The proof of the pudding is in the eating” may well describe the general reaction to the bold move in the House of Representatives to formally ask the Marcos administration to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating the thousands of killings committed during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs. Is this for real? Are they serious, or is it part of political play? Three resolutions seeking to allow the ICC probe were
The disappointing news in the Third Quarter 2023 Social Weather Survey is that Losers have regained their dominance (“Gainers minus Losers falls to -2 in September from +11 in June,” www.sws.org.ph, 11/25/23).Last June’s +11 had bested March’s +5, the +8 in December 2022, and the zero in October 2022. But September’s -2 is a throwback to June and April of 2022 and does not align with the reported acceleration in gross national product in 2023. This indicator refers to the trend—as distinct from the status—in the Quality of Life (QOL, uri ng pamumuhay) as seen by the (adult) survey respondents in
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