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Faith, Hope and Charity

Social costs of financial gains

BY IKE SEÑERES Monday, March 5, 2018 I THINK that it was about 30 years ago when the national government was in a denial stage, when...

The disruption of poverty measures

BY IKE SEÑERES Monday, February 26, 2018 I DEVELOPED a mnemonic device so that we could easily remember the five poverty indicators used in the Multidimensional...

Private investments in public projects

BY IKE SEÑERES Saturday, February 24, 2018 I WAS surprised to find out that the public broadcasting systems in the United States of America (USA) is...

The business of corruption

BY IKE SEÑERES February 19, 2018 SIMPLY put, bureaucrat-capitalism is the practice of using the official capacity or authority of a public official for his or...

Social networking for social change

BY IKE SEÑERES February 18, 2018 PERHAPS social media is called such because it is available for use by everybody, meaning anybody that has access to...

Participatory governance and citizen relations

BY IKE SEÑERES February 16, 2018 YOU CAN just call it a figure of speech or a play of words, but for all intents and purposes,...

Poverty reduction vs poverty alleviation

BY IKE SEÑERES February 12, 2018 I DO NOT mind changing my mind for a good reason, especially if it is for the good of the...

Flood waters and sea levels

BY IKE SEÑERES February 4, 2018 THE FACT IS, many parts of Metro Manila are below sea level, even without the rains coming. That is just...

Towards a development measurement model

BY IKE SEÑERES February 1, 2018 AS A MEMBER country of the United Nations (UN), we are bound by our international obligations to comply with global...

Technology and morality

BY IKE SEÑERES January 29, 2018 I REMEMBER that many years ago, the government at that time bought a very expensive traffic management technology from Australia...