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When COP26, the annual two-week conference of global leaders and stakeholders focused on addressing climate change, closed in Glasgow, Scotland in November last year, it was met with mixed reactions. Some believed meaningful progress was made to limit global warming, while others expressed concern that...

2nd of 2 Parts   Dream Philippines 2040 (DPH 2040)   The Dream Philippines 2040 Roadmap, as currently being drafted, will eventually include: 1) a National Governance Charter (or statements of National Vision, Mission, Values), 2) the Eight Strategic Perspectives for National Development, 3) the...

1st of 2 Parts   Background   It has been almost six years since the President issued Executive Order (EO) No. 5 mandating all government agencies to align their respective strategies to AmBisyon Natin 2040, a NEDA-initiated project started in 2015 and completed during the...

The current situation   Let us now take a quick look at our country’s current situation. We are still facing severe and multiple crises, including a health crisis, an economic crisis, an education crisis, an environmental crisis, and a social justice crisis. Given that 2022...

For all the pain and suffering caused by the coronavirus infection, it has also given us reasons for optimism about the future.   A major cause for elation about what is arguably the worst viral scourge in recent memory is how it has hastened the...

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has been making deficiency tax assessments on the income payments made by local companies and agencies to non-resident foreign corporations (NFRCs) particularly tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook (or Meta). The deficiency tax assessments include non-withholding of final...

I was in a Conference on Slow Food aptly titled “Slow Start” with Cong. Kiko Benitez of Negros Occidental where he talked about the subject. I asked for a copy of his speech because it so resonated with me as a Slow Food advocate and...

For years, women have faced broad, cultural biases and many people still believe that women cannot hold power and ranks. Gender roles and expectations, whether productive, reproductive, community management, or political, are passed down from one generation to another and often deemed as socially acceptable...

International Volunteer Day is celebrated globally every 5th day of December. In the last 2 years, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to re-shape how we volunteer.   Central to volunteerism are relationships forged from physical interaction among volunteers and beneficiaries, NGO partners, donors...