Lecture – “The Philippines’ fight against corruption: Is there hope?” by Glenda M. Gloria

Please come and join us for a lecture by Glenda M. Gloria, co-founder and executive director of Rappler (a digital media organization). She will speak on the controversial corruption issues surrounding the government’s P1.9 trillion-peso flood control program during 2023-2025. Using the flood control scandal as a case study, she will analyze the country’s fight against corruption—specifically how the public responded, how disinformation networks exploited the crisis, and how civil society is leveraging it to drive long-term reform.

Sponsors: Hawai‘i Filipinos for Truth, Justice, and Democracy, UH Center for Philippine Studies, and University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Hawai‘i.

Date and Time: October 13, 2026, Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm

Venue: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, 1881 East-West Road, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Registration required: tinyurl.com/GlendaSpeaks

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