While the change in global oil prices and peso depreciation were factors in recent inflation, TRAIN also already increased the prices of oil products, sugar sweetened beverages and other goods and services. The public has been feeling the weight of price hikes as early as January.
The ban extends to any journalist who would write or broadcast anything that the President deems to be ‘fake news.’ By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Three days before the World Press Freedom Day, 41 journalists filed a petition urging the Supreme Court to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s ban against Rappler. In a petition…
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One thousand-five hundred members of the Unified Employees of Alorica (UEA) are set to hold a strike in the coming days after they filed a notice before the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) of the Labor Department last September 7. The announcement was made in a press conference today by members of the UEA…
Research group IBON said that the Duterte administration’s anti-inflation measures are reckless stop-gap measures that will ironically harm domestic agriculture, displace farmers and fisherfolk, and worsen food insecurity. The group also said that the government should use its vast authority to take much more decisive steps to reduce inflation. President Duterte issued Administrative Order (AO)…
Hindi mapapasubalian: bahagi ng pampulitikang panunupil ang pagbawi ng rehimeng Duterte sa amnestiya ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at pag-utos sa kanyang arestuhin. Hindi man ideyal o kaaya-ayang ehemplo ng pampulitikang oposisyon si Trillanes, hindi maitatangging bahagi siya ng oposisyon sa Senado. Isa siya sa pinakamaingay na kritiko ni Pangulong Duterte, bago pa man magwagi…
The public opinion surveys of the past year or so have confirmed that most Filipinos distrust China while wholeheartedly favoring the United States. Over a majority of the population are skeptical of the former’s intentions, and would like the Philippine government to do something about its occupation of the West Philippine Sea. China has militarized…