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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.
“The questioned expenses of Vice President Sara Duterte of confidential funds would dwarf in comparison to the sum total of legislators’ authorized allocations.
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“The ritual of most legislative inquiries has gone to excess that not a few observers have labeled them grand zarzuelas with constellations of rabid…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“Desirably, the pathway to flag or star rank promotion must be a ‘single seniority lineal list’ and an inviolable merit system. Upon this metric, the cream of…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“In the realm of public sector reform, what new policy, if any, have our good legislators intended to operationalize that could bar future presidents from…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“No one can readily fathom the meaning of a director being relieved of his position or merely ‘returned to barracks’ to do lesser tasks pending the…
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“In truth, DU30’s message will be long remembered as when he said, ‘My mandate as president of the republic was to protect the country and the Filipino people.’
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“Hontiveros interjected at every opportunity, mindless about bringing embarrassment to another colleague or if her voice and DU30’s canceled each other out.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
“Isn’t it logical that if passenger volumes are increased, the number of cars and other vehicles will also increase thereby requiring more and more parking…
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“The end in view of this legislative feat is noble insofar as it can result in tasking the proper agency of government to forthwith regulate private entities…
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“Surveys have a powerful influencing effect on voting patterns that they may well be banned throughout the pre-election period.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
