YELLOW PAD By Jessica Reyes-Cantos The pandemic years have been quite difficult for our people. The majority of our vulnerable people have borne the brunt of the shocks — closed schools, lost jobs, sickness, and worse, death....
We are a coalition of medical societies, youth groups, and civil society organizations pushing for the passage of higher excise taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products. On December 12, 2012,...
YELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III The title is meant to provoke. I differ from those who think that the son of the Justice Secretary must be punished for possession of illegal drugs. My stand: The son deserves humane...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III My friend Bobby Julian had an offbeat agenda when he watched the Ateneo-La Salle basketball game last week. He went to the Araneta Coliseum to root for his team. However, his team lost, which...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Nepomuceno Malaluan I had the privilege of giving a keynote speech at the 2022 National Conference on Educational Measurement and Evaluation organized by the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Lyonel Tanganco (Action for Economic Reforms has collaborated with the Department of Finance for more than 25 years, and one of those who made the partnership durable was the late former Finance Undersecretary Elsa...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Laurence Go In the middle of the pandemic, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) launched its Data-Driven Development (3D) Program. The goal: to promote a culture conducive to data and evidence and make them the...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Pia Rodrigo This year, on the 50th anniversary of martial law’s proclamation, the days leading up to the 21st of September have me feeling a new, more palpable grief and anger. In past years, Sept. 21 was...
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Call for and Event Organizer for the 2nd COLLABDev National Assembly Action for Economic Reforms (AER), a civil society policy, advocacy and action think tank working on key issues around fiscal reforms, health measures,...
