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.
One is the Veterans Access to Lifetime Optimized Healthcare (Valor) Clinic for military veterans, retirees, and their dependents. The other is the legal aid…
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The utter difference in using either South China Sea (SCS) or West Philippine Sea (WPS) rests on the indisputable theory that there’s less of the Philippines…
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There have been such charges lodged against the paper in its 25 years of existence largely because the ‘medium is the message.’
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In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, this refers to the 10 member states, viz: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar,…
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The paradox of “senator-siblings,” “politicians-in-pairs,” “partners-in-crime,” or whatever other pejoratives fit should be the subject of a proper survey (on…
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How do the stakeholders navigate the turbulent political waters in the “battle of the narratives” when two warring ships in the high seas communicate calls or…
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In official ranking order, the 12 new senators are: Bong Go, Bam Aquino, Bato de la Rosa, Erwin Tulfo, Kiko Pangilinan, Dante Marcoleta, Ping Lacson, Tito…
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The President’s words alone, stated viz: “We’re in a flux,” best capture what every Filipino feels or thinks to be a bureaucratic void in FM Jr.’s brand of…
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Politics has many moods. Invariably, it sends shock waves of expectation and disbelief, betrays recurrent survey rankings, debunks theoretical studies, and…
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Instead of efficiently superintending state affairs as the focus of the national government, it apparently resorts to micromanaging them, even choosing to take…
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