Author (Category): Walden Bello

By Walden Bello*

My position on the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, which was posted on the Philippine Daily Inquirer website, elicited a lot of comment, most of it positive, some negative. Among the responses was one from Rep. Teddy Casino of Bayan Muna who rejects CCTs.  Unfortunately, his intervention, for the most part, failed to engage the substantive issues I raised and turned instead into a highly charged invective against my “opportunism.”