Category: Columns

YELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III Dani Rodrik a world-renowned professor of economics known for his trenchant criticism of globalization (his preferred term: “hyper-globalization”), was the keynote speaker at the annual...

YELLOW PAD By Nepomuceno Malaluan Twenty years ago, a number of organizations came together to push for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) law. The proposed legislation seeks to provide operational details to a fuller...

YELLOW PAD By Paula Mae Tanquieng I have worked on health policy for more than a decade, but I have never seen health given so much importance by ordinary Filipinos until recently. COVID-19 has made our society and politics more...

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...

YELLOW 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...

YELLOW 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...

YELLOW 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...

YELLOW 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...

YELLOW 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...

YELLOW PAD By AJ Montesa The 1st Regular Session of the 19th Congress of the Philippines is now full of activity. Since the President made his administration’s policy priorities clear two and a half months ago, legislators have...

YELLOW PAD By Erica Navelgas In a briefing in early July, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. likened the Omicron variant of COVID-19 to the flu. He said that “it is a little contagious but it does not hit as hard.”1...

YELLOW PAD By Filomeno Sta. Ana III It has become my panatâ (vow) to write a remembrance of my late wife Mae on her death anniversary (Aug. 30). The topic need not be about Mae herself. The remembrance extends to acts of...