“The money spent in dropping a single bomb could have gone a long way in providing for the education of Lumad children, but instead, the government uses it to destroy their lives and future.”
Day: August 18, 2017
WPN to Duterte: ‘Rescind concession agreement with Maynilad, refund the consumers
Corporate income tax recovery comprised 31 percent and 26 percent of the rates charged to consumers by Manila Water and Maynilad, respectively, in 2008 and 2012.
Change on the retreat, trapos rear their ugly heads once more
Most of those who voted to reject Judy Taguiwalo were President Duterte’s allies.
Groups call for the release of detained Lumad educators
MANILA – Groups led by Save our Schools Network picketed at the Department of Justice in Manila to demand the dismissal of trumped-up charges and the release of the Lumad educators Amelia Pond and agriculturist Dominiciano Muya on Friday, Aug. 18. Pond, 64, is the regional coordinator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao…