“All these complaints were initiated by the police and the military. Most of the complainants and witnesses are rebel returnees, members of the paramilitary that are in the custody and protected by the military.”
Day: August 13, 2018
Double murder charge against Makabayan 4 dismissed
“Facts and circumstances to prove that they are guilty of the crime have also not been met.”
TRAIN-2: The Sequel Makes Things Worse
TRAIN-2 worsens the regressiveness of the tax system on top of what TRAIN-1 has done by reducing corporate income tax collections to increase corporate profits … The fiscal incentives scheme should most of all be grounded in a strategic vision of national industrialization.
Amid typhoon Karding, monsoon rains, fishers appeal for aid, BFAR action
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the greater Manila area and surrounding provinces continued to be buffeted by typhoons and monsoon rains, the fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to mobilize its reserved calamity funds. “We direly need help in the…