Joseph 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.
by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...
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Joseph Purugganan speaking at the Roundtable discussion Reality vs Expectation: BBM’s 2023 SONA.
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
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Caption: 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.
By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South* As Social Justice and human rights activists we...
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First State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., 25 July 2022. Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary
Reflections on Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s First State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 July 28 ...
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By Joseph Purugganan In his final labor day address to workers, outgoing Philippine...
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Where 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
Joseph Purugganan From his pulpit at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in...
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Rising 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.
By Joseph Purugganan Chaos has been the brand of the Duterte presidency. His governance has been...
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Focus Policy Review on the Progressive Agenda in the 2019 Elections and Beyond This issue of the...
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This paper was presented by Joseph Purugganan at the Asia Europe Peoples Forum in Ghent, Belgium...
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(May 23, 2018/Manila) – “Identity, ancestral domain, protection of their rights as non-Moro...
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Quezon City, Philippines – Corporate greed and its impact on public health were central in the...
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Statement of Trade Justice Pilipinas Trade Justice Pilipinas is alarmed over reports that the...
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Dutertism. Dutertismo. The suffix ‘ism’ according to the dictionary may refer to a “distinctive...
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by Joseph Purugganan When Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency in May 2016, he inherited an economy...
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In the recent[c1] “RCEP 18th Round of Talks,” members of civil society organizations and...
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