Claudette Guevara, Deputy Executive Director for Programs of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Secretary-General of Democracy Watch Philippines Within the next few months, the streets, television and social media will be filled with political posters and advertisements of candidates running for different positions. Every three years, we elect local and legislative officials, and although the… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute Political contestation is one of the major components of a democratic set-up. It involves challenging the position of incumbent and out-going leaders of government at the national, congressional, and local levels. In particular, electoral contestation has been recognized as the regular form of political contest and has… Read More

Atty. Hannah Viola, Energy and Infrastructure Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Convenor of CitizenWatch Philippines The World Economic Forum released Thursday its annual Global Competitiveness Index for 2018. In the report, the Philippine economy ranked 56th out of 140 countries and fifth in Southeast Asia, trailing behind Singapore (2nd), Malaysia (25th), Thailand (38th) and… Read More

Weslene Uy, Deputy Executive Director for Research of the Stratbase ADR Institute Responding to concerns of alienating the private sector, Secretary Dominguez III said the administration welcomes unsolicited proposals, since the private sector would have a better grasp in identifying potential problems and offering better solutions to these problems. Unsurprisingly, the more welcome attitude towards… Read More

Weslene Uy, Deputy Executive Director for Research of the Stratbase ADR Institute After almost two years of uninterrupted economic expansion above 6.5 percent, the economy produced a disappointing 6 percent growth during the second quarter. Hinged on the opportunities resulting from the government’s infrastructure drive and its comprehensive tax reform program, the country’s economy was… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute It is said that it takes at least five years to see either the benefits and/or the ill effects of a particular legislation. However, now that we are in an inflation jam, it only took six months to see the very negative effects from the imposition of… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute This year, the recorded national inflation rate has been steady in its increase. The first month of the year was at 3.4 percent — a number that, by August, had ballooned to 6.4 percent. The consistency of the uptick is expected to continue until the end of… Read More