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An Independent View

Social security

THE Philippines is cruel. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world of work. Some employers withhold “compulsory” SSS (Social Security System) contributions at the...

Constitutional aspects

BY NEIL HONEYMAN CONSTITUTION – a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a State or other organization is acknowledged to be...

Democracy in action

BY NEIL HONEYMAN Tuesday, March 13, 2018 A MAJOR obstacle to the development of the Philippines as a vibrant democracy, is the propensity of many of...

Corruption reduction

BY NEIL HONEYMAN Tuesday, March 6, 2018 I AM GLAD that President Duterte has taken seriously the recently announced results from Transparency International in which the...

Corruption perception

BY NEIL HONEYMAN Tuesday, February 27, 2018 BERLIN-based Transparency International published its Corruption Perception Index 2017 last week. This annual league table shows how countries are...

A bizarre trifecta

BY NEIL HONEYMAN February 13, 2018 DEFINITION of irony: To express gratitude to a justice system which grants a temporary restraining order (TRO) to those worthy...

OPG

BY NEIL HONEYMAN February 6, 2018 THE OFFICE of Participatory Governance (OPC) exhorts us to be more active in governance. Well said! A robust national conversation...