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Policy, practice belie RP’s labor migration ‘global model’ tag
WITH over eight million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitting more than $10 billion to the country each year, the Philippines is touted as a “global model” in labor migration. But the reality...
View ArticleArroyo’s former budget chief sees negligence in ‘double entry’ controversy
WHILE senators are still bitterly locking horns whether or not to conduct an investigation on the issue of “double appropriations” in the 2008 national budget, former budget secretary Emilia Boncodin...
View ArticleHow to deal with corruption metrics like the CPI
CORRUPTION in the Philippines is perceived to have further worsened as the country sank to its lowest ranking to date in the Transparency International‘s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2008....
View ArticleSerial peace talks in Mindanao: Post-mortem and prognosis
A FIXATION on single-issue analysis contributed to the current state of “unpeace” that now prevails in several parts of Mindanao in the wake of the bungled signing of the memorandum of agreement on...
View ArticleSC ruling on MOA-AD and the prospects for ‘legalizing’ peace
THE Supreme Court voted 8-7 today to declare as unconstitutional the scuttled memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the Arroyo government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
View ArticleDig this
THE annual revenues it promises to corporations easily come to millions of dollars each. For governments, the figures can reach billions. The materials it extracts also end up in a wide range of...
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Chronic illnesses on the rise in Marcopper towns
TWELVE years after a major mining catastrophe there, toxic mine wastes still choke key waterways in Marinduque. The threat of more mine tailings pouring into Boac and Mogpog rivers and Calancan Bay...
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MCC: No grant assistance forthcoming until Arroyo gov’t shows it can curb...
WHENEVER it is confronted with the latest survey findings about the worsening levels of corruption in the country, the Arroyo government would typically dismiss the results as based on “mere...
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The Canadian quandary
OUR latest story by PCIJ Fellows Isa Lorenzo (from the Philippines) and Philip Ney (from Canada) looks at the mixed record of good and bad business practices by mining firms from Canada, the world’s...
View ArticleWhen will ‘turning point’ in labor migration come for RP?
THERE is no better time to celebrate family gatherings than during the holidays. In the Philippines, it is the most opportune occasion for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to come home and reunite with...
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