Category: News and Articles
A good start in foreign policy
June 6, 2022(President-elect Marcos) would uphold the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling, nullifying China’s so called ‘nine-dash’ claim of almost the whole of South China Sea.
Piracy takes great economic toll on Philippine industries, says citizen advocacy group
May 25, 2022Online piracy continues to take a toll on the Philippine economy, with losses running up to billions and thousands of workers in linked industries getting deprived of opportunities, advocacy group CitizenWatch said in a statement as it also urged the government to act fast to reverse these effects. “Many Filipinos have already lost their jobs […]
Digital policy unreadiness
April 18, 2022by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard The behavior and culture of Filipino consumers have changed so fast since the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our comfort zones. Things were so different three decades ago when we were just starting to use analogue cell phones and internet access was very slow and limited. Computer […]
Be ready to strike back vs. cybercrime
March 21, 2022The growing cybercrime threat must be fought with an all-of-society strategy. Government and the private sector must empower people to be digitally smart netizens.
Rare diseases patients should not be left behind
February 2, 2022By Alvin Manalansan, originally published in BusinessWorld The continuing global pandemic posed several challenges and showed the gaps all throughout the health ecosystem. Undeniably, addressing the country’s COVID-19 situation has been the priority and concern of the government for two years now, and still counting. Patients who have other health conditions, such as those […]
The crisis of rare disease
January 31, 2022by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Our policymakers should honor the commitments promised by the Rare Disease Law.” Universal Health Care, as described in the Department of Health (DOH) website, is the “provision to every Filipino of the highest possible quality of health care that is accessible, efficient, equitably distributed, adequately funded, fairly financed, […]
Unleashing opportunities for sustainable growth
January 4, 2022Finally, after more than four years, our government has rectified a damaging policy with the lifting of the ban on open-pit mining. CitizenWatch commends this prudent and progressive move and looks forward to the realization of the mining industry’s full potential as a long-term driver of economic growth – especially during these precarious times when […]
A digital mindset for 2022
January 3, 2022by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Can we manage this new threat without resorting to an economic shutdown?” A new year is always a time of retrospection and hope that better times are ahead. The lower alert levels opened a few weeks of respite from the restrictive, but necessary, safety protocols that after two […]
Digital transformation partnership for economic recovery
December 13, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “The private sector has always been a valuable and reliable partner to the government.” Digital transformation, connectivity, power and energy, and good governance are among the interconnected essentials that must play in sync to successfully pull out of this protracted state of crisis and start a momentum of […]
Pivot to the EU
December 6, 2021by Orlando Oxales originally published in The Manila Standard “Trade and investments look promising, even amid the pandemic.” Sustainable recovery was a shared objective among the country’s top thought leaders from the government, the private sector, and the academe. In the recently held 2021 Pilipinas Conference of the Stratbase ADR Institute, they expressed an honest assessments of […]