Low inflation unfelt, food still more expensive
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Research group IBON said that the results of the expanded national nutrition survey (ENNS) dispute the logic of institutionalizing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for poverty alleviation under Republic Act (RA) No. 11310. The program is said to be an “investment in the next generation” that develops healthy educated Filipinos. Yet after over 10…
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Representatives of Bulatlat, Kodao, Pinoy Weekly and Altermidya file complaints before the Commission on Human Rights, July 30. (Photo by Adrian Puse) By EMILY VITAL MANILA – Alternative media outfits filed before the Commission on Human Rights complaints against government officials and state security agents for violating their “fundamental right to press freedom and expression,…
Matatandaang si Neri Colmenares, kasama ni Teddy Casiño, kapwa kinatawan ng BAYAN MUNA Party-list, ang nagpasa ng House Resolution No. 236, noong 2010 para manawagan sa pagbabalik ng tatlong kampana ng Balangiga. * * * “You cannot frighten us with your bombs and deaths; You cannot put us all in your padded jails; You cannot…
The National Capital Region (NCR) daily minimum wage with Php30 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) totaling Php512 is not enough for a family of five members to be able to afford their basic needs. The minimum wage in the rest of the country’s regions is set at even lower levels.
Today’s cyberlibel conviction of Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr. cannot come in a more inopportune time. The Filipino people saw shutdown of ABS-CBN on May 5, the railroading of the “terror bill” since May 29 (now pending the signature of the president to become law) and a cyber libel conviction today, June 5. All…