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The president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) urged his fellow local leaders to ensure that people in their communities have easier access to affordable food. This, as a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 46 percent of Filipino families considered themselves “food-poor”, the highest since the 49 percent […]
The chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee hailed the increase of foreign direct investments in the country, saying these investments would help in creating more jobs for Filipinos. Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas recently showed that FDI net inflows in July 2024 increased by 5.5 percent to $820 […]
First published: February 9, 2021 Last updated: August 6, 2024 Are there sure winners in a senatorial election? The first post-EDSA senatorial election was held on May 11, 1987. At that time, the country still elected 24 Senators. In 1992, 24 Senators were likewise elected, but the first 12 who obtained the highest number of […]
In this quick look at the 2022 party-list election results in Northern Luzon, the IKOT.PH Strategic Research Team listed all the party-list groups that obtained at least 2% of the votes in each of the provinces and independent cities of the Ilocos Region (Region 1), Cagayan Valley (Region 2) and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). […]
By Xander Sigua and the ISTRATEHIYA Electoral Campaigns Team Are you a political officer, or do you work for somebody planning to run for senator? Is he or she already a senator, and running for reelection? Is he or she presently occupying a different post, in the public or private sector, and planning to run […]
The pandemic has caught everybody unprepared, and this is an understatement. Truth be told, nobody can ever prepare for a global health crisis of this unexpected magnitude. Previous warnings were mostly dismissed or ignored as doomsday scenarios, and were rarely taken seriously enough by the powers that be. So, here we are now, living in […]