The amount of taxpayer money that is alleged to have been lost to the flood control corruption scandal is staggering, involving more than a hundred billion pesos. The Anti-Money Laundering Council ...
At 16, I rolled my eyes. At 21, I text her everything. Five years ago, I was convinced I had the world figured out. I was young, full of opinions, full of silence. I kept to myself, shut my door, ...
The Constitution and the legal framework for the country’s budgeting system clearly indicate the separation of powers and delineation of functions between the executive and legislative branches of ...
Construction of flood control project in Barangay Masgad, Malimono, Surigao del Norte. The words “transparency” and ...
At the Asia Global Institute forum in Hong Kong on navigating the tariff war, the consensus was that no one is immune to structural uncertainty where everything is happening all at once, with no one ...
When people talk about corruption, it often sounds like an old song, played too often, yet no one truly listens. It fills our daily lives like background noise. We hear it on the news, see it on ...
Beijing–The ongoing fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing marks a key moment in the nation’s journey toward comprehensive modernization.
Americans think the First Amendment protects their speech. It doesn’t—at least not at work for most of us. Just ask the executives, teachers, lawyers, and even a Secret Service agent disciplined ...
For many years, in various fora and seminars on local legislation, I have consistently emphasized a crucial principle for effective governance: the importance of robust consultation and coordination ...
From that fateful day in March this year when former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by authorities on the strength of an International Criminal Court warrant, then flown to The Hague, ...
In public governance, serving as both regulator and provider invites inevitable conflicts. And yet, this is precisely the issue at the heart of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority ...