Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute Memorializing historic junctures ritualizes a practice that relives the national spirit. The declaration of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898, and the birth of the First Philippine Republic on Jan. 23, 1899, are two phenomenal events in our country’s struggle for independence and democracy. In the struggles… Read More

Atty. Katrina Clemente-Lua, Executive Director of the Stratbase ADR Institute The new school year has just started. An estimated 27.75 million students from kindergarten to Grade 12 are expected to march back to public and private schools. While the K-to-12 system is yet to be refined and there are still calls to abolish said system,… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute Direction is a defining element of change. The express directive of “making education accessible, relevant and liberating” by Education Secretary Liling Briones speaks of a shift in our educational thrust. In this sense, education’s role of serving as the great equalizer becomes more a reality than myth.… Read More

Louie C. Montemar, Education Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Professor of Sociology and Political Science Under a so-called “trifocalization” approach, the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), and, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) comprise the government’s education bureaucracy. DepEd and CHEd are particularly responsible for at… Read More

Keynote Address of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore 01 June 2018 Prime Minister ली सियन लूंग, Thank you for your friendship, your leadership of India-Singapore partnership and a better future for the region. Defence Ministers, Mr. जॉन चिपमैन, Dignitaries and Excellencies, Namaskar and a very good evening to all of… Read More

Alvin A. Camba is a Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. He uses mixed-methods approaches to derive the determinants of [Chinese] foreign direct investment, the dynamics of elite competition, and the political-economic effects of capital mobility on the developing world. He has been awarded the Terence K. Hopkins Best Graduate Student Paper Award… Read More

Dr. Renato de Castro, Trustee and Convenor of the National Security and East Asian Affairs Program, Stratbase ADR Institute On May 18, 2018, the People’s Liberation Army’s Air Force (PLAAF) announced that it had landed an H-6K bomber on one of its outposts in the South China Sea. Its official statement declared that the exercise—including takeoff… Read More