2016 Yearend Birdtalk
“Change Underway?” IBON 2016 Yearend Birdtalk Paper (Introduction)
January 16, 2017
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte brashly entered the national political scene on the back of widespread public dissatisfaction and with vivid promises of change. The new pro-poor administration would be different and overturn the domination of the traditional powers that keep the country poor and underdeveloped: oligarchs, corrupt politicians, drug lords and organized crime, and even […]