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Apart from ‘Shocking’ 300% Toll-Fee Hike, Philippines Has to Account for Dramatic Jump in SLEX Project Cost

Apart from ‘Shocking’ 300% Toll-Fee Hike, Philippines Has to Account for Dramatic Jump in SLEX Project Cost

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
From an initial P4 billion in 2006, the cost of expanding and improving the South Luzon Expressway jumped dramatically to P12.5 billion by last year. This is being used to justify the increase in toll fees – an imposition that many view as not only patently anti-poor but the result as well of “evident corruption.”

Sidebar: Aquino Disappoints on Toll Hike but That’s Not a Surprise

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News in Pictures: RMN-Davao Employees Denounce Anti-Worker Practices of Network Management

News in Pictures: RMN-Davao Employees Denounce Anti-Worker Practices of Network Management

DAVAO CITY -- Members of the Radio Mindanao Network Davao Employees Union (RDEU) protested outside the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) station at the corner of Bonifacio and Anda streets on January 4 to air their grievances against continued workplace repression, citing the network management’s tactics of preventing the upcoming certification election and the possible sacking of another employee who is sympathetic to the union. (Photos courtesy of NUJP-Davao Chapter / bulatlat.com)

An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2

An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2

We were young, full of energy and were willing to do anything to contribute toward change.

“Sampung taon na pala iyon?” I told Sally, and laughed. “Naramdaman mo bang tumanda tayo ng sampung taon?” I added. We went on sharing memories, those moments when we held meetings until the wee hours of the night at the Anakbayan headquarters on P. Noval in Sampaloc, Manila; the allies we encountered during the campaign; all the “gimmicks” we devised to oust Estrada and even the times when we skipped meals because we had no money; and many more.

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