The Mangudadatu family of Maguindanao, once portrayed in the media as the underdog to their rival, the Ampatuan family that perpetrated the now infamous Maguindanao massacre, is not so, well, saintly.
Policy experts from a major think tank urged the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to hasten country’s shift to an investment-based economy. Prof. Victor Andres Manhit, founder and CEO of the Stratbase group, said the economic consequences of the pandemic needs to be squarely addressed as 77…
Governance is key to attracting investments and achieving sustainable long-term economic growth after the havoc caused by the pandemic, a group of policy and governance experts said.
Organized by top think-tank, the Stratbase Institute, and advocacy group DemocracyWatch Philippines, held an online