YELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III and Jessica Reyes-Cantos The logic is simple. All other things being equal, the price increases as supply of the particular good decreases. Alternatively, all things being equal, the price...
Action for Economic Reforms (AER) supports the proposal of Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez to provide a subsidy of PhP 8,000 per month, for a maximum of three months, to workers affected by the COVID-19...
This Policy Brief, Rice Industry in Review, provides both a snapshot of the rice industry’s fourth-quarter and full-year performance for 2020, as well as an overview of its long-run trend. Despite the challenges posed by...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III FREEPIK “I ordered Secretary Galvez to sign any and all documents that would allow the private sector to import at will.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivered said statement on March 29,...
Read MoreThis piece was originally published in Newsbreak on August 29, 2005. It is being re-uploaded on the occasion of Nini Quezon Avanceña’s 100th birthday. AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN OF RULING-CLASS ORIGIN By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III For Easter 2021, amid the many deaths we witness, the message of Resurrection has all the more become relevant. But instead of attempting to write some sort of a secular homily on...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Pia Rodrigo, Eddie Dorotan, and Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS The government’s hospital hotline has been “overwhelmed with calls.” The mobile phones of hospital staff have been “ringing...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Scott B. Halstead, MD WIRESTOCK-FREEPIK In 2018, together with colleagues, I agreed that “vaccine confidence has suffered following the [dengue] vaccine scare, and that trust needs to be rebuilt before the next...
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF Junior level, full-time project-based position AER is looking for an Administrative Support Staff for a 24-month project on data-driven policy development. RESPONSIBILITIES The Administrative Support...
