Louie C. Montemar, Education Fellow of the Stratbase ADR Institute and Professor of Sociology and Political Science In a statement released recently by the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), private schools nationwide urged legislators to immediately pass into law pending bills that would permanently… Read More

Edwin Santiago, Fellow and Member of the Editorial Board, Stratbase ADR Institute The COVID-19 pandemic has definitely changed a lot of things in our lives. Perhaps, every facet of our lives has been significantly altered, one way or the other. Take the case of wearing face masks. Despite the barrage of admonition from government that… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute After five years of the Duterte presidency, the administration’s governance and performance certainly merit scrutiny. Stratbase ADR Institute’s recent virtual town hall discussion on the “State of Philippine Governance: A Five-Year Review of the Duterte Presidency” saw participants discussing a gamut of issues and concerns spanning the social, political,… Read More

We are pleased to present Stratbase ADR Institute’s July 2021 Occasional Paper entitled, “Signs of the Times: Building Back Better”, co-authored by Dr. Jaime M. Jimenez, Deputy Director for Research, and Francesco ‘Paco’ A. Pangalangan, Executive Director. The unfortunate death of former president Benigno Simeon Cojuanco Aquino, III on June 24, 2021 prompted Stratbase to… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is a constitutional obligation and yearly tradition wherein the President reports on the status of the country and unveils the government’s agenda for the coming year. Like clockwork, on every fourth Monday of July, the President appears before a joint… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Many were disappointed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). Many had hoped that the president would use his sixth and final SONA, which lasted almost three hours, as an opportunity to go into detail on his government’s plans to address pressing issues… Read More

It has been five years since President Rodrigo R. Duterte was elected to office. Under his administration, the country has seen an infamous war on drugs, a widespread infrastructure campaign, an increase in public debt, the shutdown of a major news outlet, tensions in the West Philippine Sea, and the COVID-19 global outbreak. These are… Read More