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On the Matter of the Next Chief Justice: A Political Analysis
Updated: 2010-02-08 14:00:00
Description: The second part of our program on the appointment of the next chief justice has Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist, Manuel Quezon III, discuss the political aspects behind this issue. He first talks about the legal ping pong that happened between Pr...more...

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Nationwide Automated Elections
Updated: 2010-02-08 13:00:00
Description: Attorney Ferdinand Rafanan, director of the law department of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), discusses how COMELEC is preparing to conduct the country’s first nationwide fully automated elections. He explains the new voting process and the ...more...

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On the Matter of the Next Chief Justice: A Constitutional Perspective
Updated: 2010-02-08 14:00:00
Description: Chief Justice Reynato Puno reaches mandatory retirement on 17 May 2010. Two conflicting concerns arise because of this: a vacancy in a critical position in the Supreme Court vs. the constitutional ban on midnight appointments. Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J...more...

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Assessing the Country's Readiness for Poll Automation
Updated: 2010-02-03 18:15:00
Description: Bantay Balota lawyer, Ronald Solis, questions the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)'s capability of executing a nationwide automated election. He points out several administrative and technical issues that COMELEC should tackle. Attorney Solis focuse...more...

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Acquisition of Property in the Philippines
Updated: 2009-12-15 14:00:00
Description: In the Philippines, the problems of property rights are complex. Dr. Arturo Corpuz, vice president for Urban and Regional Planning of Ayala Land, draws from personal experience and speaks about land acquisition problems. He discusses how property rig...more...

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Is the Global Financial Crisis a Liberal Crisis?
Updated: 2009-12-21 20:00:00
Description: Critics of liberalism would like to blame the onset of the global financial crisis on it. However, Dr. Felipe Medalla, Foundation for Economic Freedom chairman, argues otherwise. He points to the weakening of the rule of law in the United States as o...more...

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Property and Political Philosophy
Updated: 2009-12-07 14:00:00
Description: Dr. Emmanuel de Dios, dean of the University of the Philippines School of Economics, examines the development of the idea of property rights in western philosophy. He explains that the rationale for property rights can be summed up into two opposing ...more...

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Property Rights in the Philippines
Updated: 2009-10-05 22:00:00
Description: Drawing from John Nye's talk on elites and reform, Noel Maurer, associate professor of Harvard Business School, talks about a time in our history when dominant interests found it beneficial to allow reforms in the country. ...more...

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Will Elites Permit Reform?
Updated: 2009-08-11 22:10:00
Description: Professor John Nye of George Mason University discusses the importance of New Institutional Economics to developing countries. He talks about how reforms are best understood from the default position of poverty. In fact it is the prosperity of some n...more...

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Lessons from the Obama Campaign
Updated: 2009-04-17 17:51:00
Description: Joe Hansen, U.S. Democratic Party political consultant, shares anecdotes form the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. He attributes its success to its "standing the traditional campaign structure on its head." He talks about how it was run on th...more...

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Safeguarding the Charter
Updated: 2009-03-03 21:30:00
Description: Liberal Party Director General Jose Luis Martin Gascon questions the motives behind the administration’s push for constitutional change. As a 1987 constitutional commissioner, he agrees that perhaps it is time to revisit it as it is the longest ser...more...

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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Liberal Party
Updated: 2006-02-02 14:46:01
Description: In the second episode of The Liberal Times Manila Podcast, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus review the various activities held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Liberal Party of the Philippines....more...

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International and regional activities of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and iBlog2: The 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit
Updated: 2006-04-12 16:46:01
Description: A closer look at the international and regional activities of the liberal Foundation and a short preview of the 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit on April 18, 2006 of which The Liberal Times Manila Podcast is a co-sponsor...more...

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The First in a Three-Part Special Episode Series Featuring Speeches from the Second Philippine Blogging Summit: A Focus on Political Blogging and the Politics of Blogging
Updated: 2006-04-27 21:00:00
Description: The Liberal Times Manila podcast highlights speeches and interviews with Internet personalities of the 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit on 18 April 2006 at the UP College of Law, Quezon City in a series of three special episodes. Following the summitâ...more...

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The Second Part in a Three Part Special Episode Featuring Speeches and Interviews from the Second Philippine Blogging Summit with a Focus on Podcasting in the Philippines and Beyond
Updated: 2006-05-04 22:00:00
Description: The Liberal Times Manila podcast co-host Ronald Meinardus shares his views on podcasting (and blogging) in civic education. Manuel Viloria talks about podcasting trends in the Philippines. Finally Brian Ligsay shares his experiences on how to set up ...more...

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The Third in a Three-Part Special Episode Series Featuring Speeches from the 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit: A Focus on Professional Blogging
Updated: 2006-05-12 21:00:00
Description: The final part in the three part series of special episodes focuses on professional blogging. The Liberal Times Manila podcast discusses how blogs have changed the media landscape. It features interviews with Mike Abundo on the social aspects of Phil...more...

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Migration, Population and the Globalization of Labor – Comments and Speeches from the International Conference of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Liberal International (LI)
Updated: 2006-07-03 19:00:00
Description: In this episode, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus present comments and excerpts of speeches presented at the CALD-ALDE-LI conference in the Philippines last 21-24 June 2006. What made this conference special was its partisan character: All of...more...

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The Liberal Foundation and Human Rights Advocacy: A look at the Ateneo Human Rights Center's Internship Program and the Impact on the Lives of Law Students
Updated: 2006-08-25 02:25:00
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus talk about human rights advocacy as a vital cause to the liberal Foundation. They discuss the Foundation’s support for the Ateneo Human Rights Center's (AHRC) human rights field work program, and the AHRC a...more...

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Good-bye and Hello: Tribute to Outgoing Resident Representative Dr. Ronald Meinardus and Welcome to His Successor, Mr. Siegfried Herzog
Updated: 2006-10-31 23:16:00
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng welcomes her new co-host, new Resident Representative Siegfried Herzog. Together they pay tribute to Dr. Ronald Meinardus and talk about his contributions to the Foundation’s Philippine project. They discuss his last two progra...more...

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Turning the Page: A Review of the Foundation’s Publications and Projects, as We Enter the New Year
Updated: 2006-12-22 15:16:00
Description: In this episode, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog review the Foundation's projects in the latter part of the year: the second Liberal Leadership Training seminar, the book launch of Notes from the Academy, a compilation of International Acade...more...

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The Liberal Foundation and its Regional Partners
Updated: 2007-02-06 15:16:00
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog take a closer look at two of the Foundation's regional partners: the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (Working Group) and the Young Liberals and Democrats of Asia (YLDA)....more...

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Measuring Economic Freedom
Updated: 2008-12-10 22:00:00
Description: Excerpts from the speech of Senator Manual "MAR" Roxas II, Liberal Party president, at the September launch of the Philippine edition of the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW): 2008 Report. He explains that economic freedom is based on property righ...more...

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Competitiveness: Lessons from Germany
Updated: 2008-12-18 20:00:00
Description: Siegfried Herzog analyzes Germany’s ingredients for competitiveness as well as its disadvantages. He weighs the benefits of its dual system of education, the relationship between its trade unions and employers, its financing system and its efficien...more...

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Liberal Example of Leadership: Jesse Robredo, 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service
Updated: 2008-11-03 19:09:24
Description: Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo explains that his Ramon Magsaysay award is his people's affirmation of their continuing quest for meaningful politics and governance. He describes the city’s history of active citizen participation and their tradition of...more...

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Liberal Example of Leadership: Jovito Salonga, 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service
Updated: 2008-11-03 19:09:24
Description: Former Senator Jovito Salonga recalls vividly the Liberal Party's proclamation rally in Plaza Miranda on 21 August 1971. He recounts how before he was about to speak, unknown assailants hurled two grenades on stage. He remembers being rushed to the h...more...

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Liberal Example of Leadership: Grace Padaca, 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service
Updated: 2008-11-03 19:09:24
Description: Isabela Governor Grace Padaca talks about how her Ramon Magsaysay award reaffirms her efforts to empower people to use their democratic right to elect leaders of their own choosing. Four years after bringing down the “Dy-nasty” in Isabela, she believ...more...

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Creative Empowerment and Liberal Education
Updated: 2008-10-06 17:29:11
Description: Siegfried Herzog discusses the objectives of a liberal education: acquisition of basic skills, development of a critical mindset and a passion to learn and the instruction of values and sensibilities. He then examines how open education, the growing ...more...

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Freedom, Rule of Law and Democratic Institutions
Updated: 2008-10-06 17:29:11
Description: Senator Manuel "MAR" Roxas II talks about how freedom, the rule of law and democracy are essential to nation building. Without them, a society's development will be stunted and poverty will deepen. However as necessary as these are, it is not enough....more...

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Forwarding the Democratic Agenda in Asia
Updated: 2008-10-06 17:29:11
Description: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, Ph.D., spoke on the evolution of ASEAN 41 years ago out of a shared vision for peace, stability, security and prosperity in the region. He describes how it gave rise to ...more...

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Creative Empowerment and Liberal Education
Updated: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Description: Siegfried Herzog discusses the objectives of a liberal education: acquisition of basic skills, development of a critical mindset and a passion to learn and the instruction of values and sensibilities. He then examines how open education, the growing ...more...

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Institutions and Economic Development
Updated: 2009-09-05 00:00:00
Description: 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics laureate Douglass C. North speaks on the formation of human societies. Restricted social orders continue to be the norm in most of the contemporary world. These limited access societies are ruled by elites throu...more...

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The Role of Civil Society in Philippine Democracy
Updated: 2008-03-31 07:41:47
Description: National Institute for Policy Studies President Mario Taguiwalo explains the economic and social background that gives birth to Philippine civil society. He expounds on its rise during the Marcos dictatorship and its continued flourishing in restored...more...

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Liberalism and Morality: Liberalism and Morality: Capitalism and Christian Values
Updated: 2008-02-06 01:15:52
Description: The final part of this installment has Fr. Robert Sirico touching upon the correlation between business ethics and corruption. He explains that personal corruption is one reality, but that it is institutional corruption which forces the lack of busin...more...

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Liberalism and Morality: The Call of the Entrepreneur
Updated: 2008-01-18 13:49:09
Description: The second instalment of this series features Fr. Robert Sirico's commentary on the film: The Call of the Entrepreneur as well as portions of the open forum that followed. Fr. Sirico discusses the value that business brings to a society. He explains ...more...

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Liberalism and Morality: Economics, Liberty and Morality
Updated: 2008-01-18 13:49:09
Description: Fr. Robert Sirico discusses how economics, liberty and morality center on the human person. A free environment creates opportunities that allow him to choose and harness resources. Criticism against economics arises because many choices are based on ...more...

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Liberalism and Morality: Reconciling Christian Values and Free Market Principles
Updated: 2008-01-18 13:49:09
Description: In the fourth installment of this series, Fr. Robert Sirico asserts that reconciling Christian values and free market principles begins with giving importance to profit. Profit is the result of an activity planned well and the fruit of human labor. H...more...

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Liberalism and Morality: A Five-Part Series
Updated: 2007-12-20 03:51:39
Description: In this first episode of a five-part series, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog introduce Fr. Robert Sirico and Kris A. Mauren, founders of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Fr. Sirico and Kris explain the reasons behin...more...

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Liberal Perspectives on Philippine Education: Philippine Public Basic Education
Updated: 2007-12-02 14:54:58
Description: In the second-part of this education podcast, former Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad outlines the crisis in Philippine education: poor competency and the meaninglessness of diplomas and professional licenses. He also ...more...

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Liberal Perspectives on Philippine Education: Is the Philippines Educating for Competitiveness?
Updated: 2007-12-02 14:54:58
Description: From the perspective of a globalized world, Juan Miguel "Mike" Luz, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction president, explores whether the Philippines is educating for competitiveness or is barely trying to educate for competence. He discus...more...

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Liberal Perspectives on Philippine Education: Private-Public Nexus
Updated: 2007-12-02 14:54:58
Description: The final part of the education podcast series takes a look at liberal solutions. Dr. Chito Salazar, head of the Philippine Investment Management Education Network, proposes reforms: deregulating the education industry, rationalizing state universiti...more...

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Liberal Perspectives on Philippine Education: First in a Four-Part Special Podcast Series on Education
Updated: 2007-11-01 13:55:04
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng, Siegfried Herzog and Jojo Antonio, International Academy for Leadership alumnus, reflect on the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s first IAF replication seminar on education....more...

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Economic Freedom and Development
Updated: 2007-10-13 01:02:44
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog discuss the Foundation's, the Foundation for Economic Freedom's (FEF) and Center for Research and Communication (CRC)' s launch of the first Philippine edition of the Economic Freedom of the World 2007 report....more...

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Liberal Leadership Training: Globalization
Updated: 2007-05-14 22:59:38
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog take you with them to Panglao Island, Bohol where the Foundation conducted the offline part of its online seminar on globalization from 22-26 April 2007....more...

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Liberal Leadership Training: Globalization
Updated: 2007-05-10 23:21:01
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog take you with them to Panglao Island, Bohol where the Foundation conducted the offline part of its online seminar on globalization from 22-26 April 2007....more...

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Strengthening, Re-organizing and Revitalizing
Updated: 2007-03-22 23:25:40
Description: In this episode, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog discuss the Foundation's regional partner, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD)'s recent political party management workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Foundation sponsored the w...more...

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Good-bye and Hello: Tribute to Outgoing Resident Representative Dr. Ronald Meinardus and Welcome to His Successor, Mr. Siegfried Herzog
Updated: 2006-11-01 00:00:00
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng welcomes her new co-host, new Resident Representative Siegfried Herzog. Together they pay tribute to Dr. Ronald Meinardus and talk about his contributions to the Foundation’s Philippine project. They discuss his last two programs...more...

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Good-bye and Hello: Tribute to Outgoing Resident Representative Dr. Ronald Meinardus and Welcome to His Successor, Mr. Siegfried Herzog
Updated: 2006-10-31 17:34:07
Description: Alexandra Cuyegkeng welcomes her new co-host, new Resident Representative Siegfried Herzog. Together they pay tribute to Dr. Ronald Meinardus and talk about his contributions to the Foundation’s Philippine project. They discuss his last two programs...more...

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A Liberal View on Terrorism – Speech by the Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International at the international conference of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Liberal In
Updated: 2006-07-12 05:03:22
Description: Lord Alderdice is the President of Liberal International, the global network of liberal political parties. He hails from Northern Ireland, where he was at the helm of the Alliance Party for many years. He also served as Speaker of the Northern Irelan...more...

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Podcasting in the Philippines
Updated: 2006-03-28 16:45:20
Description: In the maiden issue of The Liberal Times Manila Podcast, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus explain why the Friedrich Naumann Foundation's Philippine Office (create link to our homepage) has joined the growing community of podcasters. They shar...more...

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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Liberal Party
Updated: 2006-03-28 16:45:20
Description: In the second episode of The Liberal Times Manila Podcast, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus review the various activities held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Liberal Party of the Philippines....more...

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