Boracay needs scientists, engineers, development planners, social workers, and community organizers, not the hundreds of troops and police.
Democratic Space | Does Duterte intend to clean up Boracay with bullets and bombs?
Day: April 29, 2018
Tranquility
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
Just for laughs
The gulf between what President Rodrigo Duterte says and what he does is raising already dangerous levels of cynicism about government and governance even among those who supported him in the 2016 presidential elections. But he doesn’t seem to be aware of it. Even if he were, it’s doubtful if he would at all be…
DND, AFP are spoiling the peace talks resumption
In his latest turnabout on the issue, President Duterte apparently seeks to convince the public that he is dead set on continuing the GRP-NDFP peace talks that he unilaterally “terminated” just before the start of the fifth round of formal negotiations in November 2017. Twice this month, he has made such a public affirmation. On…