Curbing the impact of rising digital piracy
A little movie trivia: many of the creative minds behind Pixar Animated Studio’s hit film Finding Nemo were Filipino. It turns out that there are so many Filipinos working at Pixar that they even have a name for themselves, Pixnoys. They even snuck in a bit of an inside joke into the underwater movie, naming one of […]
Safety and public security in the Digital Era
It is clear at this point that the digital revolution in the Philippines is in full swing. Due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic as a social and political accelerant, everything from education to commerce has not only gone online but has also been mainstreamed. However, this shift to digital from what used to […]
Commentary: Digital transformation important for transparency of gov’t services
by Paco Pangalangan, published in The Philippine Star Last week, our institute, Stratbase ADRi, partnered with the La Salle Institute of Governance and the International Budget Partnership to hold a virtual town hall discussion on the Philippines’ performance in the 2019 Open Budget Survey (OBS). The survey is a comparative assessment of 117 countries’ performance […]
Open Budget Survey Statement
In the same way that the private telco corporations have taken efforts to increase the range and resilience of their networks, and civil society and academe have tirelessly worked to ensure that raw data becomes actionable information, the government must match this with concrete support: less red tape and more public investment.
Commentary: Food security is strongest if locally produced
by Paco Pangalangan, Lead Convenor, Democracy Watch Philippines published in The Philippine Star Having access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food has always been a concern in the Philippines. However, the pandemic and the impact it has had on food supply chains has further heightened these food security concerns. For a reminder of this heightened […]