When Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Piago declared that the agency’s bus ban on EDSA highway was “not successful”, it was another policy idea that joined the ash… Continue reading "There is a solution for Metro Manila’s traffic problems, but politicians will never implement it"
In 2010, the New Zealand Attorney-General Chris Finlayson presented a report to Parliament on the proposed changes to the Electoral Act, under the Electoral (Disqualification of Convicted Prisoners) Amendment Bill.… Continue reading "Continuing to ban prisoners from voting contradicts New Zealand’s rich history of promoting suffrage"
When the working group on the Fair Pay Agreements (FPA) released their report last January, their findings gave a stark assessment of the state of New Zealand wages in recent… Continue reading "Ending the competition of lowering wages: the case for the Fair Pay Agreements"
What was initially hyped as the first major reform to New Zealand’s abortion law since 1977 is now in uncertain territory, as disagreements over the specifics of the policy engulfs… Continue reading "Abortion law reform: what is going on?"
It is said that the Mayor of Auckland is the third most powerful person in New Zealand, after the Prime Minister and Finance Minister, due to the sheer amount of… Continue reading "Why we need to pay attention to the Auckland local body elections"
Many were flummoxed when the Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo expressed the current administration was open to reusing the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine in response to a dengue epidemic plaguing the country.… Continue reading "Political will or political gimmicks?"
The Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte promised two things: first, that it would usher in a “golden era of infrastructure”, and second, that it will be a “clean government”. The former… Continue reading "The Mindanao Gravy Train"
With the news of four police agents killed in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels still fresh, the once-peaceful province of Negros Oriental has again been rocked with… Continue reading "A wave of violence kills 7 people in Negros Oriental as Operation Sauron continues"
The once peaceful province of Negros Oriental has become the de facto killing fields of the Philippines in the past few years, with the implementation of the Armed Forces of… Continue reading "What really happened to the four slain police officers in Negros Oriental?"
In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared during a televised news conference that indigenous Lumad schools were “teaching children to rebel against the government” and warned them that he will… Continue reading "The demonisation of indigenous schools continues"
