Program of the Stratbase ADR Institute, were visited by a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, headed… Read More