Sisyphean Cycle of Duterte’s
Environmental Management

by [email protected] | Apr 27, 2023 | Recent Publications

Marie Rose Arong IntroductionRodrigo Duterte’s candidacy may have been officially announced in lateNovember 2015 but his rise in popularity, in the Visayas at least, was aidedby the dismal performance of then President Benigno Aquino’s administration when super...

Indoor Pollutant Classification Modeling using Relevant Sensors under Thermodynamic Conditions with Multilayer Perceptron Hyperparameter Tuning

by [email protected] | Apr 20, 2023 | Recent Publications

 Percival J. Forcadilla Abstract Air pollutants that are generated from indoor sources such as cigarettes, cleaning products, air fresheners, etc. impact human health. These sources are usually safe but exposure beyond the recommended standards could be hazardous...

Characteristics of Marine Heatwaves in the Philippines

by [email protected] | Apr 18, 2023 | Recent Publications

Brisneve Edullantes a1, Brenna Mei M. Concolis a1, Raven Quilestino-Olario a1, Dale Patrick D. Atup a, Aiza Cortes a, Aletta T. Yñiguez b Abstract Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged, discrete, and anomalously warm events, which have recently gained global attention...

Performativity of Terror-Tagging and the Prospects for a Marcos Presidency

by [email protected] | Apr 13, 2023 | Recent Publications

Regletto Aldrich Imbong  Introduction The Philippine government has been relentless in its counterinsurgencycampaigns. From the colonial wars that vilified as insurgents and bandits thehonored heroes of today, up to the anti-communist and anti-secessionist civiland...

Populists in power: trust in public institutions and support for strong leadership in the post-authoritarian democracies of Indonesia and the Philippines

by [email protected] | Mar 28, 2023 | Recent Publications

Ronald Pernia ABSTRACT How does support for strong leadership affect institutional trust in post-authoritarian democracies? Studies suggest that fostering trust in public institutions is contingent upon citizens’ favourable evaluation of the government’s institutional...