Daily Tribune
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.
“Until then, the specter of a regional phenomenon cascading beyond geopolitical frontiers could not be far removed.
Primer Pagunuran · · 2 min read
“The 2025 election cycle and its resultant configuration will determine whether the next three years of the presidency will augur well for the betterment of…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“The bureaucratic denial of the existence of blanks in the General Appropriations Act just does not add up after earlier disclosures had been blown up in the…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“An evil genius started it all with the objective to totally neutralize the Dutertes as an emerging political power bloc.
Primer Pagunuran · · 2 min read
“The problem with corruption, the reason it is literally a slippery slope to resolve, is the fact that it has many moving parts.
Primer Pagunuran · · 2 min read
“McLuhan’s notion of ‘the medium is the message’ fell on deaf ears and eyes that look the other way, or the President’s military strategists probably know how…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“In other words, in terms of ayuda, the government has cast the larger net to gather more adherents who would only be too willing to vote for the candidates…
Primer Pagunuran · · 2 min read
“Every presidency has a bogeyman — either in the political or economic realm — so whatever choice is made cannot seem to bring about balanced economic…
Primer Pagunuran · · 2 min read
“Clearly, the culprit here is the traditional bicameral conference committee constituted by designated members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“The best thing about this holiday celebration was that no politician was in sight, nor was there any monetary contribution from them.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
