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The Duterte administration’s announcement that it will suspend the next round of fuel excise taxes will not lower current high prices and at best only lessens TRAIN’s inflationary impact next year, research group IBON said. It is however a welcome admission of the inflationary impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law,…
Stand with Rappler, resist repression
We in the alternative media community stand in solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa and news outfit Rappler as the Manila Regional Trial Court hands down on June 15 its decision on the cyberlibel case filed against them over a 2012 story involving businessman Wilfredo Keng. Malacañang had previously denied it has a hand on the…
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In time for the start of the imposition of new round of oil price hikess today, Kilusang Mayo Uno Metro Manila leads a series of protest at the head offices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and Shell in Makati City to slam the ‘triple whammy’ being…
