Octal Bent Generalized Boolean Functions

In this paper we characterize (octal) bent generalized Boolean functions defined on \BBZ_2^n with values in \BBZ_8. Moreover, we propose several constructions of such generalized bent functions for both $n$ even and $n$ odd

Health Policy Research and Development in the Philippines

In the hope to contribute to the exchange of ideas and experience regarding health research, this paper provides an overview of Philippine health policy research and development with a focus in its role to developing countries. Analysis indicates the need to set research priorities and to address research not only in terms of management and coordination but dissemination and utilization as well.health sector, research and development sector, research

Health Policy Research and Development in the Philippines

In the hope to contribute to the exchange of ideas and experience regarding health research, this paper provides an overview of Philippine health policy research and development with a focus in its role to developing countries. Analysis indicates the need to set research priorities and to address research not only in terms of management and coordination but dissemination and utilization as well.health sector, research and development sector, research

The Philippine Industrial Sector: Policies, Programs and Performance

Shortly after the assumption of President Aquino to the office, the government has instituted a wide-ranging set of sociopolitical and economic reforms. This paper evaluates the ongoing program of industrial restructuring and development in the Philippines. Preliminary to its purpose, it reviews the major developments during the 1970s and 1980s. The discussion of the performance of the industry as well as changes in the industrial structure serves as the point of departure for the subsequent assessment of trade and industrial policy reforms and programs.industry sector, industrial policies, industrial growth, industrial waste

Transforming Theater for the Oppressed: Community Theater as Urban Poor Discourse in Sining Kadamay’s Gapok

In March 2017, the issue of urban poor housing was exposed on a national scale when thousands of members of the urban poor group Kadamay forcibly occupied nearly 6,000 abandoned housing units meant for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in Pandi, Bulacan. Kadamay members were accused of being mendicant anarchists by their critics, while their supporters lauded their determination in demanding, and winning, their rights to housing. While the issue polarized Philippine society, it is evident that the Occupy Pandi movement revitalized urban poor discourse, and brought back to the fore the contradictions between the promises of the city and the prevalence of poverty and lack of opportunity for the majority of its inhabitants, those belonging to the urban poor sector. This paper aims to contribute towards this discussion by attempting to present urban poor mentalities as formulated by the members of the urban poor themselves, and how they have manifested through art. Among the various member organizations of Kadamay is the cultural group Sining Kadamay or SiKad. Initially formed by Kadamay to serve as its cultural arm, SiKad grew into an organization-member of Kadamay. While Sikad has several art programs, this paper will focus on its theater program, the Teatro Mulong Sandoval, and its one-act play Gapok. Set in an urban poor community threatened by poverty and demolition, what makes Gapok unique is its intimacy, not just in content but also in terms of space, as the play was designed to be performed in urban poor communities, and transform its audience from spectators to spectactors. The paper will scrutinize the dynamics of the art production in Gapok, how accurately it reflects the discourses that the urban poor engage in, and the role of the urban poor in (trans)forming art to serve their sector