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Why corruption persists

The current uproar over ghost, overpriced, and substandard flood control projects has again put corruption…

Voices from the field

For social survey implementation, the gold-standard-mode is still the face-to-face interview in the field, even…

Growth in PH office space demand accelerating

Demand for office space in the Philippines grew at the second-fastest pace in the Asia-Pacific…

Dysfunctional transport systems

My commute to school has been challenging since we lost the point-to-point (P2P) bus that…

PH economy in Marcos admin’s second half

As the Marcos administration enters its second half, the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023–2028 takes…

A good dose of democracy

We often hear, as a criticism of legislators, that their job is to make laws…

Dark horses: Bam Aquino and Bong Go

It felt like living through my version of ”The Year of Living Dangerously.” Both surreal…

Drastic measures vs online gambling

The directive of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ordering e-wallet platforms such as GCash…

Standing up to words

To stand up to words means, first, to recognize the hidden agendas lurking behind harmless-sounding…

Numbers about democracy

Although Social Weather Stations (SWS) was founded to help restore democracy, and although I’ve always…