Media - Matches

Fake news has serious impacts on the response to COVID-19.   This was according to Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Resea..

Fake news is not new. However, the availability of modern communication tools, particularly social media, has made the production and spread of fake n..

The public should pay attention to particular trends in digital disinformation. Jason Vincent Cabañes, a professor in communication at De ..

This paper identifies certain policy issues in the current regulatory infrastructure of the Philippines, which may prevent digital platforms from inno..

This paper surveys literature on Philippine decentralization to gather insights as well as distill facts emerging from the evidence on local governmen..

The vice chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries batted yesterday for the immediate passage of the bi..

Today I adopt as my column the article written by my US-based daughter Ivy Lopez Cabaltica, a lawyer, on the high cost of medicines in the Philippines..

This paper defines the middle-income class as those whose per capita incomes are within two- and twelve- times the (official) poverty line. Descriptiv..

Despite the significant decrease in prices of medicines as the share of generic medicines substantially grew over the years, demand for medicines amon..

Despite the significant decrease in prices of medicines as the share of generic medicines substantially grew over the years, demand for medicines amon..

One way to reduce medicine costs is to increase competition among manufacturers in the domestic market, said Gilberto Llanto and Ramon Clarete, presid..

Increasing competition among manufacturers in the domestic market is one way to reduce the costs of medicine in the Philippines, state think tank Phil..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to expand the pooled procurement of medicines and&nb..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to expand the pooled procurement of medicines and&nb..

Despite the enactment of the Cheaper Medicines Act in 2008, access to quality health care without incurring financial hardship continues to be an aspi..