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The Decline of a Presidency?

Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino had a good run since his election in 2010; he has been one of the most consistently popular presidents since the country’s redemocratization in 1986, but his popularity hit the buffers in 2013. Seemingly struggling with PR missteps and crumbling political capital, Aquino seems to lack the charisma or ‘popular touch’ to deflect mounting criticism. As the public sentiment gradually turns it gives rise to the question: “What kind of disillusionment will set in when the touted messiah of Philippine politics fails to save?”
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REVIEW: Lungsod iskwater. Evolution of Informality as a Pattern in Philippine Cities

Alcazaren, Paulo, Luis Ferrer, and Benvenuto Icamina. 2011.Lungsod iskwater: The Evolution of Informality as a Dominant Pattern in Philippine Cities.Pasig City: Anvil. Lungsod iskwater (Squatter City) is a book that seems to be full of […]

REVIEW: Zombadings 1. Patayin Sa Shokot si Remington

Zombadings 1 :Patayin Sa Shokot si Remington [Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings] Directed by Jade Castro (2011) Zombadings (or Patayin sa Shokot si Remington) is a spoof on comics culture. It is also a fairy […]

REVIEW: Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata [Amapola in 65 Chapters]

Lee, Ricky. 2011. Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata[Amapola in 65 Chapters]Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Writers Studio Foundation, Inc. 364+ pp. Amapola, the protagonist of distinguished playwright and screenwriter Ricky Lee’s novel, is a female impersonator […]

In Search of Aswang: A Ghost Story, Monster and Sorcerer in Philippine Society

Introduction: A Piece of Painting When I visited Fukuoka several years ago, I wandered off to the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, which I had been interested in for some time. Among their rich collection […]

Beyond Orientalism? Another Look at Orientalism in Indonesian and Philippine Studies

Orientalism…is not just a complicated reworking of theories about imperialism or of ‘culture bias’: Said … uses the production of the ‘knowledge’ called ‘Orientalism’ to raise questions about the production of any knowledge, and the […]

Literature and Contemporary Philippine Politics

In December 1958, almost 57 years ago, about a hundred of the leading writers of the Philippines went up to the resort city of Baguio in the northern highlands to attend a conference sponsored […]

Ethnicity and Kinship in Filipino Centennial Novels

Aurelio S. Agcaoili. Dangadang. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2003.B.S. Medina, Jr. Huling Himagsik. Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1998.Jun Cruz Reyes. Etsa-Puwera. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press & Philippine […]

Elections Are Like Water

Elections are like water, missed only in its absence For the overwhelming majority of Filipinos who have no recollection of life before martial law, elections are like water – a requisite for political life, […]

Paul Hutchcroft on The Philippines

Thank you very much. It’s a real pleasure to be here today to join this comparative discussion of political leadership throughout the region and I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk about the […]

An Assessment of the Philippine Economy

This report discusses the cyclical and unsustainable pattern of Philippine economic growth, the factors precipitating the economy’s cyclical downswings, the contribution of the various sectors and implicit growth strategy, the effect on employment by gender, and the state of the country’s natural resources and environment. It argues that the cyclical pattern of growth and movement in income are related not only to the pattern of spending at the macro level, the nature of electoral politics, and developments at the sectoral and regional level. They are also affected by the unsustainability of the implicit growth strategy prior to the 1980s, limitations of the current liberalization strategy, and the state of the country’s natural resources and environment. […]

An Assessment of the Philippine Economy (October 2013 —Abstract)

Overseas Filipino Workers, Labor Circulation in Southeast Asia, and the (Mis)management of Overseas Migration Programs

In recent years overseas contract work has become the Philippines’ prime export commodity. In the year following the 1997 Asian financial crisis, overseas Filipino worker (OFW) remittances amounted to US$7 billion. (DER-BSP, Table 11. […]

The “Bombay 5-6”: Last Resource Informal Financiers for Philippine Micro-Enterprises

As a developing country, the Philippines has a large informal sector comprised of micro-enterprises. Many of these are severely resource-constrained small vendors operating in public markets, whose survival in business relies heavily on access to […]

Book Review— The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges

The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and ChallengesArsenio Balisacan and Hal Hill, editorsQuezon City / Ateneo University Press / 2003 This edited volume represents the latest important update to the study of problems of Philippine economic […]

Exposition, Critique and New Directions for Pantayong Pananaw

The Filipino language has two forms for the English word “we/us”: “tayo” and “kami.” In Bahasa Indonesia, the same distinction holds for the pair “kita” and “kami” (Johns 1997). “Tayo,” which is described as […]

To Suffer Thy Comrades

To Suffer Thy Comrades: How the Revolution Decimated its OwnRobert Francis GarciaQuezon City / Anvil Press / 2001 Editor’s Note: To Suffer Thy Comrades describes in detail Bobby Garcia’s life as a New People’s Army […]

Book Review— Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island

Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan IslandFilomeno V. Aguilar, Jr.Honolulu / University of Hawai’i Press / 1998 This book, based on the author’s doctoral thesis at Cornell […]

Review— Armando J. Malay: A Guardian of Memory (The Life and Times of a Filipino Journalist and Activist)

Armando J. Malay: A Guardian of Memory(The Life and Times of a Filipino Journalist and Activist)Marites N. Sison and Yvonne T. ChuaPasig City / Anvil Publishing / 2002 This biography of a most distinguished Filipino […]

The Stink that Won’t Go Away

President Arroyo has inherited not only a garbage mess but a controversial garbage contract as well There is no question that Metro Manila needs an urgent solution to its stinking problem. But government seems to […]

Garbage Nightmares: The Philippines

Forum on Garbage and Solid Waste Management, University of the Philippines, Diliman, March 4-8, 2002 This discussion was organized by the editors of the UP Forum, a popular monthly newspaper of the University of the […]

Film Review—“Bendum: In the Heart of Mindanao”

“Bendum: In the Heart of Mindanao”Anthony CollinsColor. English. 29 min. IE Film and Video Company, 2001Available from Documentary Educational Resources www.der.org Documentary film audiences are generally people concerned with a particular issue or a specific place where […]