The 2019 budget: war, infrastructure over social services, agriculture
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By Romae Chanice Marquez ON JUNE 13 around 8 p.m., four unidentified armed men barged into the home of community worker Elena Tijamo in Brgy. Kampingganon, Bantayan, Cebu. The abductors, masked and clad in black, reportedly put a tape on Elena’s mouth and tied her hands before taking her away. Days after her abduction, she…
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)…
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Two days before the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte, various church groups and marchers from Southern Tagalog set foot at the “Kampuhan Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon” (KKK) protest camp in Mendiola in Manila today to express their solidarity to the Filipino workers’ call to end labor contractualization in the country. Church…
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“I hope Mary Jane will return soon and my eldest daughter [in Dammam] recover swiftly so that we all can be reunited here. I hope the president is watching, and come to the aid of my daughters,” she added By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Celia Veloso is emotional during a press conference held…