Philippine floodgate scandal and EO 94
Its central theme mandates the ICI to ‘repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which…
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.
Its central theme mandates the ICI to ‘repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
Insofar as the public is concerned, no amount of sheer denial, self-serving narrative, or subterfuge could erase their belief as to the real actors, players,…
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At commanding heights, who would dare change horses in midstream at a time Torre had begun to effect positive reforms in the PNP.
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Pray tell, is the President free — if not immune — of blame, completely out of the loop and the larger net of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance that…
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Perhaps, for those running government affairs, the gospel of efficiency has been relegated to the background.
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In deliberating on the ruling the Supreme Court issued recently on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the Senate showcased the true and actual…
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It would bring great relief to end-users and consumers to have a government able to step on the brakes rather than step on the gas in the matter of electricity…
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Elections are good for business rather than for the people. In a three-year election cycle, political campaigns invest heavily in traditional media…
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The government has got to be serious about the short shadow cast by the impending aging population it has to face in the immediate future. There’s a need to…
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Literally, it means to obey but not to comply. Quickly, it sounds like a contradiction, viz: how can you obey if you don’t comply? Put another way, isn’t to…
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