Month: June 2023

Lights & Shadows: Assessing the First Year of the Administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr Through the Lens of Catholic Social Principles

Lights & Shadows: Assessing the First Year of the Administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr Through the Lens of Catholic Social Principles

Published June 29, 2023 by JJCICSI

More than three decades after his father was overthrown in a historic “people power” revolution, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son and namesake of the late dictator, was elected president of the Philippines by a landslide in May 2022. Marcos Jr ran on a platform of “unity” in a country where…

IQF: Shifting gears in urban transport toward climate resilience

Published June 20, 2023 by JJCICSI

The transport sector is the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Philippines according to the Climate Change Commission (De Vera-Ruiz 2020). It also accounts for almost a third, or 26%, of energy-related CO₂ emissions (Climate Transparency 2020). Of this sector, road-based transportation dominates the share of…