Water is life. As President Marcos succinctly put it, “‘Pag walang tubig, walang buhay. Ganoon lang kasimple ’yan.” The premise may be a no-brainer, but delivering water to those who need it at an affordable price, presents a far more complex problem that has stumped several administrations. In fact, the presence of fragmented, multiple, and sometimes warring government agencies with overlapping responsibilities over water resources, plus the absence of an overarching national water use plan, have
Just over a year after leaving Malacañang, former president Rodrigo Duterte is witnessing the country reverse course and pivot from his major programs, policies, and actions. Duterte is also witnessing several of his contentious moves backfire against him, and even haunt him. First, the flagship policy of the Duterte administration was its promise to rid the country of the drug menace through its war on drugs. The Philippine National Police acknowledged that 6,000 died in its hands, but human rights organizations estimate that up to 27,000 to 30,000 fell victim to state-sponsored extrajudicial killings. Hundreds of thousands suffered from various forms
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