Yellow Pad By Soliman M. Santos, Jr. President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to give the New People’s Army (NPA) tit for tat” is notable on several levels. It is perhaps the first...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Rayla Melchor Santos August 9 is the National Day of Singapore. On this day, Singapore commemorates its independence from Malaysia. Singapore is a most prosperous country, and, without a doubt, its founding...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Carlos Jacinto In one of the rare moments of this year’s State of the Nation Address where President Rodrigo Duterte followed the speech written for him, he mentioned that one of his priority measures for...
Read MoreYellow Pad By AJ Montesa In a speech in Ilocos Sur on July 25, President Rodrigo R. Duterte strongly alluded to a suspension of the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Act of 2019. Duterte proposed a “happy...
Read MoreYellow Pad Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III The filing of sedition charges against Vice-President Leni Robredo and 35 other individuals who are identified with the so-called “yellow opposition” is alarming. One can dismiss it as...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III As we enter the last half of Rodrigo Duterte’s term, economic policy-makers and policy-influencers look at the prospects of what reforms can still be done. The conventional thinking...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III As I was disembarking from a Manila-Taipei flight that had just landed at the Taoyuan airport, a co-passenger approached me and asked: “Aren’t you Men? Do you remember me?” I couldn’t...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Jay Tristan Tariella In light of recent regional maritime disputes involving China and the Philippines, Japan’s maritime strategy to calm tensions cannot be ignored. For Japan — which is dependent on the sea for...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III LET us be clear about an implicit assumption about the work of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): Its objective goes beyond transparency of revenues,...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Clarissa Villegas Several years ago, I, a starry-eyed millennial, had a chance to visit South Africa. It was a learning experience. Then, I would have fumed at the Nelson Mandela’s choice of giving up his...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Karla Michelle Yu This entire story about a series of tobacco tax increases was triggered by House Bill (HB) 4144, which the pro-tobacco House leadership hastily approved in late 2016. This bill wanted to...
Read MoreYellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Does anyone remember the debates during the presidential elections in 2016? In one debate, then candidate Digong Duterte was asked about his economic platform. His answer was that...
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