IPEF and the battle for critical minerals: Implications on environment and human rights
by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...
Read MoreJoseph Purugganan delivered the intervention at the IPEF Fifth Negotiating Round: Bangkok In-Person Stakeholder Listening Session, which was held on Thursday, 14 September 2023 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. Photo by: Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
Posted by Anisa | Sep 14, 2023 | Asia/World, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Jul 21, 2023 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
Read MoreCaption: Members of iDefend presenting key issues and recommendations at a CSO side event during the 4th cycle of UPR if the Philippines. 10 November 2022. Geneva. Photo by Neca Reyes of Lilak.
Posted by Anisa | Feb 27, 2023 | FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment
By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South* As Social Justice and human rights activists we...
Read MoreFirst State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., 25 July 2022. Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary
Posted by Focus on the Global South Team | Jul 28, 2022 | FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy
Reflections on Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s First State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 July 28 ...
Read MorePosted by Joseph Purugganan | May 18, 2022 | FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
By Joseph Purugganan In his final labor day address to workers, outgoing Philippine...
Read MoreWhere will the 2019 elections take us? A side street near a slum area in Quezon City is lined with election posters. April 2019. Photo by Joseph Purugganan
Posted by Joseph Purugganan | May 8, 2019 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
Joseph Purugganan From his pulpit at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in...
Read MoreRising food prices was a main driver of inflation in 2018. Government responded by opening up the rice market to more imports. March 2019. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Posted by Joseph Purugganan | May 5, 2019 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
By Joseph Purugganan Chaos has been the brand of the Duterte presidency. His governance has been...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 2, 2006 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
By Joseph Purugganan
30 protestors, most of them Filipinos, entered the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday, March. 2, to demand the lifting of the State of National Emergency decree (Presidential Proclamation 1017).
In a meeting with Ambassador Antonio Rodriguez, the protesters also urged the Philippine envoy and Embassy staff “to join us in demanding that [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo] vacate the presidency as soon as possible. “We ask you and your staff,” the letter continued, “to uphold the integrity of the foreign service and declare your loyalty to the Republic instead of a person who has usurped power through illegal means.”
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Posted by admin | Oct 12, 2004 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
By Jenina Joy Chavez, Mary Ann Manahan and Joseph Purugganan*The Philippines government has responded to the recent Social Weather Stations report of rising hunger with promises of food coupons. While admitting that the plan is...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 9, 2004 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines
TODAY’S MAIL , Philippines, August 9, 2004 By Joseph Purugganan Officials from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Agriculture have expressed their elation over the outcome of...
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