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What ifs and proposals for the next administration. Every card is a policy or a project the Philippines could actually do, and every card leads to the article that makes the case.
18 proposals · 9 topics
Energy
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No. 01
What if every city household could sell its solar power back to the grid for one simple fee?
Require every metro-area electric distributor to run a program where customers pay a set fee and get enrolled in net metering, paperwork and meter included. Rooftop solar stops being a privilege for people who can survive the permit maze.
Related: Literal Power to the People → #
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No. 02
What if the grid had at least one nuclear plant?
One plant for efficiency and for backup. The country cannot keep leaning on coal and diesel to keep the lights on.
Article drops Nov 2 #
Transport
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No. 03
What if every tricycle were electric, and every TODA terminal and waiting shed charged it with solar?
Convert the tricycle fleet to electric and put solar on every TODA and waiting shed, so the charging network is already where the drivers park.
Read the article → #
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No. 04
What if every island had free solar charging for motorcycles and e-bikes?
Government-funded solar and plugs on every island, so going electric on two wheels works even where the grid never reached.
Related: Missed Opportunity: Electric Motorcycles and Tricycles → #
Disaster readiness
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No. 05
What if no barangay ever lost contact during a disaster?
Put solar and one satellite internet connection on every government office, down to the barangay hall. When the grid and the cell towers go down, the hall stays on and stays reachable.
Article in the works #
Environment & farms
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No. 06
What if every barangay turned its scraps into fertilizer?
A nationwide composting program: collect specific kitchen scraps and garden trimmings, compost them at the village and barangay level, and have government buy and collect any excess. Less in the landfill, less reliance on imported fertilizer.
Article in the works #
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No. 07
What if the Philippines led the world in bringing back mangroves?
A national mangrove reforestation program that fights erosion, flooding and climate change at once, and pays for itself in carbon credits. We have one of the longest coastlines in the world to work with.
Article in the works #
Defense & industry
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No. 08
What if 30% of the AFP budget went into drones?
Shift a third of military spending to drones, and bring the Coast Guard into the armed forces so the ones patrolling our waters and the ones defending them work as one.
Article in the works #
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No. 09
What if those drones were made in the Philippines?
Build local drone production capacity and a real industry around it, so defense money turns into Filipino jobs and skills instead of import bills.
Article in the works #
Government
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No. 10
What if the government couldn’t lie to you?
CADENA is already moving through Congress. What it means for you, and what comes next if we get serious about it.
Read the article → #
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No. 11
What if you never filled out the same government form twice?
The state already has your address, your birthday, your fingerprints and your PhilHealth record. It just sits in separate buildings that don’t talk to each other.
Article drops Oct 30 #
Health
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No. 12
What if a tenth of PhilHealth’s benefits budget went to things we know already work?
A costed list of what ₱38 billion a year could still buy, and what is already free but unused.
Read the article → #
Kids, media & tech
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No. 13
What if 15% of what kids watch, on TV and online, had to teach them something?
Enforce the child-friendly airtime TV already owes by law, and bring it to Facebook, TikTok and Instagram as a merit system: creators who make educational content earn credits co-funded by government and companies.
Article in the works #
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No. 14
What if gambling ads had to stay away from kids’ screens the way casinos stay away from schools?
You cannot get kids into sports and then sell them bets on the game. The law should say so.
Read the article → #
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No. 15
What if the Philippines had the best Facebook policy in the world?
Meta and Roblox don’t keep real offices in Manila. You cannot summon a company that has not shown up.
Read the article → #
Sports
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No. 16
What if a sports commission handled naturalization, with a fast lane for Filipino blood?
Move athlete naturalization to a new sports commission with real penalties for abuse. Fast-track players with Filipino ancestry, keep a harder but still faster path for those without, and lighten the passport and tax penalties that keep heritage players away.
Related: We Only Claim You After You've Won → #
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No. 17
What if the UAAP champion could beat the PBA champion?
One bracket, every league in the country: PBA, MPBL, UAAP and NCAA. Winners advance. The cheapest idea in the whole basketball series.
Read the article → #
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No. 18
What if our best players played at home?
Kai Sotto, Dwight Ramos, Carl Tamayo and Kevin Quiambao all play in Japan or Korea. The league at the top has to change before that does.
Read the article → #