A revered Catholic Church shrine in Parañaque and a building housing activist organizations in Quezon City complained of harassments Thursday, reporting that police officers and suspected military agents are out to further intimidate institutions and organizations critical of the Rodrigo Duterte regime. In an alert, human rights group Karapatan said its national officers and staff […]
TRAIN 1A Year One: From the Poor to the Rich
On the first year of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) 1A, despite aggravating inflation, the Duterte administration refuses to stop collecting taxes on basic consumer needs such as fuel products and sugary beverages – while relieving the richest through lower personal income taxes, estate taxes and donor taxes.
Pushing through with additional fuel excise taxes in January 2019 will further burden millions of poor families still reeling from income losses from the 2018 tranche of TRAIN. To earn needed revenues, government should tax rich oligarchs and large corporations with the ability to pay more instead of the lowest-income 60% of the population who have so little as it is.
High prices still burden poor despite inflation slowdown
On the release of the November 2018 inflation rate, research group IBON said that prices are still high and rising even with the reported slowdown. This remains a burden on poor families trying to live off low and precarious incomes. Substantial and longer-term solutions are still needed, said the group. Headline inflation slowed to 6.0 […]
‘Stop the attacks,’ defenders demand on human rights day
Human rights defenders held coordinated rallies all over the Philippines last International Human Rights Day to demand a stop to attacks on civil, political and economic liberties under the Rodrigo Duterte regime. In Manila, the activists marched from Liwasang Bonifacio to Mendiola where they torched another Duterte effigy they said showed the many ways the […]
ALAB Analysis | Martial Law Extension: Pulso ng Taga-Marawi
Pakinggan ang damdamin ng isang Maranao tungkol sa Martial Law extension. Si Samira Gutoc ang makakasama ni Inday Espina-Varona sa ALAB Analysis. Panoorin!
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ALAB Newscast (December 7, 2018)
MAALAB NA PAGBATI, PILIPINAS! Narito ang nag-aalab na mga balita ngayong linggo mula sa AlterMidya Network:
– Sa pag-aresto kay Rey Casambre: Peace consultants, patuloy na ikinukulong sa gawa-gawang kaso
– Martial Law extension, taliwas sa pulso ng maraming taga-Mindanao
– Iniratsadang Charter Change, pinakamasahol na bersyon, ayon sa Makabayan bloc
– Dagdag-puwersa ng AFP/PNP ipinakat sa Bicol, Eastern Visayas; mga sibilyan, takot
– DSWD, hindi agad ibinigay sa magulang ang mga batang Lumad?
– Arrest warrant para kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, bahagi ng panggigipit sa media
atbp.
PANOORIN!
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Death squad ni Duterte, ano ang totoo?
Pagtatayo ng death squads ang utos ni Pang. Duterte sa AFP para labanan ang NPA. Pero peligroso ang utos na ito, ayon kay Prof. Luis V. Teodoro.
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