if people will move from “I voted for him so I’ll support him no matter how bad he’s turned out to be” to “I voted for him so I will hold him accountable for the promises that made me vote for him in the first place”, our country will be a much better place.

A prayer you can steal: God, make me a worker. Make me a worker who is so focused on the calling that there be no time for comparison or competition or false humility. Make me the one who bends her head towards the desk and just gives herself to the process, not the praise.

A president who is responsible for thousands killed in his ‘drug war’ has no business telling the country that he doesn’t want ‘more widows and orphans’. #SONA2019

READ: Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio fact checks Speaker Cayetano on West Philippine Sea issue | via Cecille Villarosa

The work of closing the gender gap in politics doesn't end when you get more women in office: it's just the start! See the new UBC Economics video featuring my work with Charis Tolentino Neric on gender, social recognition, and political influence. Paper here: bit.ly/344xVNI

Now available on #APSR First View: my paper with Blavatnik School of Government's @jblabonne & NYU Politics Department's Pablo Querubin on social network structures and public goods provision, using data from 15,000+ Philippines 🇵🇭villages. Thanks to @ingorohlfing & the #APSR team! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Read the full report here: up.edu.ph/modified-commu…

Bureau of Plant Industry: Approve Golden Rice (GR2E) for commercial propagation! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/YvtK6Mcn via Change.org Pilipinas

UP PGH COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A See the rest here: facebook.com/philippinegene…

The unilateral abrogation of UP-DND Accord may threaten not only the safety of the members of UP Community, but also the basic rights to express dissent and mobilize. UP must remain a cradle of free thought to carry out its purpose as the national university. #DefendUP

There’s a growing sentiment that any form of opposition is now welcome. The reason is clear. Read this piece by Jayeel Cornelio. rappler.com/voices/thought…

New dataset! Phil Keefer, Carlos Scartascini & I are happy to share @IDB_Research's new Database of Political Institutions. #DPI2020 covers institutional arrangements, electoral rules, parties & seat shares for 180 countries from 1975-2020: iadb.org/en/research-an… Please share!

I'm excited to be taking a virtual trip home to UP School of Economics tomorrow to share my joint work with Charis Tolentino Neric on gender, social recognition, and political influence. Would love to see my #FilipinoTwitter fam there--talk is open to all, meeting link in the poster! 🇵🇭❤️

"Merely informing individuals of the existence of the spending programme reduces support for incumbents, especially those who have under-provided public goods during their term in office."

Kung hindi po natin ipaglalaban ang ating Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), lahat po ng nakakulay pula ay mawawala sa atin. Kasama sa malaking karagatan na nakakulay pula ay ang Julian Felipe Reef. Iyan po ang totoo.

THIS IS OUR MOMENT: #PHI's first-ever #Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz salutes the Philippine flag as the national anthem Lupang Hinirang is played for the first time in the Games

BREAKING. Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is among the winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Ressa is the first woman in this year's roster of laureates. #NobelPrize

Thank you Dr. William Masters and Dr. John de Leon. We all learned a lot from your talks and sharing of perspectives on food prices, nutrition and food systems transformation. William A. Masters