By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Two significant events that define the country’s sovereignty, or the lack of it, mark this year: the 60th anniversary of the US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty, and the 20th year of the removal of the US military bases in the country. Thus, it has been 60 years since the country surrendered its…
Day: September 2, 2011
NDFP slams Aquino government for reneging on agreements
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“If the GPH does not want [to proceed with the talks], the revolutionary struggle is there. We will not abandon our instrument for national and social liberation.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
VAT on toll fees, questionable toll rates opposed
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Aquino government should not treat our expressways like a milking cow; it should recognize it as a form of social service to the public.” TUTOL-SLEX
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Who’s afraid of an immediate peace?
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In marked contrast to the positive and hopeful outcome of the GPH-NDFP peace talks that resumed in February of this year, an impasse has now indefinitely delayed the holding of the second round of formal talks originally scheduled for June. What has led to this impasse and how can…
Satur C. Ocampo | Super-rich man with a conscience
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the Philippines, tax evasion through “sophisticated accounting” by the very rich individuals and corporations explains, to a large extent, the perennially low BIR income tax collections. The wage-earners, both in the government and the private sector, shoulder the bulk of income tax payments.…
Luis V. Teodoro | Hold your breath
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld WHAT “grave injustice and irreparable injury” would anyone suffer if prevented from smoking in public, or from inhaling the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke smokers exhale? Judge Carlos Valenzuela of Branch 213 of the Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court didn’t, and probably can’t, say. But…