SONA surprises, rabbits off the hat!
I have been critical of Duterte’s administration as I had been with his predecessors. Like many others, I too, had many expectations...
THE KISSING PRESIDENT IS NO KIDDING PRESIDENT
I am no woman. But, I take women's issues personally and seriously. This is how I was trained and molded by my mentors in the past 23...
Privileging Lumad Claims in the Bangsamoro Polemics: Imperatives for a Pluralist State Arbitration
Abstract Oftentimes, scholars look at the issue of the Bangsamoro autonomy as a single-sided coin minoritization, where Muslim...
Why Congress Can't Be Trusted for Charter Change
Recent news showed Constituent Assembly (ConAs) as the means being pushed by the President and his allies in Congress to amend the...
Advancing a "Centralized" Constitutional Court in Federal Philippines
“The truth is, the judiciary is as dangerous as the political branches of government. The ideal is a judiciary that is not too weak to...
Lumad territories and identities: Contestations in the Bangsamoro homeland
“Consistent with our principle of Peaceful Co-existence and Pluralism, we fully recognize and respect the existence of our Maguindanao...
The ballots will decide: dynasty or no dynasty
Politics of clans The current state of Philippine political parties (that which is based on patronage) traces its roots from the feudal...
Of Elitism, Clientelism and Duterte-ism
1898. Philippines gained its independence from more than three centuries of Spanish colonization through a well-orchestrated Paris...
Duterte's brand of cacique-ism
At least three decades ago, the Cory Aquino-led people’s power toppled the fourteen years of Marcos’ dictatorship and restored democracy...
Will Federalism Facilitate Educational Reforms?
Dr. Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi[1], the former Minister of Education of Peru (2013 – 2016) and currently the Education Practice Manager for...
