The enormity of the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic invites reflection on the critical role of government in steering the behaviors and interests of people in a direction that would be conducive to meeting the challenges of the situation. The Philippine government has been roundly criticized for its…
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Despite opposition from indigenous communities, environmental groups, and cause-oriented organizations as well as “red flags” raised by the Commission on Audit referring to violations of bidding rules, President Duterte is determined to have the controversial Kaliwa Dam constructed soonest to prevent another water crisis in Metro Manila and surrounding areas.…
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Drawing on the thought of Belgian Cardinal Joseph Cardijn, Pope John XXIII, in his 1961 encyclical Mater et Magistra, proffers a process of reading and responding to what he would later call in Pacem in Terris as “signs of the times” in light of the principles of Catholic social teaching…
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Ang Republic Act No. 9344 o ang Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 o JJWA, na inamyendahan ng Republic Act No. 10630 noong 2013, ay nagtatakda ng isang hiwalay na sistemang pangkatarungan para sa mga mga batang lumabag sa batas o children in conflict with the law (CICL). Ngunit…
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PRESS STATEMENT KARAPATAN SA PAGKAIN, IPAGLABAN SA HALALAN! Malawakang Mobilisasyon para sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Pagkain | 16 Oktubre 2018 Ngayong ika-16 ng Oktubre, dinaraos ang Pandaigdigang Araw ng Pagkain o ang World Food Day. Sa taong 2018, hinihikayat ang mga pamahalaan at mga mamamayan na gumawa ng mga konkretong…
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The enactment of Republic Act No. 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is seen as a welcome development in the quest for peace and development in the most impoverished parts of the country where prolonged conflict has repeatedly displaced communities and prevented the delivery of essential services to the…
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“Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called sons and daughters of God.” (Mt 5:9) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, do we not all aspire for the grace to be called “sons and daughters of God?” If we do so, then we must constantly strive to be peacemakers in these…
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Some political and legal pundits have credited President Rodrigo Duterte for triggering serious discussion on federalism as a form of government which, it is argued, suits the situation and demands of the Philippines’ diverse society. For the PDP-Laban Federalism Institute, “The unprecedented assumption to power of Duterte and his political…
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On May 9, 2018, the Campaign for Land Use Policy Now! (CLUP Now!), led by the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), the Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan (KAISAHAN), and JJCICSI organized a forum titled “The Fate of the National Land Use Act…
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We need a more inclusive Church
The sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has been too often in the headlines recently. Propelled by a cascade of accusations, revelations and indictments from America to Europe, it has gone from being a specter over the Church to what has been described as a “critical mass.” In the…