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Pump Prices Still Above Normal Levels.jpg) Oil Refinery Even as world crude prices have gone down to approximately their January 2008 levels, current pump prices are still above the averages for the period January-March 2008. Even as world crude prices have gone down to approximately their January 2008 levels, current pump prices are still above the averages for the period January-March 2008. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO ( categories: )
Peasants Slam DOJ for ‘Protecting Bolante’Peasants Slam DOJ for ‘Protecting Bolante’ BY BULATLAT The peasant group that exposed the P728-million fertilizer scam slammed Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez for ‘protecting former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn ‘Jocjoc’ Bolante.’ ( categories: )
Debt Payments 48% of Proposed 2009 Budget; Allotment for Services Measly While Mrs. Arroyo claims profits from VAT would be used to fight poverty, the P1.415T 2009 proposed budget shows the government’s true priorities.
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SC to Work for Social Justice - Chief Justice Puno Chief Justice Reynato Puno “Maaasahan [ang Korte Suprema] na gagawa ng lahat ng kayang gawin upang ang social justice...ay magkaroon ng saysay sa ating mga kababayan.” -- CJ Puno “Maaasahan [ang Korte Suprema] na gagawa ng lahat ng kayang gawin upang ang social justice na isang mandato ng ating Saligang Batas ay magkaroon ng saysay sa ating mga kababayan.” Chief Justice Reynato Puno BY RONALYN V. OLEA ( categories: )
As GRP, MILF Clash over Aborted Agreement, Peace Deals with MNLF Remain Unimplemented.jpg "Nur Misuari") As GRP-MILF clashes re-escalate with the aborted signing of the MOA-AD, agreements with the MNLF remain unimplemented. While the conflict between the GRP and the MILF has escalated with the aborted signing of the ancestral domain agreement, previous agreements signed with the MNLF have yet to be properly implemented. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO ( categories: )
‘U.S. Envoy Lying’; Critics Hit U.S. Hand in GRP-MILF Peace Talks After a High Court justice branded as “patently illegal” the MOA on Ancestral Domain, the U.S. Ambassador was quick to deny any involvement in the aborted signing of the pact. After a High Court justice branded as “patently illegal” the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain, the U.S. Ambassador was quick to deny any involvement in the aborted signing of the pact. But critics have pointed to the prominent role that the U.S. had played in the GRP-MILF peace negotiations. BY RONALYN V. OLEA ( categories: )
Indigenous Peoples: More Marginalized, Impoverished Under GMA.jpg) The Philippines’ indigenous peoples – have become more marginalized and impoverished under this government. The Philippines’ indigenous peoples – who comprise some 15 percent of the population and who are among the country’s poorest – have become more marginalized and impoverished under this government. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO ( categories: )
Poor Pays 90% of VAT on Power, Oil - Expert Using government data, Ramon Ramirez, an electrical engineer and spokesperson of People Opposed to Warrantless Electricity Rates, concluded that the poor pays for 90 percent of the VAT on oil and p Using government data, Ramon Ramirez, electrical engineer and spokesperson of People Opposed to Warrantless Electricity Rates, revealed that the poor pays for 90 percent of the VAT on oil and power. BY RONALYN V. OLEA ( categories: )
Rape, Human Trafficking, Gov’t Neglect – the Travails of Okinawa Rape Victim Hazel An investigation led by GWP Representative Liza Maza on the plight of Okinawa rape victim Hazel discovered that she was a victim three times over: of rape, human trafficking, and of government neglect An investigation led by GWP Representative Liza Maza on the plight of Okinawa rape victim Hazel discovered that she was a victim three times over: of rape, human trafficking, and of government neglect. BY RONALYN V. OLEA ( categories: )
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