- 21. Pool of Speakers: Learning Sessions on Charter Change and Federalism in the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives
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- ... who has written extensively on Philippine politics and political economy. He has recently reassumed his post as Professor of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University after serving ...
- Created on 16 May 2018
- 22. Marathon session on BBL sought
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- ... region arising from it would be financially stable enough to undertake economic activities designed to lift its people out of poverty. “A vibrant economy is essential to achieve lasting peace and Mindanao. ...
- Created on 29 April 2018
- 23. The Birth of Inter-LGU Alliance in Basilan
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- ... economy.” To achieve this vision, the goal of the alliance is to be the platform for consultation and development of mutual concerns and benefits. While the alliance is primarily horizontal, i.e. among ...
- Created on 27 March 2018
- 24. Cotabato City hosts Senate public hearing on charter change
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- ... to allow the country to properly adapt to the changing global economy through appropriate economic laws and policies. Senator Panfilo Lacson also introduced a similar resolution calling for a Senate ...
- Created on 09 March 2018
- 25. Charter change and Mindanao
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- ... unitary or federal or something in between (greater local autonomy in a system where power is truly decentralized), to open up the economy to foreign investments by removing the restrictive economic provisions ...
- Created on 01 February 2018
- 26. IAG in 2017: Our Year In Highlights
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- ... a healthier ecology and more balanced economy to benefit local sectors, the fisher folk and farmers, local businesses, local professionals and skilled workers. In November 2017, IAG co-presented ...
- Created on 10 January 2018
- 27. Solons start harmonizing 4 proposed versions of BBL
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- Once a final version is approved, a committee report shall be sent to the plenary floor for debates and put to a vote | Philippine Daily Inquirer By DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer The first order ...
- Created on 09 December 2017
- 28. IAG announces LGU alliance building project in Basilan
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- ... or 34 percent of Basilan’s entire population of 459,367. “With this collaboration, we hope to see an improvement in local ecology and economy that will benefit local sectors and stakeholders, the upland ...
- Created on 10 November 2017
- 29. The PDP Laban Model of PH Federalism: An Executive Summary
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- ... the United States, as well as to effectively compete in a globalized world economy; Third, we need a president who can decisively address the numerous national security problems and natural disasters; ...
- Created on 28 September 2017
- 30. Accommodating Regional Self-determination in a Federal Set-up
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- ... was politically structured as barangays (balangays) with common security and economy actively developed into a confederation. In the south and in some areas of the country, the coming of Islam induced ...
- Created on 03 May 2017
- 31. FEDERALISM 101 LECTURE 4: Approaches to Accommodating Diversity in Federal Systems
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- ... the insurgencies and the weaker economy back then. As a result, “autonomy” was granted only to those regions (Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras) which were lobbying for autonomy and limited the scope ...
- Created on 19 September 2016
- 32. Asymmetric Federalism: Managing Diversity and Internal Conflict
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- ... the most entrepreneurial, albeit in the informal coping economy or in the control of illicit and deadly economies such as illicit drugs and guns, KFR, and illicit cross border trade. Leaders like Ampatuan ...
- Created on 02 September 2016
- 33. FEDERALISM 101 LECTURE 3: Fiscal Federalism
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- ... may be applicable to the Philippine situation. One major challenge that confronts the Philippines is that for almost three decades (1980-2010), except in recent years, the country's economy performed ...
- Created on 31 August 2016
- 34. FULL TEXT: President Duterte's First State of the Nation Addres
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- ... job creation and poverty reduction. By the end of my term, I hope --- I hope and pray --- to hand over an economy that is much stronger, characterized by solid growth, low and stable inflation, dollar ...
- Created on 26 July 2016
- 35. What now Mindanao?
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- ... critical not because it is the power center but because it is the “laboratory” of two key policy reforms of President Duterte both having a huge impact on business and the economy. I’m referring to first, ...
- Created on 22 July 2016
- 36. Federalism: Panacea or problem for regional development?
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- ... dominated the national economy, generating over a third of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. The National Capital Region (NCR) was the wealthiest of all, with per capita income 2.75 times that of the ...
- Created on 06 June 2016
- 37. When local interests become national concerns
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- ... the outgoing Aquino administration has succeeded in making the economy grow and financially stronger. However, it seems that the fruits of these reforms at the national level were not felt at the local ...
- Created on 18 May 2016
- 38. Time to focus on VP battle
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- ... for a change leader to keep the traditional power elites guessing, the country also needs some level of predictability for the economy and society to function. It may become too tiring for the nation ...
- Created on 28 April 2016
- 39. Forgetting the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986)
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- ... was nonexistent, the economy was in ruins, and the culture of corruption, violence and cynicism flourished. Thousands of Filipinos were killed, imprisoned, tortured, displaced from their homes and ...
- Created on 01 March 2016
- 40. This Administration and the Next
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- ... the rural economy as just a source of problems to recognizing farms and rural enterprises as vital to achieving food security and more equitable economic growth, worthy of re-investment for sustained productivity. ...
- Created on 24 February 2016