Governance,
Corruption and Electoral Trends
Land
redistribution slowest under Arroyo presidency
By ISAGANI DE CASTRO, JR.
abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak
Land redistribution has been slowest under the Arroyo administration
and fastest under the Ramos administration, a comparison of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program’s (CARP) accomplishments
from 1986-2005 showed.
Millennium
Development Goals
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines fall behind key indicators for education
By Jaileen F. Jimeno, A PCIJ Investigation
A TOWN
IN MAGUINDANAO — Ten-year-old Dino and two younger boys were
harassing a hapless chicken under a neighbor’s nipa house.
Covered with dust, the boys obviously hadn’t had a bath just
yet that day, and had chosen to go after the chicken while other
children in this village trooped to a nearby river to soak and to
play.
The
Perils and Pitfalls of Aid
ODA Surge sparks scandals for Arroyo, Debt woes for RP
By Roel R. Landingin, A PCIJ Investigation
FOREIGN
AID inflows to the Philippines are soaring to their highest levels
in about six years, but the availability of more money for government
projects has not made life any easier for President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo and Filipino taxpayers.
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