Authors
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Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Cha Coronel Datu
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Juana Pilipinas
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Karl Garcia
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giancarloangulo
- Problem Solving the Philippines: Idea Post. Can we stop and talk a while?
- Problem Solving the Philippines: The Outpatient Benefit the UHC Act Promised in Two Years
- Problem Solving the Philippines: Whose Money? The PhilHealth Reserve Rule, the Supreme Court and the Numbers
- Problem Solving the Philippines: The Study I Can’t Find, and the Rules Under the Universal Health Care Act
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JPilipinas
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karlgarcia
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JoeAm
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Rostam and Sohrab, Lam-ang, and the Filipino Tragedy of the Lost Father
By Karl M. Garcia Few stories are more devastating than the tale of Rostam and Sohrab, the father and son who meet not in a loving reunion but on opposite sides of a battlefield. Found in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, their story has endured for centuries because its tragedy is painfully simple: the son is searching for … Continue reading
Problem Solving the Philippines: Idea Post. Can we stop and talk a while?
By Giancarlo Angulo My work as a USAID subcontracted consultant from 2020-2025 for the RESPOND Project has given me a view of how you move mountains. You do it one stone at a time. You talk about it. You talk about it a lot. You convince people, from the frontliners to the top people and … Continue reading
From Houses to Housing Security: The Philippine Housing System Must Deliver More Than Units
By Karl M. Garcia Every family needs a place from which to begin. But a house is a structure. Housing is a system. A family can receive a house and still be poorly housed if employment is too far away, transportation is unaffordable, schools and health services are inaccessible, utilities are unreliable, or the community … Continue reading
The Camera Is Not the Courtroom
When public recording becomes an unofficial enforcement system By Karl M. Garcia We have become a society that records. A mother scolding her child. A couple arguing in a restaurant. A passenger confronting a driver. A drunk person making a scene. A politician saying something embarrassing. A motorist engaging in road rage. An official mistreating … Continue reading
From Abundance to Nourishment: Food Security, Food Loss and the Philippine Food System
By Karl M. Garcia A crate of perfectly edible mangoes sits unsold until the fruit softens. Vegetables are harvested and left to deteriorate because their selling price no longer covers the cost of bringing them to market. Fish spoils because there is no reliable cold chain. A supermarket discards food that has lost its commercial … Continue reading
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