Mr. President, shape up!
In the course of time, political elites realize that there are two doors open to them, namely, elective and/or appointive positions.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
Primer Pagunuran currently drafts his dissertation proposal on infrastructural policy via public private partnership for his Doctor of Public Administration. With a master’s in public policy at UP Diliman, he used to be the chief of staff of key legislators of the House of Representatives. At the Center for Integrative and Development Studies, he is part of the research team that begun seminal work on Philippine federalism. He has written in local and foreign journals and presented papers in international conferences. In between, he plays tennis, loves to travel, fends for birds, a dog and cat lover, a marksman, a widower.
In the course of time, political elites realize that there are two doors open to them, namely, elective and/or appointive positions.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
Everything about this government is being showcased as a ‘Potemkin village’ where things are not what they seem.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
As long as politics is a zero-sum game, losers have nothing to lose and winners have everything to gain.
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Slaves readily mimic the traits of their masters in case they ever switch places. Thus, when they become the new bosses, the bourgeois in the Marxist sense,…
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The changing structure of the corruption investigation allows the trail of bread crumbs leading to the Palace to disappear.
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Truth is, the discounts deducted from gross proceeds constitute ‘sunk cost.’ There’s no way business owners could make them back.
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If one looks at corruption through a child’s eyes, the mind might ponder to ask: where are all the funds hidden?
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The unflattering comments by the highly respected magistrates were more likely uncalled for, wanting in propriety and intellectual humility.
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It’s interesting to note that if only the NEP is never subjected to amendments, it would be the perfect mirror image of the GAB up to the point that it’s…
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It might qualify as the worst economic sabotage in human history that would remain unresolved for a while, even see the culprits go scot-free.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read