Legislated wages have not kept up with the high and rising cost of living. Wage rates across regions are even more miserable. The Arroyo administration’s economic managers cannot continue flaunting growth figures because behind these rosy figures, Filipinos continue to face harsh realities of widespread poverty and uncertainty of survival. By IBON Foundation Posted by…
Day: October 21, 2006
2007 Budget, Wage Hike Proposal Not Beneficial to Lowly Paid Gov’t Employees
In the proposed 2007 national budget, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reportedly earmarked P10.3 billion ($206 million) for the salary increase of government employees. Is there cause for celebration among the 1.4 million-strong government workforce, particularly those who are getting low salaries? By DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com The 2007 General Appropriations Act (GAA)…
U.S. Elite Project Proposes Bipartisan Grand Strategy
Instead of a “global war on terror”, Washington should employ a “global counterinsurgency” strategy that focuses on global law enforcement, intelligence, and special operations. By Jim Lobe International Press Service (IPS) Sept. 27, 2006 Posted by Bulatlat.com WASHINGTON – After two years of consultations with more than 400 members of the U.S. foreign policy elite,…
UNSC Resolution 1718 Provides U.S. Imperialism the License to Provoke and Attack DPRK at Anytime
UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution No. 1718 does not stipulate any explicit permission to the U.S. and its cohorts to launch an immediate military attack on the DPRK but lays down the basis and opens the way for further sanctions and even aggressive military action. By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International…
U.S. Presence Makes Us Nuke Targets, Scientists Tell Arroyo
Biggest WMD stockpile is in the U.S., AGHAM says “The U.S. is the only country to have used the atomic bomb which killed 220,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. With no less than 10,600 nuclear warheads intact, it is the presence of U.S. nuclear weapons…