The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) last week released a damning report saying that the Duterte administration has “failed in its obligations to protect human rights,” and has “encouraged a culture of impunity” through its brutal war on drugs. After examining 882 drug-related cases from 2016 to 2021, the CHR said the police used “excessive and disproportionate force” with “indicated intent to kill,” contrary to its claim of self-defense and of suspects resisting arrest (nanlaban). Many
Now that the first-quarter growth figures are out, I thought I’d take a closer look at how the economy is growing. The report was a surprise to many, as most analysts had expected the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter to grow between 6 and 7 percent on an annualized (year-on-year) basis. We, in the Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, were more bullish than that, having projected 7.6 percent, but the actual number came out even better at 8.3 percent. Has our economy bounced back from what was the deepest COVID-induced economic contraction in our part
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