by JASPER PAGTALUNAN | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Antecedent to Leni Robredo’s declaration of her presidential candidacy in the 2022 Philippine elections, a vibrant pink becomes a beacon of hope initiating a people-led movement that soon rallied for the presidential aspirant’s “honest government” campaign “for a...
by DANELLA IDELLE DELA CRUZ | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Dubbed by analysts as the “most significant election in the Southeast Asian nation’s recent history”, the last 2022 national elections was the most polarized and most participated with a voter turnout of 83% or 55,549,791 of the 65,745,512 registered voters—the...
by KARL TRENCHERA | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
“Bagong Pilipinas, Bagong Mukha!”, (trans: New Philippines, New Face) the battle cry of the 2022 Marcos-Duterte campaign jingle echoed throughout the nation as the resurging Marcoses and the reigning Dutertes promised something ‘new’. Except, that the ‘new’...
by JOSHUA MANGULABNAN | Apr 17, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
No other comparison on Philippine politicians is as aesthetically pleasing as being called “butterflies”. This is not to say they are graceful or resilient, but rather that they switch parties as easily and as frequently as butterflies that flit from flower to flower....
by Antonio Salazar Jr. | Oct 16, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
Photo: Physical exercises for violators of the enhanced community quarantine policy in province of Cebu in the Philippines by Gerard Francisco, Cebu Daily News Digital. The COVID-19 pandemic response has shown how a crisis can expose the underlying problems and issues...
