Write-ups and Analysis from Raymund De Silva on Philippine realities

1. 14 May 2011 Philippines: PNOY and the ARMM Elections

2. 16 May 2011 Philippines: ARMM Elections and Reforms Plus

3. 27 May 2011 Philippines: To have or Not to have Elections in ARMM 

4. 14 June 2011 Philippines: ARMM – Where Democracy was Murdered

5. 19 June 2011 Philippines: ARMM – Where a Worst Disaster is Waiting to Happen 

6. 23 February 2015 Brief Notes on the Current Philippine Situation

7. 27 February 2015 Mindanao (Philippines): Whose Lives Matter? – A Reflection on the GPH-MILF Peace Talks, the BBL and the Mamasapano Incident 

8. 3 March 2015 Mindanao (Philippines) and the Mamasapano bloody incident: The Peace that Matters Most

9. 9 March 2015 Mindanao (Philippines): The All Out War that is Hated by All 

10. 12 March 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 1

11. 18 March 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 2 – The findings of the Board of inquiry 

12. 19 March 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 3 – Investigation Results: A Bull’s Eye to the Aquino Administration

13. 22 March 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 4 – Symbiotic Relationship between the CAB and the Mamasapano Bloody Event 

14. 31 March 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 5 – MILF’s Investigation: more Questions than Answers

15. 3 April 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 6 –The Building of Physical Infrastructures: Do the People NEED THEM? 

16. 11 April 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 7 – “the Aquino government and the MILF should be humble enough to accept at this point that they have failed in negotiating and building sustainable peace in the Bangsamoro”

17. 14 May 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 8 – “The timeline which the Aquino administration and the MILF have set seems to be unattainable by the day” 

18. 26 May 2015 Philippines: Storm surging for Peace in Mindanao – Part 9 – “The MILF will definitely have prominent role in the Bangsamoro Political Entity but the BBL should not only benefit the MILF and its followers”

19. 25 April 2016 Brief Description of the Current Philippine Situation – I – Before the Elections 

20. 28 avril 2016 Brief Description of the Current Philippine Situations – II – Before the Election

21. 6 May 2016 Brief Description of the Current Philippine Situation – III – Three Days Before the Elections 

22. 14 May 2016 Brief Description of the Current Philippine Situation – IV – After the Elections

23. 9 June 2017 Philippines: The Marawi Siege and Martial Law in Mindanao – Part I – 

24. 23 June 2017 Philippines: The Marawi Siege and the Declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao – Part II –

25. 30 June 2017 Philippines: The Marawi Siege and the Declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao – Part III 

26. 17 July 2017 Philippines: The Marawi Siege and the Declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao – Part IV

27. 23 July 2018 The Philippine Political Spectrum – A Brief Presentation of the History of the Philippine Left 

28. 5 April 2020 COVID-19: Its Impact on the Philippines - Part II

29. 10 April 2020 Covid-19: Its Impact on the Philippines — Part III 

30. 29 April 2020 Covid-19: Its Impact on the Philippines — Part IV (corrected version)

31. 4 May 2020 COVID-19: Its Impact on the Philippines - FINAL 

32. 14 May 2020 Covid-19: Its Impact on the Philippines — Part V 

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  Raymund De Silva is a political activist based in Mindanao for more than three decades.