Tourism potential
For Pakistan, tourism has the potential to not only bring socioeconomic dividends, but also improve the country’s image. In fact, there are very few countries in the world that…
Public coffers as milking cow: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Another graft case has recently been unraveled in public: Over half of the P70 daily food budget for each inmate at the New Bilibid Prison is lost to corruption.
Power consolidation and reorganisation à la Jokowi
As president, Jokowi has successfully consolidated his power by ensuring that coalition parties remain loyal through the distribution of economic resources.
A new vision: Dawn
Past administrations have made similar resolves, using both carrots and sticks to ‘fix’ Balochistan. Yet, as the recent attacks have shown, the separatist threat has grown in…
Cracking down on corruption at the Bureau of Immigration: Philippine Daily Inquirer
With the Marcos administration approaching its third year in office, it can no longer escape accountability for the continuing rampant corruption in frontline offices like the…
Of full stomachs and empty books
The education problem in the Philippines is multipronged, and it needs multiple solutions.
Thai ruling party dismisses concern over dissolution complaint
Dismissing the allegations, Wisut Chainaroon, who is chief whip of the ruling coalition, said Thaksin did not enjoy dominance over the party. He said the party had not complied…
Poverty as defined by the poor
The government has an official opinion, presumably based on official criteria. All are entitled to their opinions, but it seems not many are publicly supporting the official side,…
Days of reckoning: Philippine Daily Inquirer
For long-suffering taxpayers who’ve had no viable recourse to stop the impunity, greed, and cover-up under the Duterte administration, this is not political harassment. The more…
Time to refocus: The Korea Herald
The momentum comes with both parties having elected new leaders, but there are concerns that the same old political play might be repeated.