Think thanks and anti-corruption advocates have warned of China’s massive global infrastructure projects called the “Belt Road Initiative” (BRI) as they raised transparency issues and the country’s geopolitical interest. In the recent virtual town hall discussion of Stratbase Albert del...
A group of health advocates urged the government to be transparent and efficient in spending the P205.8 billion health budget during the first-year implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act. In a statement, the UHC Watch called on civil society to be vigilant and actively...
The Philippines ranked third among East and Southeast Asian countries in terms of subscription video on demand piracy, which restrains the growth of the creative industry and deprives the government of tax revenues, a trade association disclosed. "While legal SVOD (subscription video on demand)...
Now that deliberations on the proposed P4.5 trillion 2021 national budget is on its final stage, a Makati-based think tank has called on the Duterte administration to make spending transparent to the people, especially in a time when huge budget allocations are needed to be responsive to health and...