BLOGS
Youth, Democracy, and the Global Goals. Opening the #thegovernmentwewant Vlog Series are iLEAD Executive Director Czarina Medina-Guce talking about the initiative and its goals for the youth network; Prof. Cleve Arguelles of the University...
By: Maxine Tanya Hamada. This article first appeared in World Movement for Democracy. The most beautiful and powerful movements in history are born out of pain, sorrow, anger, and fear. In 1986, Filipinos were reeling from a...
By: Ana Martha Galindes with Patricia Nicdao. This article first appeared in Center for International Private Enterprise. Youth participants and advocates share insights and discuss issues during an iLEAD workshop held in the University of...
By: Cleve Arguelles In Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines, fears of further democratic backsliding have dominated conversations among democracy advocates. To counter this backslide, civil society groups and democrats are experimenting with strategies on responding...
By: Cleve Arguelles Who cheers for their own butcher? Despite rampant killings under Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, 69% of Filipinos consider the “eradication of illegal drugs in the country” as the current administration’s “most...
By: Zy-za Nadine Suzara, Harvey Parafina, & Rupert Mangilit Two years ago—recalled President Rodrigo Duterte in his State of the Nation Address on July 23—he took oath with a zeal “to institute...
By: Cleve Arguelles Two years into the polarizing presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, the rising number of dead bodies as a result of his war on illegal drugs has now become a regular news...
By: Czarina Medina-Guce For many months now, there is increasing talk of ‘challenges’ and ‘attacks’ to Philippine democracy. Deaths attributed to the war on drugs cannot be moved to the courts, as case build-up...
By: Zy-za Nadine Suzara, Rupert Mangilit, & Harvey Parafina By now, everyone has felt the pinch—or punch—from inflation moving up at breakneck speed. From nearly hitting through the roof in January, it...
By: Ana Martha Galindes, with Marco Zaplan of Datos.PH. This article first appeared in Open Knowledge International Blog, contributed by iLEAD with Marco Zaplan of Datos.PH. This is part of the event report series...
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