6 New Year’s Resolutions Towards and Economy for the People
Farmers denounced President Rodrigo Duterte for signing the rice tariffication bill into law last Feb. 15.The law removes the quantitative restrictions on the importation of rice and imposes tariffs on rice imports. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the law “is equivalent to a death sentence for the local rice industry and rice farmers.” …
The new National Capital Region (NCR) minimum wage is still way below the amount that a family needs to cope with continuously rising prices, research group IBON said. The paltry increase reflects government’s refusal to institute a meaningful wage hike despite its urgency and doability. Government should instead have ordered employers to give a substantial…
The recent statement of Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga that Duterte’s “presidency is a disappointment and disgrace to our country” is a signal to the Philippine Church leaders to forge unity to end the tyrant’s administration. Duterte’s order to ‘tambays’ to rob and kill the bishops is no laughing matter. The “statement from the President…
On the 33rd anniversary of People Power Revolution, the Save Our Schools (SOS) Network revisited Martial Law under the late President Ferdinand Marcos in a lecture titled “Martial Law Noon at Ngayon: Kwento ng pag-abuso at paglaban.” “I realized that there is no difference with Martial law before and now. In Marcos’ administration, there were…
The water crisis is far from over. Water interruptions as well as safe water accessibility and affordability issues persist. Water-related infrastructure are also being built on loans and under potentially onerous deals with other countries that subvert Philippine sovereignty. The matter has been undermining Filipino consumers and the nation’s interests. Here is the conclusion of…
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