cenpeg | people empowerment in governance

11/6/25

PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.

Challenges and missed opportunities Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Published on 05 November 2025 Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is leading the country into a deeper alliance with the US that can thrust the country into a potential unwinnable confrontation with China. Under him, diplomacy has taken a backseat whether in relation to China or the US. In the new multipolar world, Marcos should prudently steer the country away from a policy of confrontation...

Political Parties and Election

5/27/25

PH 2025 ELECTIONS DID NOT MEET INT'L STANDARDS FOR FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS

OBSERVER MISSION REPORT Voter Disenfranchisement, Vote Buying, Systematic Repression, and Foreign Interference Cited as Key Findings...

Governance

8/18/25

17th State of the Presidency Forum

Summary and Closing Remarks By Georgina R. Encanto, Ph.D July 22, 2025 Despite the inclement weather, this morning's zoom meeting on The...

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Challenges and missed opportunities Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Published on 05 November 2025 Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is leading the country into a deeper alliance with the US that can thrust the country into a potential unwinnable confrontation with China. Under him, diplomacy has taken a backseat whether in relation to China or the US. In the new multipolar world, Marcos should prudently steer the country away from a policy of confrontation...

11/6/25

PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.

Challenges and missed opportunities Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Published on 05 November 2025 Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is leading the country into a deeper alliance with the US that can thrust the country into a potential unwinnable confrontation with China. Under him, diplomacy has taken a backseat whether in relation to China or the US. In the new multipolar world, Marcos should prudently steer the country away from a policy of confrontation...

Political Briefer Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) October 2025 Introduction From late September to the end of October 2025, the Philippines entered one of its most politically volatile periods since the post-EDSA transition. A massive corruption scandal involving billions of pesos in public funds (particularly for flood-control projects) ignited widespread outrage, triggered investigations, exposed patronage networks across political camps, and revived mass protest...

11/5/25

Marcos Jr. administration faces major political crisis in wake of corruption revelations

Political Briefer Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) October 2025 Introduction From late September to the end of October 2025, the Philippines entered one of its most politically volatile periods since the post-EDSA transition. A massive corruption scandal involving billions of pesos in public funds (particularly for flood-control projects) ignited widespread outrage, triggered investigations, exposed patronage networks across political camps, and revived mass protest...

PRESS RELEASE November 6, 2025 CenPEG Calls for Accountability, Justice, and Sovereignty Amid Alarming Foreign Interference The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) expresses deep concern and outrage over the widespread devastation brought by Typhoon Tino across the Visayas. While the storm’s natural force was immense, the scale of destruction was undeniably magnified by corruption and negligence—particularly the proliferation of “ghost” flood control projects that were...

11/5/25

Typhoon Tino Devastation Exposes More Ghost Flood Control Projects and Deepening State Corruption

PRESS RELEASE November 6, 2025 CenPEG Calls for Accountability, Justice, and Sovereignty Amid Alarming Foreign Interference The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) expresses deep concern and outrage over the widespread devastation brought by Typhoon Tino across the Visayas. While the storm’s natural force was immense, the scale of destruction was undeniably magnified by corruption and negligence—particularly the proliferation of “ghost” flood control projects that were...

COMMENTARY By Hector A. Barrios, CenPEG Senior Fellow and Trustee October 15, 2025 Introduction Every year, the branches of government – Executive, Congress, Judiciary and Constitutional Commissions -- prepare their respective operating and capital plans for the next year. These plans embody what they want to achieve (objectives), how they intend to achieve them (operations and projects), and how much they need to implement them. We call the whole thing simply the 'budget.' The consolidation...

10/16/25

Should Congressional Budget Insertions Be Allowed?

COMMENTARY By Hector A. Barrios, CenPEG Senior Fellow and Trustee October 15, 2025 Introduction Every year, the branches of government – Executive, Congress, Judiciary and Constitutional Commissions -- prepare their respective operating and capital plans for the next year. These plans embody what they want to achieve (objectives), how they intend to achieve them (operations and projects), and how much they need to implement them. We call the whole thing simply the 'budget.' The consolidation...