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Duterte: Relations with China on a higher level
President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of six bilateral agreements last week following the bilateral meeting held between the two leaders here.
President Duterte was in China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), where he was one...
Losing Face(book)?
By Alma Anonas-Carpio
First of three parts
In an age where victim-blaming is no longer acceptable, it takes more than a casually-tossed “caveat emptor (buyer beware in Latin)” to deal with the problems presented by things like—oh, the Cambridge Analytica data breach.
Any data breach where...
MILF wants Bangsamoro bill passed by May
by Fil V. Elefante
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has expressed concern over the Bangsamoro Basic Law’s passage in Congress. This concern was acknowledged by President Rodrigo Duterte during his speech at an event in Sultan Kudarat last April 2.
“I am racing against...
Gov. Albert S. Garcia: One goal, one vision, one Bataan
by Fil V. Elefante
It’s been two decades since Governor Albert S. Garcia entered the challenging world of politics.
But the term politician is too broad a term to describe him.
During a one-on-one interview with the Philippines Graphic recently, the young governor views his role...
Free education and the road to progress
by Joel Pablo Salud
Raising a little over PhP50 billion for the Free Higher Education Law is no easy feat.
By the time the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (RA 10931) was signed into law by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte on Aug. 3, 2017,...
Political will to build
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has, for so long, been seen as a corrupt agency, one that is slow to act on the nation’s growing infrastructure needs. Over the last two decades, the refrain of remedies for this public perception...
