National budget = election budget?
Do the lump sum allocations in the 2016 national budget have a "special purpose?"
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Do the lump sum allocations in the 2016 national budget have a "special purpose?"
“The treatment of the BBL is one such example that shows there are no serious efforts to achieve peace in the country today.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
'President Aquino is obviously protecting his allies, Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, Interior and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas, and BFP Director Ariel Barayuga.'
The attendant “novel” issues they also raised include the urgent need to stop Finance Secretary Cezar Purisima and President Benigno Aquino III from paying out of the national coffers any amount to Maynilad and Manila Water for alleged damage claims against the Sovereign Guarantee.
“Hearing the problems of the lumads (Mindanao’s IPs), they really inspire you and put your problems in perspective."
A labor NGO urged Cenapro Chemicals owner Mr. Amado Go to respect workers’ rights as befits a Christian most especially a Papal awardee.
“Patricia Licuanan’s statement further exposed the true intention of the administration of President Aquino to abdicate its obligation to ensure that children and the youth will have an opportunity to study and finish higher education.”
“Damming of rivers, changing their use or diverting their flow also means desecrating indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands and the loss of indigenous knowledge and culture.”
“It is ironic that our letter signed by the judge was honored. But the judge herself was not allowed to enter.”
“We must put an end to this policy of poison and plunder, and must make sure that politicians who will continue this mining policy regime are no longer allowed to remain in power.”
“Artists are very effective in criticism because the attack is different, its penetration to the audience’s consciousness is different. Art goes straight to the heart, to the psyche.”
“Its health agenda document, like that of past administrations...is all rhetorics of accessibility and quality health care for the poor, while in reality, the people are left miserable and dying with inadequate health care.”
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET — The Benguet Federation of Small-scale Miners, Inc (BFSSMI) filed a complaint against Environment Secretary Ramon Paje for allegedly exceeding his authority on issuing the...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Though we are mere uzi or bystanders in the ongoing negotiations to forge a Trans-Pacific free-trade bloc, it is interesting, and instructive, to observe the converging and clashing national interests among...
“It is difficult enough to be a rights defender. But it is more difficult when one is a woman.”
Some “Iskolar ng Bayan” have turned to sleeping in the streets, in protest, and out of options for a place to stay.
“We refuse to give up the struggle, and they try to kill us. We give up, they will still kill us. So, it’s better to carry on the struggle.” – Datu Guibang Apoga of Talaingod, Davao del Norte
“What we lost is not just the resources, but what our country could have done to industrialize and provide jobs.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Some Filipinos complain that the State of the Nation Address or SONA has become too politicized, but not just in one, but in two senses has it always been political. Delivering the SONA is a duty required of the...
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