The hard math of infrastructure plunder
THE COST OF GRAFT (AT A GLANCE) ?545.6 Billion: Total flood mitigation allocation (July 2022 – May 2025). ?42B – ?118B: Public funds lost to corruption and wasted projects in…
Why POLITICIANS are dangerous to our health
Look around you. Ask yourself a simple question: Why is getting sick in the Philippines still a death sentence for the poor? When a mother has to queue at three…
BISDAK Lost ’n Translation: But Where’s the 125M?
On Day 16 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the impeachment court suddenly found itself debating Cebuano, the lingua franca of the Bisdaks (Bisayang Dako or…
Beyond system loss: Filipinos need system change
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s call in his fifth State of the Nation Address to stop passing system loss charges and their corresponding Value-Added Tax (VAT) on to electricity consumers is…
2026 Green Action Week
I had the honor and privilege of sharing MASIPAG’s collective experience in democratizing science in one of the sharing sessions for the 2026 Green Action Week on July 17. Green…