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
Problem Solving the Philippines: The Outpatient Benefit the UHC Act Promised in Two Years
Part 4 of The UHC Series: what PhilHealth’s circulars say about the comprehensive outpatient benefit, from Konsulta to YAKAP and GAMOT, and where the news and the documents disagree.
Problem Solving the Philippines: Whose Money? The PhilHealth Reserve Rule, the Supreme Court and the Numbers
Part 3 of The UHC Series: what the UHC Act says about PhilHealth’s money, what the Supreme Court decided, and what the latest numbers show.


