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Alan C. Robles

Alan C. Robles

editor@hotmanila.ph

twitter.com/hotmanila

last expressed his views in D+C/E+Z in the spring of 2022 as a Manila-based journalist.

All articles of Alan C. Robles

Livelihood
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Selling spring rolls to Filipino students

Nowadays: Alan C. Robles portrays an itinerant food vendor at the University of the Philippines

Higher learning
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Top tier schools and diploma mills

Expensive, but not always worth much: higher education in the Philippines

Mobility
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Commuters suffer

Metro Manila is stuck in a jam

Southeast Asia
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Policing the Philippines’ law enforcers

Why Filipinos have reason to fear their nation’s police force

Philippines
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Media massacre

Media massacre: murders of journalists in the Philippines

Civil service reform
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Whose service?

Civil-service nightmares in the Philippines

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The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP
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Local mobile app challenging international competitor
Immigrants trapped in illegality

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Jobless due to epilepsy
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Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

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Political decision causing human suffering
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP