Crisis watch

CRISIS WATCH by  Ana Catalina Paje THE DUTERTE administration has claimed significant economic development. But in 2019, its policies nevertheless led to a number of crises involving, among others, basic commodities and social services affecting millions of Filipinos,...

Publisher’s Note 2019

PUBLISHER’S NOTE MELINDA QUINTOS DE JESUS Executive Director, CMFR MIDTERM MEASURE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE IT IS hard to believe that Duterte has passed the mid-term of his administration, a point when most leaders begin to show scars of political...

Not much to report: Duterte in absentia

Duterte in Absentia by  Albert Lawrence Idia NOW YOU see him, now you don’t. Three years into his presidency, President Rodrigo Duterte has slipped out of the public eye sometimes for as long as seven days. Malacañang officials did not comment on the absences perhaps...