'Build, Build, Build' hits chokepoint
by Malou Mangahas
IT’S AS GOOD as it gets for Davao Region, home and bailiwick of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. And by the government’s own data, it’s as bad as it gets for many other regions of the country in terms of the spread of monies for civil-works projects, although a few have also managed to receive slight […]
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| Posted Wednesday, September 5th, 2018
'Build, Build, Build' hits chokepoint
by Karol Ilagan
THE GOVERNMENT awards a contractor-bidder a contract if its bid amount has been evaluated and found to be the “lowest calculated bid.” The bid will be subjected next to post-qualification, which involves verifying if it has complied with the requirements listed below. Complying with these prerequisites makes the bid “responsive.” A bidder is declared the […]
by Malou Mangahas
SINCE last May, the task force leading the government’s efforts to rebuild the Islamic City of Marawi in Lanao del Sur has been setting and resetting groundbreaking rites for a multibillion-peso, 22-component project under its “minimum scope of work” in the 250-hectare “conflict zone” or the city’s “most affected area” (MAA). Task Force Bangon Marawi […]
by Malou Mangahas
LAST JULY 2, after being declared ineligible to bid for the multibillion-peso contract to rebuild Marawi City’s conflict zone or “most affected area (MAA),” a consortium led by a China state-owned enterprise filed a motion for reconsideration with the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM).As of this writing, the Task Force has yet to decide with […]
SONA Antemortem, Postmortem
by Floreen Simon
A FORTNIGHT AGO, a policy forum on the state of “Democracy and Governance in the Philippines: Deficit, Surplus, and Unfinished Business” was conducted by the PCIJ, in partnership with the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philppines and the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition.To flesh out inputs from the resources persons — Ombudsman Conchita […]
A humanitarian crisis, a monster in our midst
by Dr Raymund Narag, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Southern Illinois University
THE WAR on drugs and the mass arrest of the loiterers and the shirtless under the Duterte administration have triggered a monstrous humanitarian crisis: Philippine jails and detention centers are now the most overcrowded in the world, eclipsing erstwhile topnotcher Haiti. In this report for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, visiting professor Dr. Raymund […]
Democracy & Governance: Deficit, Surplus, Unfinished Business
by Atty. Jose Manuel I. Diokno, Founding Dean, College of Law-De La Salle University and
National Chairman, Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG)
WHAT has happened to civil and political rights, and the rule of law, under two years of the Duterte administration? What follows is the speech of Atty. Jose Manuel I. Diokno, dean of De La Salle University’s College of Law and national chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group, at the forum on “Democracy and […]
Democracy & Governance: Deficit, Surplus, Unfinished Business
by Atty. Christian S. Monsod, Former Commission on Elections Chairman and Member, 1986 Constitutional Commission
IS the proposed shift to federalism “a Trojan horse to stay in power” for President Duterte and his political allies?What follows is the speech of Atty. Christian S. Monsod, former Commission on Elections chairman and member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, at the forum on “Democracy and Governance in the Philippines: Deficit, Surplus, and Unfinished […]
Democracy & Governance: Deficit, Surplus, Unfinished Business
by Dr. Emmanuel S. de Dios, University of the Philippines School of Economics
WHAT is the true state of the economy, and the status of economic and policy reforms, under two years of the Duterte administration? What follows is the presentation, by text and graphics, of Dr. Emmanuel S. de Dios of the University of the Philippines School of Economics, at the forum on “Democracy and Governance in […]
Democracy & Governance: Deficit, Surplus, Unfinished Business
by Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Ombudsman, Republic of the Philippines
WHAT policy and action reforms can enhance and sustain the campaign against crooks and corruption under the Duterte administration?What follows is the speech of Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines, at the forum on “Democracy and Governance in the Philippines: Deficit, Surplus, and Unfinished Business” that was organized by the Philippine […]
